The reporter doesn’t dare ask why the Cubans are there in the first place 🤦‍♂️

The reporter flying around in a Russian supplied helicopter, basing your conclusion on a 'random' civilian opinions. This is propaganda, not reporting.

I salute the brave men of 32 Battalion . This British reporter did not once speak out against communists, Russia , Cuba and East Germany. After all he was their guest.

A pro-Communist “journalist” how rare. 🙄

About the white Angolan, for those who don’t know, in all Portuguese colonies there was white population since long, especially in Angola and Mozambique. There is nothing suprising in a white Angolan or a white Mozambican. In 1975, there was over a million of them (the large majority fled these countries in 1975). Needless to say, they can hardly be distinguished from a Portugal-born Portuguese. The man in the report was among the ones who chose to stay in Angola joining the Communist side, as there where others who joined South Africa (or Rhodesia) fighting namely in SADF’s 32nd Battalion.

During early 1978, we were stationed at Ogongo, a support base camp in Northern Namibia, we often had Bat. 32 and Pathfinder troops stop to re-supply and bring POW's to be transported from a helipad just outside the wire, we had to form a defense perimiter everytime a heli came in for a drop or pick-up. Crazy times.

I was born in the fifties so did military service long ago and can let you know... seriously KAK reporting and journalism. A huge number of place names mentioned in Angola are false or did not or don't exist I so enjoyed Ovamboland that I went back after service to farm and lecture as senior agricultural officer at Ogongo agricultural college now University...for the Administration for Ovambos... The Old African...

Wonder if this journalists is still so pro communist after Covid 19?

I remember that the publication called "Soldier Of Fortune" was covering this "brush war" when almost none of the Western news media reported on events there.

THANK YOU SA FOR FIGHTING THR COMMUNIST AGRESSION!

So cute this reporting ... SWAPO were monsters to local villagers who had nothing to do with anything. Thank God for the SA military. Cubans and Russians (and East Germans at the time) were trying to set up a “new” domino in Africa ... South African military were top notch

British journalism has always worn the tag of Lugenpresse with pride.

I was there if the south african government did not cave to international pressure unita would be in power. When making videos about angolan war please get your facts straight

No disrespect to Rhodesia intended, but South Africa was the region's superpower, a fact now often overlooked in commentary on the wars in southern Africa.

Every righteous South African who fought in a regular army against Commun**m is a hero. They fought for the freedom of all of us. Gentlemen, you and your families can be proud of yourselves! Best wishes to all of you!

Anotjer pro black british documentary. Now, 40 years on, SA is firmly junk status.

What was Gerry Adams doing in Angola?

South Africa is not a country to play with. Africa's superpower. These people had nuclear weapons. A hard country, tough people.

"The nearest they get to air defence radar is a man up a tree with a decent view of the bush". Now that is both aw some journalism and very funny!

Hahahaha, a real piece of 'journalism'! Propaganda at it's best..... The South Africans took great pains to leave the civilians alone. The same cannot be said of both government and Unita forces who regularly massacred their own people for 'aiding the enemy', when their only crime was being in wrong place at the wrong times. Glad that part of history is over. The Angolans deserve their peace, free from outside interference.

FYI , its not RUNTU but RUNDU !!!! I was there in 1984- 1985

That "White soldier" is actually a Cuban, and not an Angolan. A lot of one sided propaganda in this video. Grain of salt.

Interesting to see the "other" side of a story, yet like in any war false propaganda plays a major role. A couple of mistakes: it is RunDu not RunTu. Further, the vast majority of SA and Namibia's 32 battalion and Koevoet was black. Same for 101 or earlier 35 Bat. As for attacks on FAPLA - of course. When any enemy shoots at you, you retaliate. Not sing choir boy songs. As for slaughter of civilians - rubbish! There were follow-up operations and since civilians were often harboring and supplying Swapo fighters they were interrogated or questioned and info obtained but there is zero evidence of "slaughter". In that interview the civvies would say so when standing with the Angolan Forces next to them. Even though I was in the SADF, they did not actually have air superiority. The Cubans did. The SA air force suffered from sanctions and struggled to keep up with the latest tech even though the pilots were world class. They were stuck with old Mirages and the Cheetah came too late in the conflict. In fact, Cuban air superiority was the major turning point forcing withdrawal which escalated with the attack on Calueque and the dam in 1988. But this was after the total annihilation of Angolan, Swapo and Cubans at Cuito Cuanavale (much of this due to the massive striking power of SA's G5 and G6 artillery) when the Cubans opened up a 2nd front. Savimbi of the rebel UNITA was of course assassinated (or killed in battle - though 15 gunshot wounds is not often a result of battle).

Just how far back does 'fake news' go?!

The times when SA was still king SA today can dream of having that kind of army

These old videos are SO important, thank you.

I met a man which was in Rekkies The Cubans payed heavy price in Angola Many Zulu fought side by side with them

I'm sorry to say this to the whites in Namibia and south Africa. I'm lucky that the former Apartheid government signed a peace treaty because as a child in was brought to the former east Germany.I see on Internet now how well the former South African army was well organised=lucky I didn't need to fight for swapo otherwise I would be not alive.They lie to as and told as how easy it would be to defeat the former South African arme

Amazing how high quality the current affairs/news reporting was back than, particularly when compared for the dumbed down quality of tv news today.

At the peak of Angolan offensive......32 Batalion was by far the best fighting and most effective war machine in the world. Compared with Russia, USA marines, Chinese and French legion soldiers.....32 Batalion was devastating and extremely mortal. This video was made by biased and bribed cowards.

I wonder if the white Angolan soldier was really Angolan or a Cuban advisor. What a crazy war - South Africa/Angola vs Angola/Namibia/Cuba. One of my South African cousins fought in this war as an officer in command of Angolan (Unita I imagine) troops. He told me of a story were the bus they were travelling in as a unit crashed killing some of his troops and the rest of the soldiers were so enraged they beat the bus driver to death.

Excellent propaganda piece! Well done commies...

British reporter picking the side of the Commies. Typical.

West should have supported SA plus Rhodesia who were fighting Communists...

Everyone who fails to understand why this video makes everyone so angry doesn't know the true and difficult situation of South Africa today and in Apartheid.

Ask the thousands of civilians who fled to Namibia and the South Africans for protection....

Proud to have served in the SADF during the war

A pity we were sold out, otherwise we could have cleaned up the communists.

I bet the British are proud of what they achieved in Africa.

Another Angolan lie is the SADF targeted civilians , that was not so , SWAPO targeted civilians and also used them as human shields . Fapla must not lie like that .

All I heard was "Waaa whitey is beating us fair and square even though we have soviet support, international community please help reeee"

Interesting... So the whole camp was destroyed? (5 minute mark )But the reporter only show 1 old burned out vehicle... The big camp only consist of that? I call BS.

This report is so fallacious. First-hand knowledge of Cubans and Russians and SWAPO combined with firsthand knowledge of operations of 32 Battalion say so. Looks like “false news” is not new to this century.

I'd like to see the rest of this report. I think it included an interview with Trevor Edwards who made various claims against 32 Battalion.

This some of the biggest lot of bull I have heard in along time

Angolan propaganda , the Cubans were fighting for them .

Very interesting clip

I'd like to see the other part of this program where Trevor Edwards was interviewed.

A load of biased BS!

One sided propaganda BS video!!!

Ok, so explain again why was this posted ... ? 🙄

First of all this has nothing to do with race only african communism

These guys obviously "reported" on opinions, and lies and not facts.

wish they could read the book Recce kleinspan operasies by Koos Stadler and see the photos in the book as well about our black soldiers there that worked side by side with white soldiers

Were Cuban pilots flying the Angolan warplanes? How could Angola have warplanes but no defense radar? Did no African leader ever understand that freedom is just another way of saying "we can fuck things up all by ourselves" ?

I met an ex Rhodesian air force pilot, a few years ago. He raved about the Hawker Hunters ability to hit moving enemy columns and the accuracy of the cannons. One story mentioned that he won a bet with his wingman by hitting a wagon drivers mate , through the windscreen, with one shot of the cannons. I was, and still am confused whether he was flying over Angola or neighbouring Rhodesian enemy countries.

I remember at the time (early to mid 80's) buying Soldier of Fortune magazine which had tons of stories of (usually white) mercenaries operating in this area, with photos even.

SADF dominated southern Angola.

"You're gonna extract him?" FUCK YES I AM

There is a lot of incorrect info here...

The white Angolan speaks beautiful English.

My old swaar was there

Smug middle class westerners sitting at home. And isn’t Angola now peachy keen that it’s got its own way.

Thames television, so good they are where now?

32 batt was 99%, black men.

What a load of BS

Suspicions make you poor

My dad did his national service in 1981 to 83

Who was the White Angolan????

If only the apartheid government didn't segregate SA and united all south Africans like in the army, SA would still be the African superpower, the Apartheid(politicians) divided the country which made it easier for SA to fall to what it is today, I feel sorry for all that served in the army.

Your reporting is wildly inacurate

Ovambos are from Namibia not Angola.

Biased reporting even then!

These comments.. white fragility galore 🤣 The South Africans went there to neutralise the threat from SWAPO and the ANC, to maintain rule over Namibia and Apartheid, they lost. They sold it as a victory to the people of SADF because the Cubans pulled out. Despite the fact the Cubans planned to do so when Namibia was independent. Two sides to this story. Both are true depending on who you speak to. "An empty barrel makes the most noise.."

Sorry not Angola, I meant Namibia, but still confused.

What a pot kak!!!! (Pot kak = pot of crap!!!) Even the sound of the "command helicopter" is a piston engine but it is a turbine helicopter in real life. The reporter talks to a Cuban but says he has not seen foreigners in Angola.

This is a great SADF ！ Today the SANDF just so so 🤷🏻‍♂️

Wat n pot KAK

I had relatives serving in Rhodesia...they left the country in 1979. I do not know much about them...info from my Grandmother...she told me that "everyone suffered"

Inevitable TV Eye, leftie reporting, viewpoint of the, now defunct, conflict, no wonder the TV crew were allowed into Angola by the 'left wing' government as they were both 'on side'. The Cubans were not mentioned in this 'edited' clip because the original programme ran for 30 mins odd, so this part is taken out of context to show, the then, SA in a bad light. Interesting to note that back in the mid 1970's UNITA, at one time, held territory over most of southern Angola, just south of Luanda, and FPLA held the northern bit, and both were poised to take Luanda where the MPLA were forced to take refuge. Then the Soviets 'asked' their Cuban ally to assist, and 'Fiddle' Castro suddenly announced brotherly love to Angolan Africans (well, the MPLA at least) and sent 50,000 Cubans plus lots of Soviet equipment and tanks to Luanda, and, from then on both UNITA and FAPLA were driven back to where this programme came in. As long as Savimbi's UNITA controlled the southern half of Angola Namibia was safe from SWAPO, but when the Cuban backed MPLA appeared on the border then SA had to intervene big time. The US were still smarting from Vietnam and under 'Peanuts Carter', to do anything about the Soviet backed intervention, so relied on SA to keep the communists out of Southern Africa. If you read Col. Jan Breytenbach's book on 32 Battalion, the 'Buffaloes' plus other material from that time you'll get a much better picture than anything 'TV Eye' would be able to come up with.

As Charles Darwin said, "Victory lies not with the strong but to those who can breed the fastest " In Africa this meant the greater fertility of the Black woman compared with the White woman. The Black population of South Africa now numbers fifty million, whereas the white population has stayed at its pre-1994 level of less than five million. There are now fifteen million blacks in Zimbabwe now, compared with five million in 1979. The refusal of white women to breed in large numbers, was the main cause of the downfall of White rule. ,

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it was yesterday 40 years ago!

"TV Eye"... I dunno, the first thing that comes to mind is Ewan McGregor singing that song, while all nudified and covered in glitter, in the film "Velvet Goldmine". You can't forget that.

That's far too biased and filled with far many too many lies

Pity the SAN didn't torpedo every Cuban vessel that sailed to Angola.

One of the biggest story's to come out of this war to the West was a cournal Callan and his team of mercenaries from England, who fought against the communists eventually shot by firing squad for his massacre , around 74/75 i was around 19 at the time spoke to Callan on the phone in England to join his recruits ,but ended up missing the bus due to late finding meeting place

By 81 I'd already completed the 2 years conscription on the caprivi strip

*_In Washington, dismayed by the actions of Congress, President Ford addressed the press and spoke the prophetic words:_* _The Senate decision to cut off additional funds for Angola is a deep tragedy for all countries whose security depends upon the United States. Ultimately, it will profoundly affect the security of our country as well. How can the United States, the greatest power in the world, take the position that the Soviet Union can operate with impunity many thousands of miles away with Cuban troops and massive amounts of military equipment, while we refuse any assistance to the majority of the local people who ask only for military equipment to defend themselves?_ _The issue in Angola is not, never has been, and never will be a question of the use of U.S. forces. The sole issue is the provision of modest amounts of assistance to oppose military intervention by two extra-continental powers, namely the Soviet Union and Cuba. This abdication of responsibility by a majority of the Senate will have the gravest consequences for the long-term position of the United States and for international order in general._ _A great nation cannot escape its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today will return as more acute crises tomorrow._ hbooyens.wordpress.com/amabhulu-topics/the-1975-us-congress-gave-us-911/

Moenie poes praat nie

Salute daddy. DR. PHIL MEYER. I GREW UP IN RUNDU military's base. Santa was scary on a tank, sand dunes, oarker homes, children playing chicken between military trucks some loosing their lifes. Windows vibratinf with the powerful noise of the mirages in school. Vlossie fly to Pretoria with soldiers circle round and round to go and to land t Soldiers and their favorite dark curly bush tiny minny me princess throwing up in brown paper bags. Savimbi. My father was his doctor. I have photos with him. Great respect. Even gifts signed from him to my father and mother MY HERO

A whole lot of woffle . One has grown to expect nothing less of British journalism .

The white angolan officer is russian. Dont you hear the accent?

The whole world couldn’t beat the boers. Respect to the Afrikaans !

We kicked some butt.

what a propoganda.......white Angolan who is Cuban.....

Propaganda!!!

Such a weird war, this is like micro nations conducting their own proxy wars, Cuba a big player on the left of Angola South Africa on the right You know your country sucks when Cubans are the muscle to help you get independence

I never knew the cubans deployed troops. Interesting.

I actually think this reporter did a good job of at least trying to objective. Obviously FAPLA was going to stage manage things to ensure the best possible outcome of the report but he didn't just completely swallow all he was told ( the old aircraft wrecks for example). If the South Africans wanted more favourable press they should have been more daring with inviting reporters onto Ops with them too. The attack on Cumato was based on faulty intelligence as the SADF did think it was a SWAPO/ PLAN base ( see Peter Macalese "No mean soldier"). Although once they realised it was a FAPLA (Angolan army) base they continued with the attack anyway. As to the claim 32 Bn recce'd the base, I don't know if that actually happened. Hardly a shocking/ controversial thing if it did happen but with the SADF being so secretive at the time how would a reporter know either way?