THE South African racişt government has begun systematic aggression against Angola in retaliation for its support for SWAPO, the Namibian liberation movement.
Last month I interviewed Manuel Pedro Pacavira, the Minister for Agriculture, while he was 00 2 bren stop-over Nigerian support. He gave a precise of South African aggression in the three month period September-November, t,000 Angolans lost their lives and $60 million of property was destroyed:
Aerial violations 53; violations 6; bombings 7; attacks by aerial arous mines 14; civilian deaths 84; Angolan army deaths 12; civilian 168; Angelan army wounded 8; stolen cattle 56; vehicles destroyed 7.
'Pacavira told me:
The present situation in Angola is one of constant and systematic aggression from South Africa. The terrorist actions which have puppet properly of Angolan Children appeal for acts the civilian population following villages have carry off UHI land 18; laying ol this way.
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wounded dozens of carried been carried out by UNITA, Savimbi's organisation, are fully supported by the racist recimen There has been great loss of life and damage especially the Cuando Cubango, Cunene, Huila and Mocamedes.
There have been brutal attacks on and entire been bombed and terrorised to force the people to flee The racists during these raids always Namibia, alca causing great hardship to our people. Thousands of cattle have been lost in African aeroplanes [Mirage] have even attacked schools and recently bombed a school killing Angolan children. They attack on Lubango, one of our most particularly vicious important towns in southern Angola, totally destroying a furniture factory and killing and wounding many.
Recently, two of our important between the provinces of Mocamedes and Huila, destroyed. destroyed in the latest action were five All the reconstruction we shall have to undertake will take a lot of our time and money. The railway has already been rebuilt and traffic is now back to normal.
South Africa has recently been our fishing villages in the south and these have laid mines on roads in the The South African appears to be increasing, with the use armoured cars, helicopters, ground troops and Reconstruction Of course, the Angolan and their armed forces (FAPLA] have responded vigorously attacks, and have succeeded destroying some of their aircraft and Causing loss of life and By Geoff Hunt in Nigeria most damage to the South Africans.
they persist and retaliate eyen more brutally.
Naturally, their objective is the