South African border war - bloody memories

[@Eaglespirit007]

South Africa was a great country before the ANC, Salute to the old SADF from Morocco North Africa

[@zaf_man_unltd4230]

fucv you there was nothing great about South Africa before ANC. 🖕🏿

[@rohx9001]

@@zaf_man_unltd4230 is there anything great about SA now that the ANC had taken over. Aparthied was evil, but it changed. Corruption is much harder to change when the people that need to change are the corrupt ones

[@frikkievannieplaas7743]

@@zaf_man_unltd4230 voetsjek bosluis

[@yolandeengelbrecht7596]

Very true

[@yolandeengelbrecht7596]

@@zaf_man_unltd4230 are u dumb

[@echohunter4199]

As a retired US Army Infantryman, I know exactly what this man is describing and I would’ve done the same. An enemy prisoner who did or tried to kill me is only valuable until he no longer is.

[@schalkuys1506]

Makes me proud to be South African. My dad fought in this war.

[@calebgovind5009]

Ur father was a war criminal. Must be very proud indeed , hope he suffers

[@devanberriman8113]

Mine too. It makes my heart swell with pride. The SANDF was a force to be reccond with

[@peterr7530]

@@devanberriman8113 Called SADF back then. The current SANDF has nothing on what we were back then.

[@nathanielsibanda4789]

Proud if killing blacks?

[@damien4246]

Funny enough my grandfather was in Angola but he fought for Portugal not South Africa

[@vbantjes]

Was in Angola 1987 as a sapper myself mega memories from this video ... salute to all fellow SADF soldiers 👍

[@GuidoMillonezz]

I am Cuban, I was there as Sergeant Major Instructor of a company in an elite battalion. Many of us die, we killed other as well, we were soldiers, we followed orders, I am white my self, even my black or mulato cubans brother repeated with me__why the hell are we here fighting for somebody else??! communism is worse than ISIS...

[@mariusduplessis541]

Same here..also a Sapper 87..

[@andreasmanopolous8745]

82431941BG Ackermann I salute all you brothers in arms. Hooja. i was ther 85 . Recently in Ghana and Doje. Daresalaam. Memories never go. How do you fade the pain. Were on 74 pils a day. I salute all my brothers in arms.

[@reubenwest8364]

Viva communism

[@reubenwest8364]

@Rebellion Party wie se kind is die weet djou ma djy is hie

[@jthornejnr]

We finally slept for a day after being in theater for 9 days and 8 nights only to be awakened again to prepare for yet another amputation. However devastating and emotionally crippling and pointless the death of a child was, I think that those who returned in a body bag, were the blessed ones. They, the brave soldiers, filled up the little hero’s acres in almost every little town by whatever name. Today I cry silently for them and their loved ones deep within my spirit being at the waste!

[@vmaxmadness]

If you have not been in a war situation, please do not make any comments. Fact is goverments start wars, and individuals are called to go and fight their wars. In a war situation you are doing whatever you have to do to survive and will act accordingly. In order to understand the frustration of the soldiers in this particular war you had to experience the scenes they had to deal with. You have no idea what the insurgents did to the local population to intimidate them. Most of the men in this war was 19 - 21 years old. Go figure. The reality is that the SADF was a formidable force and we did kick ass. As far as I know communism has not worked anywhere. Today we are sitting with a corrupt goverment and a parliament full of thieves and incompetent idiots. If Cuba was such a great place to live, why do they drown like rats to get to the US? I do believe it is a great country, but their politics suck. Despite all the crime, corruption and poor services, South Africa is still a great place to live! It takes balls to live Africa.

[@zoltancsikos5604]

Rudi Roux Communism worked in Vietnam, China and NK is staying afloat.

[@cubasedoos]

Your'e dreaming..can see you were not there.

[@augustomundombe829]

We Angolans the indisputable greatest WARRIORS of mother AFRICA history; are living in real world, and are also; the indisputable true only independent power house of mother AFRICA in all levels...VIVA ANGOLA the special ones ;)

[@alanvt1]

No! the real losers were black south africans!

[@irishboer7124]

you probaby have relatives ponceing off the european tax payer in europe or the UK right munt?

[@danielbtwd]

Counter insurgency is very different from conventional. I served with 4 sai during Hooper as a ratel gunner. After that they asked for 6 volunteers to go back and operate ratels. It was the only time that they told us what we were volunteering for. Out of the entire battalion only 10 people stepped forward. I spent 8 months in Angola and 5 months in Namibia. Namibia broke my heart.

[@jthornejnr]

During 1975/76 I was obedient to the call of the SADF to do by bit for my country as a medic. I was 19 at the time and though I never entered the danger zone, I certainly did experience the brutal hell of it and witnessed the distraught emotional consequences of the continuous line of “casavacs” (casualty evacuations) that made their way through the boarder hospital before being sent to larger hospitals back to the States (a name given to South Africa by the SA troops)

[@TjakaErasmus]

The American troops in "Nam" (Vietnam) referred to the USA as "The States". We also fought in "Nam" (Namibia). And for us South Africa was the "States". LOL

[@gideonbester1438]

my dad was koevoet, he never spoke about it, but when he was lying in hosp full of morphine sum stuff came out, i was in 101 airsupply, 44 para....but i understand now why he never spoke about it.... i still would of liked to know tho.... thank you for your service, all of you! i have so much respect!

[@johnpringle5199]

Respect for what?

[@Redt_123]

@@johnpringle5199 defending Namibië from communism idiot

[@barrys1342]

@@johnpringle5199 hi John Perhaps I feel similarly Dazed Confusion Yet Yes Respect for what? What we didn’t know/understand? Tough stuff Thanks Barry

[@splashafrica]

@@johnpringle5199 they did their duty. It wasn't all blood guts and glory SA had put a massive effort into winning hearts and minds in Namibia. All dentists psychologist and veterinarian services where conducted by the South African army in the operational area. Troops involved themselves as teachers park rangers served in Healthcare supported agriculture and forestry the number of schools increased from 212 in the operational area to 757 thats 140 000 new pupils in schools that couldn't be accommodated the locals where payed R1000s for identifying a landmine so the communities could be made safer from MK and SWAPO insurgency. SWAPO on the other hand assassinated tribal leaders and local police intimidating their way into an electoral Victory once SA withdrew from SA.

[@ezrakinloch168]

2 of my uncles fought here.the pictures they had were intense. Still have some pics of them patrolling and in trenches.thats when our army was a force to recon with these day.im sure Lesotho will whip us

[@simonmcourt]

Buffell troop carrier..used to hate it..Rpg always on my mind...but proud to have served .Yes even as an English man.

[@francoismuller7031]

salute from a boertjie proud to have served..

[@TheMadManPlace]

Many lives were lost - many died - many did not survive mentally - and there was FUCKALL SUPPORT for the mental casualties - those lives were also lost. RESPECT to ALL THE CASUALTIES. We were all men and we all suffered.

[@jskok3280]

Exactly, the same can be said of the USA military system and wars. Their veterans have largely been dumped to rot after their termination from the military. So sad . What a waste of life.

[@submariner200]

he,he,he Castro went to Angola #1 to fight for the control of Angola's diamond and Ivory markets which the Soviets wanted to control,Castro received 20,0000,000 dollars every year from Neto in Diamonds,the Cubans were far from fighting for love of their ancestors #2 Castro also fought to expand Soviet ambitions in the regions.They never fought to defend the freedom of anyone.Castro as a dictator was defending his own interests.

[@emmanuelhitilasha2460]

whose interest were you fighting for in Namibia???????

[@freedomloverusa3030]

Indeed, Castro and his family enriched themselves with Billions of Dollars from diamonds, precious woods, ivory, and much more. General Arnoldo Ochoa, besides his military role, was in charge of the Cuban special forces units named cachibache, whose main mission was to extract diamonds from Angola, using the slave labor of black Africans, that were killed to the last, in remote villages. One of the many reasons Castro got general Ochoa assesinated was not only the military defat he suffered at the battle of the Lomba, but the vast knowledge he had about Castro involvement in the whole criminal traffic of everything valuable from Angola, the same with Abrahantes, the Cuban minister of Interior, responsible for the police and other state security agencies. He was killed too, because of his inconvenient knowledge. In total, several Hundred people were killed, from the Cuban military, state security, institutions, etc, and many more were disappeared, and many more outcasted.

[@jimbo3891]

Castro - one of the few overweight Cubans. Everyone else outside the party heads were on rations

[@GYBEHO]

And now look what you have for a government..

[@jocummins8889]

Gotta love the use of emotive language to create an impression in the video description. Neither Namibia, nor Angola were "occupied". Angola had been embroiled in a bloody civil war since the early 70's, a civil war in which Russians (predominately advisors and instructors) and many thousands of Cubans troops involved themselves and also supported guerrillas aiming to violently overthrow the administration in the then South West Africa. This was the "red danger" referred to and the single most important factor in preventing the South Africans from granting SWA immediate independence in terms of UN 435. (SWA was handed to SA by the UN forerunner as a protectorate after WW1, in the same way as PNG to Australia) The SAs knew that they either fight the war on the SWA border, or on their own as the front would immediately move there. Those freedom loving Russians and East Germans weren't supplying arms and training SA dissidents because they loved the black man (ask those trained there how they were treated ;) ), they had a clear agenda to create a communist government in SA too. Koevoet was part of the SWA police, not the SA military and only a very few SA conscripts were assigned there, normally as specialists eg sappers for landmine or boobytrap removal, or medics. (Yes our "liberation" forces were great believers in landmines and boobytraps and killed many more civilians they were supposedly fighting for, than they ever did soldiers. An inconvenient truth! A "death squad", what does that even mean? Koevoet were a highly effective para-military force that killed more than their fair share of enemy combatants; surely the definition of a successful military organisation in wartime? These weren't uninvolved civilians they killed, they were trained soldiers, armed with a variety of Soviet bloc weaponry (AK47, RPG, Skorpion SMG, Makarov pistols, anti-personnel landmines, plus larger mines intended for vehicles, limpet mines along with that contributor to world peace, Semtex for demolition and boobytraps.) Left alone, those soldiers did not seek out combat with SA forces, they laid landmines in local roads, terrorised tribesmen and committed acts of sabotage to undermine support for the SWA administration. Classic Marxist revolutionary tactics. The collapse of the USSR etc at the end of the 80's changed the political and strategic landscape suddenly and completely and it is no coincidence that Namibian independence and the SA negotiated settlement followed in very short order, Namibia 1990 and SA '91-'94. A working knowledge of Marxist revolutionary theory would reveal that these relatively peaceful political transitions were not the result sought by the liberation forces, but in the absence of their sugar daddy arms suppliers, it was the best result they could hope for.

[@DaveyJonesLockerwithJazzy]

Amen 🙏 ... truth be told, spread the gospel.. Also in remembrance, let us not forget why this all kicked off.. a political Cuban despot (Fidel Castro) who'd only recently before threatened the United States Florida Coast with nuclear arms during the Soviet-influenced Cuban Missile Crisis, suddenly finds himself and 150,000 Cuban & Russian cronies on our doorstep doing similar. What was South Africa supposed to do, but act in defence?? Any other country would've done the same. Furthermore, the memories of those tortured Portuguese Angolan citizens chased into the West African sea and into refuge along our border with what was Portuguese West Africa are not forgotten, and then some!

[@cboffard8350]

SA refused to let go of Namibia before SWAPO was even founded. This is public record. Diamonds.

[@TheMadManPlace]

And people back in civvy street could not understand when troepies came back bossies...

[@Odin62100]

Read 'Die Buffel Struikel' and how a whole Recce company was put together to attack a camp in South Angola. Good old-fashioned conventional infantry attack.

[@HenryParkes-kp1yc]

“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.” Ernest Hemingway.

[@Ghoulza]

@TheMOONBEAM40 LOL you really are clueless, SA caused such a humiliating defeat on cuba that castro executed his general, took over command himself and sent in an extra 15000 soldiers to bost his force of allready 30000 soldier, all this because 3000 southa frican kicked his ares... after that he agreed to ALL terms SA had asked for and he was forced to remove all his soldiers from Angola, it was such a defeat russian gave up supporting him. Cuba lost thousands of troops SA 21

[@Realityprogramming]

I agree mate, i learned my trade from Koevoet. They were not the bad guys.

[@emmanuelhitilasha2460]

are you crazy? these incidents were happening along the Namibia Angola border where I was born? what is the use of hanging dead bodies of Guerilla fighter and harassing us and tell us if you join SWAPO we will kill you like that dog hanging on the Caspir?

[@io_inc]

I'm lost please explain more, such things are hidden from history books.

[@ca9968]

@@emmanuelhitilasha2460 education...other than one from a communist bloc point of view... I think the point was that if you acted like a barbarian that men who were better at being barbarians would come after you and dish out your just desserts...time has told us all now that a heavy hand in Africa was the only effective learning tool available...

[@emmanuelhitilasha2460]

@@io_inc Is not hidden and was death squad here and they killed thousands of our people include my 2 uncles in the mid-80s. Their journalists report Koevoet as good and Killed Thousands Of Communists. These were our parents and elder brothers. In Northern Namibia and Southern Angola, there are thousands of unmarked graves until now of unknown people. The Koevoet idiots killed in public too. This is why Some Boers who use to kill people around Okahandja at a farm now at a location now called Five Rand run away in 1990 coz they thought the black government they will do as they were doing. The place is called 5 rand coz even if you work 6 months or 1 year, the Boers there only pay 5 Rand. My uncle told me the Caspirs use to bring dead body to the other side of the Five Rand railway line

[@emmanuelhitilasha2460]

@@io_incthis is what Koevoet do in Northern Namibia and go around primary schools in northern Namibia and terrified us, that is how we first forced to see a dead body and another thing of a poster Of Sam Nujoma with long teeth and they tell us Sam Nujoma drink blood and eat people meat too. I can clearly see that our parent killers are still well in South Africa and a shameful thing za.pinterest.com/pin/622552348459545181/

[@PKPK-rr3rs]

My father fought in Angola, he was 1st Special Battalion Armour SAA.

[@dirkvanschalkwyk7169]

i like the flag on your photo

[@bighatlogan4629]

My father was in the 1st parachute battalion in Angola.

[@GuidoMillonezz]

I am Cuban, I was there as Sergeant Major Instructor of a company in an elite battalion. Many of us die, we kill other as well, we were soldiers, we followed orders, I am white my self, even my black or mulato cubans brother repeated with me__why the hell are we here fighting for somebody else??! communism is worse than ISIS...

[@eddiepires3998]

@@GuidoMillonezz From one ex soldier to another, I'm sorry you lost comrades. I hope none of them were close friends. It was a long time ago. It was not personal , you must understand we were very motivated because we felt we were doing the right thing protecting our home country. As the saying goes : war does not decide who is right, war only decides who is left. I hope you are having a better life in Miami.

[@emmanuelhitilasha2460]

@@GuidoMillonezz stratcom is back!

[@phillipschutte759]

Mandela never said sorry for the bombs he gave orders to plant, why must the former soldiers.

[@joebiernacki7346]

True. The SA Government offered to release Comrade Mandela if he would renounce violence. He refused because he was safe from it in a SA Prison where he was set up in an apartment.

[@ellismaytham456]

Because Mandela was correct

[@shaunsnyman5107]

@@ellismaytham456 mandela was a idiot

[@christophermwanilwa7074]

Sorry to whom? To the blacks oppressors?

[@shaunsnyman5107]

@@christophermwanilwa7074 blacks are the racists

[@petersmith7360]

Was there, do what you have to, I did, came out alive

[@tyronvangreunen]

If you have a loved one that received a heart transplant,thank the south african surgeon who devised it and achieved it in the 70's.Despite all what you say ,this was all credit to the white south africans who had no intention but building a safe and strong economic country.

[@vladimirkolovrat2846]

nothing more beautiful than watching a floppy flop

[@jthornejnr]

I witnessed mangled bodies, maimed young faces, limbless torsos and somewhere from inside those broken bodies, I heard the tearless cries from broken hearts and broken spirits. God, I would think and pray, “What is the purpose meaning and significance of all this disfiguration and pointless untimely deaths?….. only to be interrupted by a radio signaling yet another landmine explosion. There was little time for the beer tent and idle chats with fellow mates.

[@vilasalazar]

3:36 - 'I pulled my gun out' - 'gun'??? you're a professional hardcore soldier, and you call your firearm a 'gun'? please man

[@coenraadkruger366]

Gun rifle what ever it is his story and was his fight so hê can tell his storie as hê like so keep your yap close and listen to his story

[@gordondwyer3641]

This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for fighting, this is for fun.

[@pieterdeyzel2555]

vilasssaaasssa ape - I had guns. Firearm??? WTF???

[@ekiamedia2403]

😂😂😂😂

[@ilseschouten951]

THANK YOU BO7YS

[@andrekleyn5737]

Ja ouens was daar tydens ops Askarie 82/83, Grootfontein was n drywer. Laat n Groot knop in n ou se keel Jong. Sou dit Weer wou doen. As daar ouens is wat in peleton 3 was in Grootfontein 82/83 sal dit goed wees on van hulle te hoor.

[@jobbybobby5749]

My dad fought in this war

[@peterzinn9070]

Say Hi to him from me.

[@kennedymogomotsi6973]

So what

[@emmanuelhitilasha2460]

Probably your father was one of those who bring dead bodies to terrify us all the time digitalcollections.lib.uct.ac.za/islandora/object/islandora%3A6770

[@garylandman7889]

So did I, and man, did we kick some arse..

[@trevordebeer9812]

I fought in that wa

[@mikevigus]

And if we spent the money on educating the masses and giving equally opportunities instead of a war we would all be far better off.. Black and white

[@greenpeace7380]

People want to justify oppression of one race by another using bad leadership of black governments. No black person would have picked up arms against anyone had minority governments treated blacks as human beings. If anyone still believe they should have maintained apartheid then deal with it

[@doppies2001]

@@greenpeace7380 say that to the millions that are jobless, homeless, hopeless now under cANCer Dictatorship ! also ask Tutu about his Statement that people were better off under Apartheid...

[@PadBoll]

How can we watch the full documentary ? the link has expired, Thank's

[@GYBEHO]

Listen carefully. "pulled out my gun" signifies it was a hand gun. probably his 9mm side arm

[@MrAbniel]

I'm a black Namibia oshivambo speaking and I'm not a born free but i was too young to recall on what happening. As far as I see SADF was well militarily equipped and well trained. How come SADF haven't took victory, how where it ends?

[@sarki1723]

you can be proud of your people, which ever side they were on.

[@splashafrica]

Militarily the war was practically won in Namibia but SA had already agreed with the UN to give Namibia independence so it took an opportunity to use it as a political tool when it saw one. You need to look at the bigger picture Cuba and SA didn't have a reason to fight each other after the soviet union collapsed but both countries needed to tell their people back home something to make the war seem like it had been worthwhile. Cuba wanted credit for Namibian independence and South Africa wanted Soviet influences out of its back yard.

[@vanessasmook4229]

Politics Mr Abniel. Politics.

[@platvis379]

those were the days South Africa was still a safe country.

[@nektariosvasilopoulos3841]

Rudi roux Correct. Unless you have been in a 'you vs me' scenario....where only one survives. Unless you have been in the sheer madness and fear that is war ,ambush, skirmish,attack you cant relate. You might want to ,but you cant. Respect to all soldiers. They did/do what was asked of them. Hopefully we won't be tested. As I said respect to all soldiers. You were on the front line. The politicians were not.

[@JOATMOFA]

Unfortunately, not all men can endure & outlast wars and battles. I have been through similar and have *NOT* ever felt the need to "confess"!

[@TheMiyagiSan1]

Trots Boer

[@Starsky1413]

You did good man

[@vilasalazar]

my friend, as jy die saw geken het... you'd know a rifle was never a gun - in any language, at any time, ever

[@TjakaErasmus]

This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for war, this is for fun. LOL

[@3MINUTEFILM]

Go and have a look at Bok van Blerk's emotional tribute to the young men who gave everything to keep a nation safe. lgpRvmIPS6U

[@johanschoeman869]

War is a filthy business an not a romantic idea as many young men seem to think it is. There is no glory and no honor in battle. It cannot be avoided in certain instances and you have to do what is needed. Just be warned that the emotional scars are permanent and very difficult to deal with as you get older. Best we seek a solution before we opt to fight, but if we have to get it over with quickly. My respect to all my brothers in arms that served with me in the SADF. I will always be proud to be reckoned as one of you and as man that served my country when i was called upon to do so!

[@maaifoediedelarey4335]

I was there in 1982 & 83 as Marine/Infantry in Oshakati. There was a Koevoet base nearby, so we got to know them well. Koevoet was police (therefore inside South West Africa, not constrained by Geneva convention as the military was) - their duty was to hunt down terrorists that committed a crime, inside the territory of SWA - this they did exceedingly well, using their own methods and tactics. The military had units like 201 Battalion (Bushmen, exceptional trackers) and 32 Battalion which largely operated inside Angola, where Koevoet could not go (since they were Police) - 32 B were even more devastating, but in a different way, as military operatives, using military methods and tactics. I have to say though - I think this guy is lying - he probably had some bad experiences (like we all did, and it does fruck with your head as PTSD), but he has added drama to his own story, that I doubt happened - I may be wrong of course, but what and how he expressed himself, is contrary to the way vets do when recounting bad experiences. No vet would ever refer to a 'gun', even for the benefit of a film crew - all of us that were there, to this day, would still use the terminology of the time, it's burned into our psyche. Other indicators are his facial expression & tone of voice.

[@stuartcampbell3861]

This is my rifle this is my gun this is for shooting this is for fun i'll never forget that drummed into us in basics cheers

[@joatmofa0405]

You may have a point there...or perhaps he experienced only 1 x contact and felt the need to "open up" ....

[@gregdeegan6258]

Kak man. That was my brother. It's exactly what happened. Why would he lie? You have no idea what he went through!

[@gregdeegan6258]

8 years in Koevoet. Dozens of contacts!

[@maaifoediedelarey4335]

@@gregdeegan6258 Of course you'd believe your brother, who wouldn't ? Though you're to close to form an opinion, and obviously you never walked the walk. He went through no different what every other guy went through - it affected all of us, albeit in different ways and degrees. Keep on believing whatever makes you feel ok.

[@walterforrester7917]

There are so many stories like that. Myself and company of 5SAI 79/81 can say a lot, but the guys refrain from speaking. Speaking doesn't necessarily bring healing. It sometimes opens wounds of long ago.

[@goonerfromjhb]

If those okes were after you, it would have been a good time to kiss the family goodbye

[@mikerilling6515]

Back when the adults were in charge of RSA

[@mvt1313]

What happened to Maj. Tickly Kessler?

[@ajm6464]

I love these days, that's when the ANC and Swapo knew their place. Today the rubbish r as arrogant as fck!!!!!

[@autopedia2647]

Does anyone know that intro track

[@torent7790]

MY GOD, MY VOLK, MY SUID AFRIKA..SALUUT

[@jpbasson6475]

Stem!! 8sai Trots Afrikaans

[@keep_it_tidy56]

That is such a beautiful & meaningful flag compared to the current advert for underpants.

[@sapaus]

Correct. Never gun for a pistol or a rifle. Sometimes also refereed to as weapon for a pistol but never gun.

[@garylandman7889]

they are Handguns... therefore, gun is absolutely correct.

[@du39104]

I simply love reading your comments! Not many youtube tards were able bring up something so profound... War is nasty, plain and simple.

[@ignatiusvanrooyen813]

Served 35 years in the SA Army stayed in Rundu for 8 years with various operation in Owambo land and Kavango . Was involved in 4 Trans Border operation in Angola . We did what we had to do

[@MarkCronje-n4y]

All gave some and some gave all - 1977 December to June 1979 Eenhana , Ilundu , Nkongo. 54 Battalion. (5 SAI) Respect to everyone. dead or alive. We were called upon and we served. Without dignity. Besides , we were soldiers.

[@johnshackleton323]

Who has heard this before? And what meaning does this have for you? "Ek vlieg nou oor die spoorsnyers in die rigting van die spoor." That phrase, and hearing that over the radio, will stay with me forever. And then Botes over the radio: "Z4E kontak". And then Z4 HQ calling: "Z4E kontak, radio stilte." Memories.

[@mikehunt3800]

3000 south african troops beat 30 000 cubans so bad fidel executed their general

[@atenashram105]

south african defence force is tough bunch

[@bismark5809]

Ha ha that why you run away from Namibia. And black Africans won their independents. 😂😂😂😂

[@bismark5809]

It is good you encourage yourself.

[@d15roy]

jacekvo jace No one ran away - there was an internationally supervised negotiation leading to self government WITHOUT TERRORISTS. Peace in Namibia today thanks to South African involvement.

[@epe520]

aten ashram was*

[@MirageTader]

War criminals,South African army committed atrocities in Namibia and I can believe that some Africans are proud to see Africans suffering in their own country.

[@submariner200]

Why is Castro buying New Mercedes when Cubans can not purchase new cars?Why Cubans are not allowed to enter in 3 star Hotels?Why Cubans are not allowed to fish lobsters?Why only communists travel outside of Cuba?Why there are 2.5 million of Cubans out of Cuba if Communism is so good?Why? Why Castro has more than 12 mansions all across Cuba when Cubans are in need of a simple House?Why the best restaurants are serve with dollars and the regular Cubans can not enter?Why? Answer ,please!

[@metoknow499]

Yes i was also there its no joke one needs to maintain a sound mind which is not easy. The guys that were there were extraordinary men with plenty of valor.

[@trevknott]

Are U fore real? we here there.... get over it ...the world feels fork all

[@jahnkaplank8626]

all this, and then FW de Klerk sold you out.

[@lourenslabuschagne7433]

Nato needs this vehicles in Afgan, maybe then they will reach their goal. The best there is.

[@GreencampRhodie]

NATO is a terrorist organisation. Do your research!

[@hubertusvenator5838]

There are only two regions of continental Africa that aren't shitholes: Ceuta and Melilla. Can y'all guess why Ceuta and Melilla are civilized?

[@montana6822]

KillYourselfMate Lol,no they aren't. Only Egypt really.

[@montana6822]

Actually, it shows how uneducated you are. Libya is an absolute wasteland, it lost all of its wealth and gold when Gaddafi lost the "civil" war in 2011. It hardly has an economy at all. I wouldn't say Tunisia or Algeria are rich, at least comparing them to Spain, which the original comment mentioned. Also, its a NSDAP flag, and just because its my profile picture doesn't mean I'm an evil racist "fucktard" Nazi and it has nothing to do with if I was educated or not and it is irrelevant.

[@josephnakale7343]

Soldiers who faced each other on there battle field are so easy to reconcile and have respect for one another while politicians and ordinary civilians in many cases are the ones gives nonsense comments on this platform. The war is over now .It is not matter any more who is claiming the victory. We need to come together and build our beautiful countries.

[@mikeyranson]

link is dead

[@sergeidragunov8103]

For sure... "Kom troepe, vandag kots julle naaiers, dis oppies tyd" !!!! words that struk fear into troops!!!!

[@JohnJones-ct9pr]

n Russiese Boertjie !!!!!!

[@LitoGeorge]

Oppie. The stuff of blerry nightmares and kots.

[@FreedomLovingLoyalist]

I miss the Boer Republic.

[@ca9968]

We all do...all of the 1000`s of us now living in economic exile outside of S.A...

[@LazarusRachidi]

South Africa shall never be a boer republic again 😂. You better immigrate to Israel because it is the last known apartheid state . Your time us over !

[@sapaus]

So are you saying Mandela had no power or say while imprisoned? Also are you saying that hanging to power which doesn't belong to you makes you stupid? Include a note explaining the intelligence of Robert Mugabe. Please explain how the Zuma government is doing a better job of building a future for South Africa for all races, religions and creeds; and why. BTW I hated apartheid but loved the country; including reverse apartheid which the whole world now knows South Africa for.

[@FZ2HELL]

I watched this with much sadness.... It is truly not about who is the best. It is about young men that died for a lost course. All families who lost their child or children should be compensated for their loss. The compensation does not make it right but it acknowledges that we South Africans should forgive each other and build a new future for all of us. Corruption is here to stay. Not all black people in government are corrupt. God forgive us all.

[@creoleviking8433]

Now they are all leaving SA for Mother Russia. You just cant make this crap up.

[@GAMINGgrungey]

Why do I get the feeling that if America joined us in this war they would would be like "We saves your asses" Today?

[@shaunlaubscher2905]

Served from 1985 to 1987 as a corporal- 6SAI - Greetings to all my brothers. Damn we are getting old...

[@javalava3238]

When were you born

[@shaunlaubscher2905]

@@javalava3238 1966

[@javalava3238]

@@shaunlaubscher2905 so if I am correct you are 25

[@daniellion7116]

Ever see koevoet drive over a landmine?They fly like pawpaws because they all sat on top of the caspirs.Dont believe what they tell you,was in ovamboland,saw it first hand

[@phoenixrising427]

and then the anc fucked it up after being handed a well-run country

[@kenbird9017]

The whine of the Casspairs carried for miles and the Swapo in the area would bombshell (split up) and this created the bizarre scenario of 5 armoured personnel carriers and 30 odd policeman following one Swapo. The kill was inevitable where heat and lack of water played a major factor against the quarry.

[@submariner200]

@TheMOONBEAM40 Only in your dreams Castro won in Cuito Cuanavale!

[@ruvanefriebus-cv6td]

When we we're feared a terrible beast that devoured the wasteland and all in it's path

[@TheMiyagiSan1]

My Vriend, ek is bly ons dink saam!

[@sapaus]

Democracy is unfortunately not a clearly understood concept and practice in Africa. Despite South Africa being a bit more progressive democracy is still not properly understood.

[@jamesbishop338]

I had to play the last post on my Ttumpet on these funerals of our lovely men ... Was heart broken but we were soldiers of note Well trained and Vasbyt was the thing then

[@manifestgreatness1]

Andrew and Jan Olivier. These were my uncles in the war

[@christiaanc682]

no war in south africa wahahaha.daar is n oorlog net om te oorleef in die land en n oorlog teen die wit mense ons jeug kry nie werk nie en ons ouer generasie is besig om hulle werke te verloor . and for the people who is saying koefoet isnt worth shit come to south africa and and try taking on a toppie/ boer oom you will be hiding in the corner of the room calling your mom if he had to say jump you would first ask him how high as hy se kak dan vra jy watse kleur.

[@vilasalazar]

dan is die woord 'pistool'. Believe me, never 'gun'

[@LitoGeorge]

Actually, it was weapon. But you are right, it was never "gun" 👍

[@jeanettemarcos4997]

It was all for nothing

[@submariner200]

Empires go down but dictators go down,look around you.HUSSEIN, MUBARAK, KADHAFI.Who will be next?

[@CompuSurf]

#BOERlove

[@georgesnuch6424]

the plan was greater and powerfull

[@jthornejnr]

the injustice and murder of human life……. And in return, freedom? Freedom from what? In the face of my 19 year olds perception of life there is no justification for violence on any level or any scale. God forgive us all! For those whom have gone home whilst their sun was still shining, we love you, we remember you in our hearts and in our thoughts, For those left behind I pray for your emotional and spiritual healing Amen

[@dariomendoza6892]

war is a neverending tale!!!

[@awesomeme121213]

Angola was our Vietnam

[@edwardpennacchini7841]

Bullshit. In Vietnam the Americans were defeated. In Angola were not defeated. We were in sight of Luanda when ordered to withdraw because the fucking political bureaucrats signed away the country at a table. Shit like Codesa, UN Resolution 435 and particularly Frederik Willem de Klerk, sold out the White people of RSA and the SADF, condemning all people of RSA to a reign of criminal terror. See 17 May, robbery of two cash vans in Boksburg carried out with military precision. If the police Special Task Force and the army Commandos were active today, those guys would have got fucked up. Welcome to the new South Africa, a gangsters paradise.

[@edwardpennacchini7841]

I'm guessing you may be Cuban. Are you forgetting what happened in the 60's when Pres Kennedy forced Cuba to remove the missiles pointed at the US? Who got their asses wooped then? Cuba has a history of interfering in the affairs of other countries and Cubans got fucked up at Cuito Cuanavale and Cassinga. Please come back again. When we bitch Whites get rid of the ANC, our anti aircraft missiles will be looking for you.

[@skyraiderjet]

That's right Emanuel tell em!

[@briantrend1812]

angola was castros Vietnam south Africa had'nt even got started yet. had south Africa brought up their 140 000 reserve instead of their 3000 men cuba would have been finished. castro was glad to take the opportunity of moving out. then he and mandela lied about a so called military victory. 10 000 Cubans went home in a box .

[@OblivionImperialGuard]

Edward Pennacchini, Berend Emanuel is an idiot.

[@mariusduplessis541]

We called our rifles our wife's.. because we slept with it..I called my rifle miss South Africa of that time..;)She came and visit us at our basis in 87..but I was on a mine hunt at that time so I didn't meet her...Damn...

[@Brecconable]

To bloody right mate

[@bolfieb492]

I live in South Africa

[@Ockechukwu]

This humiliating defeat was the beginning of the end for the apartheid regime.

[@sergeidragunov8103]

Sorry Odin, Directed at CliffhangerRsa

[@foibenellafrans945]

where is he now? Somebody pls give me a gun.

[@nagihangot6133]

foibenella frans He is in your bedroom

[@Simba5124]

Yeah I’m sure I was with that guy once before - I was a driver and we went across the border a few times with recognisance - Mad stuff 86- 87 Ondangwa

[@joatmofa0405]

53Bn ?

[@Simba5124]

@@joatmofa0405 yeah there were also some Zulu guys part of the crew - we shot up a few ostrich with 20mm on that specific assignment to which I believe they laid anti tank mines outside an enemy base in just a few Kilometres from the border 👍💪

[@joatmofa0405]

-recognisance- = reconnaissance

[@Simba5124]

@@joatmofa0405 smertass - Smart arse

[@southpawmoose]

why only 3 minutes

[@gertdekker9271]

great memories

[@combattaskforce]

South Africa did these border wars. It was stronger than all the African Communist countries together. South Africa decided to do border wars instead of occupying them all at once through Blitzkrieg. South Africa's ally in this was israel. A race law state until this day. South Africa had a big jewish population. This population conspired against South Africans like the jewish population in Europe, Russia and America is conspiring against their host country. The Diamond and Gold mines in South Africa were owned not by whites but by jews. Anglo American Corporation, De Beers for example were employing blacks. The treatment they received was according to the curse of ham. If jews control the wealth of South Africa and not whites the story of south africa is a lie. Nelson Mandela was a communist. Supported/funded by the same communist jews that funded Martin Luther King. The israeli army cooperated closely with the south African military. The communist countries received support from the communist Soviet jews. Slowly white and black killed them self off. This meanwhile the jews of Anglo American Corporation and De Beers were selling South Africas diamonds and Gold on the world market. There was never a free and independent South Africa. This would have been prior to the Boers fighting the jewish British banking troops from 1899 to 1902. After that South Africa was jewish.

[@raymondramsawak8230]

3:35 . . You must really be troubled nowadays

[@richardduplessis1090]

This guy's recollection sounds like an 'exculpatory' analysis in order to avoid a TRC hearing, EVEN THOUGH it might be true

[@duncanffullner6649]

You obviously never picked up a rifle and walked the bush

[@richardduplessis1090]

@@duncanffullner6649 I have a little more sympathy for this guy than I did when I made the comment. I can see that he's genuinely suffered. I never compromised my concience to that extent, in that way, and acknowldege that there is redemption through suffering.

[@duncanffullner6649]

It was military service or jail then Not much of a choice G1k1 and fit often were sent to fight Not like today where everyone has a choice It wasn't about apartheid either.

[@richardduplessis1090]

@@duncanffullner6649 I'm older than the guy in the video, so yes, I do understand quite a lot.

[@duncanffullner6649]

All good bud.really thought you were one of those bleeding heart ,I hate being white,liberals ,who slandered the white soldiers while praising the anc terrorist atrocities ,in the name of ' the end justifies the means'. Interesting chat Cheers