Cry Zimbabwe: Independence - Twenty Years on
- ISBN-10
- 1919854029
- ISBN-13
- 9781919854021
- Pages
- 512
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Galago
- Author
- Peter Stiff
Description
The mostly untold story of Koevoet - the South African Police's highly successful counter-insurgency unit. Initially based on the Selous Scouts of Rhodesia, it was formed in 1979 and deployed in Namibia until independence in 1989 when it was disbanded as a sop to the UN. During its almost ten year existence it fought in 1,615 contacts and killed or captured 3,225 of SWAPO's PLAN soldiers - the equivalent of almost six battalions of troops. But it paid a high price in blood and lost almost 160 policemen killed in action with another 949 wounded - more grievous casualties than any other South African fighting unit since World War II.--Publisher's website.
