Events

Sunday, 06 Jan 1980
32Bn Bravo Company’s second platoon made contact with 30 SWAPO at a waterhole two kilometres east of Omupande, a known FAPLA stronghold. Later that day, a five-minute mortar bombardment was launched against the same platoon from the direction of Omupande, followed an hour later by a second, and another hour afterwards by a third attack, despite the fact that the platoon had moved position. Operation Zulu

Friday, 10 Oct 1980
SAAF Impala Mk.II (#1042) piloted by Lt.Volkerz is shot down by two SA-7 missiles 20km SW of Mupa, Angola. Pilot ejected safely but was killed by SWAPO PLAN fighters on the ground

Sunday, 19 Jun 1983
On 19 June, 32Bn Bravo Company’s first platoon made contact with a group of SWAPO guarding an ammunition cache 20 km east of Mupa. When the enemy fled, the patrol destroyed 120 82-mm mortar bombs, 40 anti-personnel rifle grenades and 25 anti-aircraft magazines containing 23-mm shells. - Operation Dolfyn

Saturday, 21 Mar 1987
Charlie Company 32 Battalion is sent to confirm the presence of SWAPO at Mupa. A fierce fire fight ensues but contact is broken because of SWATF orders not to engage FAPLA

Sunday, 22 Mar 1987
Charlie Company 32 Battalion is given instructions to move into Mupa, by which time SWAPO has abandoned their base there. Mupa is held for 2 days and then handed over to UNITA

Tuesday, 31 Mar 1987
The SWAPO force at Evale is attacked by 32 Battalion and the town is cleared, opening the logistics line between Mupa and Evale, denying the enemy logistics movements from Cuvelai to Ongiva

Sunday, 28 Jun 1987
Mupa is shelled with mortars from 32 Battalion as part of Operation Radbraak with the intention of flushing out SWAPO

Tuesday, 07 Jul 1987
Mupa is again shelled with mortars from 32 Battalion as part of Operation Radbraak with the intention of flushing out SWAPO, but nothing happens

Tuesday, 27 Oct 1987
At 17:30 on 27 October, 4 x SAAF Impala strike aircraft departed from their airbase at Ondangwa and launched air-to-ground attacks on various targets to the east of the position which the Task Force Daffodil held, in the Mupa region of the central part of southern Angola

Wednesday, 28 Oct 1987
At 07:05 on 28 October, 4 x SAAF Impalas launched another air-to-ground attack upon Mupa

Monday, 02 Nov 1987
At 18:00 on 2 November, two days after the carrying out of Operation Firewood, 2 x enemy MiG fighters approached the Mupa area from a northwesterly direction, flying at very low altitudes, and launched an air-to-ground missile attack on the positions of SADF soldiers. Five members of the SADF were injured during the air strike