Word: viljoen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...expected to meet soon in the Cape Verde Islands to discuss not only the Cuban troop withdrawal, but South Africa's frequent raids into Angolan territory in search of SWAPO rebels. Whether the talks will contribute to a settlement is another matter. The bleak assessment from General Constand Viljoen, commander of the 20,000 South African troops fighting against SWAPO in Namibia, is that his occupying forces will not be withdrawn from the territory this year...
...dawn announcement in Pretoria, General Constand Viljoen, chief of the South African Defense Force, explained that the raid, unofficially named "Operation Blanket," had been a pre-emptive strike against A.N.C. militants who had come to Lesotho over the past few months. According to Viljoen, the A.N.C. members were planning attacks in South Africa against political leaders in the black "homelands" of Transkei and Ciskei. South African defense officials displayed a rocket launcher, rifles and some grenades of Communist-bloc origin that they said had been captured in the raid...
...monthlong Republic Festival to celebrate South Africa's 20th anniversary as an independent republic. From the Cape shoreline to the Transvaal highlands, South Africans launched a series of sporting events and pageants. "All racial groups can be fired anew with determination and genuine patriotism," intoned State President Marais Viljoen...
...surviving at the tip of a hostile continent, and today it is more nervous than ever. The neighboring state of Rhodesia has become black-ruled Zimbabwe, and the South African-administered territory of Namibia (South West Africa) is in transition toward some form of black majority rule. Gerrit Viljoen, 53, who is both head of the Broederbond, the powerful and secretive society of ranking Afrikanerdom, and Pretoria's administrator general for Namibia, talked with TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter about the effect of these turbulent political changes on South Africa's future. Excerpts...