This year marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, in south-eastern Angola, which pitted the armed forces of apartheid South Africa against the Cuban army and ...

Johannesburg — THE Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, in the remoteness of southeast Angola 20 years ago was, in the words of Nelson Mandela, "a turning point for the liberation of our continent and my people ...

If you can prove that the SADF had its heart set on taking Cuito Cuanavale, you may credibly argue that the South Africans wanted to use it as a springboard for an advance on Luanda. It often happens ...

There are more lies and distortions about the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, on all sides, than any other recent event in Southern African history. Let’s start with the Cubans. In International Brigades ...