How does a man from the Cape Flats end up in the Cuban army in Angola? November 1975. Angola gains independence. Civil war breaks out. America, the USSR, Cuba and South Africa get involved – the beginning of a drawn-out battle for especially the latter two. We get the perspective of Generals Jannie Geldenhuys and Constand Viljoen, American negotiator Chester Crocker, former Russian president Michael Gorbachev, former Minister Pik Botha and SWAPO’s Charles Namoloh. A South African-led task force covers 3 000 km in southern Angola in 33 days. We see the bloody battles around the village of Ebo through the eyes of soldiers and commanders who were there.
