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...South Africans launch punishing raids into southern Angola to pre-empt attacks by the black nationalist guerrillas of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). And every year, once the rains provide them with foliage cover and vital water supplies, the rebels cross the border into northern Namibia, hoping to bring an end to South Africa's 17-year control of that nation. This year, for the first time. South African troops came into direct confrontation with those of Marxist Angola, supported by some of the country's estimated 26,000 Cuban soldiers and advisers. After...
...latest offensive showed just how stagnant and how strenuous the evenly matched tug of war has become. Last August UNITA forces, reportedly supported by South African air strikes, captured the strategic town of Cangamba in southern Angola. During the following two months, SWAPO guerrillas swarmed through northern Namibia. Early last month Pretoria decided to strike back. In a memorable display of ill-timing, the South Africans chose to suggest terms for a trial disengagement in Angola on the same day that they had, according to Angola, killed dozens of civilians in a bombing attack. Their offer was turned down. Several...
...such fighting words may belie flagging spirits. Initially. South Africa justified its offensive by citing the U.S. invasion of Grenada last October (a disingenuous comparison, if only because South Africa's control of Namibia is in direct defiance of a U.N. ruling). Then it resolved to impose a Grenadian-style ban on press coverage of the assault. As a result, said Philip Myburgh, spokesman for the opposition Progressive Federal Party, the operation was attended by "an atmosphere of secrecy and suspicion...
...stores close down. The Cuban presence has not only drained money but also discouraged the flow of aid from the West. Yet the government knows that in the Cubans' absence, it would become difficult indeed to resist enemy raids and replace South African rule in Namibia. In the meantime, more and more Angolans have taken to dodging the draft. Throughout southern Angola, buildings, railways and dams are in ruins as a result of UNITA attacks...
...DAILY PAPERS afford little reminder that South Africa is a continuing moral issue. For Namibia or East Timor or any of the more questionable applications of U.S. foreign policy, the awareness of apartheid flickers and fades on the horizon of issues that concern the U.S. citizen. Grenada invasions, dying Marines in Lebanon and suspended nuclear proliferation negotiations are visible and significant issues that easily come to the forefront, while the so-called South Africa question is all but gone...