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Transcripts for Section 1 of Episode 59
| Time | Summary | | | 00:10 | War scenes, SADF in Angola | Full Transcript | | 00:38 | These are scenes of white South Africa at war in Angola. For more than 15 years the South African Defence Force and police fought wars in Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola and Mozambique. Namibia was a South African colony that had to be protected from its liberation movement, SWAPO. Angola was the first line of defence and had a Marxist government. The South Africans killed tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians and many thousands of them were killed or maimed. Most of the dead or wounded were young, white men who were not asked whether they wanted to go to war. If you were male, white and over 18 you had no choice, it was called ‘going to the border.’ Most of them probably did not question the political and religious leaders who said it was their duty to defend their country against the foreign terrorist onslaught. Some did question it and paid a heavy price for refusing to serve. The young people who died in these wars could be buried. The wounded could be treated. Tonight we ...more | Full Transcript | | 02:22 | My life since then has been very, very difficult. It’s had a big element of self destruction. | Full Transcript and References |
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