A 32Bn anti-tank platoon was patrolling four kilometres southwest of Tetchamutete with their 106mm and Milan Unimogs, when one of the Milan vehicles detonated a mine, killing one soldier and injuring another five. Operation Opsaal
Post Timelines
19 June 1983 Mupa
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...
25 Apr 1983 Calolola
On 25 April, Alpha, Echo and Golf companies, five of 32’s reconnaissance teams, a mortar group from the State President’s Guard and an engineer element were deployed in the Calolola area. A company from 44 Parachute Brigade was placed on standby. Radio intercepts had...
26 Nov 1976 Chana Onaimbungu
Start of Operation Seiljag 1. - The first shots of Operation Seiljag 1 were fired when a 32 Battalion platoon spotted a group of SWAPO at a waterhole on the edge of Chana Onaimbungu, 3 km south of the border. The fleeing insurgents accidentally walked into the...
20 Dec 1976 Wamba
A ZANLA platoon entered the labour compound of the Aberfoyle Tea Estate in the Eastern Highlands of Rhodesia and gunned down twenty-seven men in front of their horrified families.
7 Sep 1978 Umtali
UMTALI was subjected to a short, intensive attack late last night when 20 – 30 mortar bombs or rockets (or both) and automatic smallarms fire were fired at the city from an unknown position. The attack lasted from 10.23 to about 10.30. There were a number of hits,...
12 Aug 1976 Umtali
A 4 a.m. on August 12, 1976 a mortar and rocket attack on Umtali from Mozambique causing some damage but no serious injuries.
21 Dec 1979
The formal agreement to a ceasefire, bringing an end to the Rhodesian Bush War, was signed
21 Dec 1970 Nhantsitsi
A FRELIMO unit ambushed an enemy convoy on the road between Mague and Chicoa in the region of Chief Gossa, area of Nhantsitsi. One lorry was destroyed, 10 Portuguese soldiers were killed.
6 Mar 1978 Kavalamanja
Rhodesian forces launched an attack against a ZIPRA insurgent camp near Kavalamanja, Zambia.
6 Feb 1970 Cachulu
The military post of Cachulu was attacked by FRELIMO resulting in the destruction of two houses and many of the enemy killed (according to FRELIMO)
1 Sep 1969 Uncanha
FRELIMO guerrillas (artillery and infantry forces attacked an enemy camp in UNCANHA, in the area of Chief Mussendalua. Many tents were burned, material destroyed and 10 Portuguese soldiers killed. (according to FRELIMO)
3 Feb 1969
President of FRELIMO, Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane, was assassinated,
25 Oct 1986 Oshivelo
The whole of 5 Recce converged on Oshivelo to train for upcoming Operation Colosseum
22 Nov 1987 Chambinga Heights
General Jannie Geldenhuys and other senior officers flew to the Tactical Headquarters on 22 November and a plan was finalized for an attack on Chambinga Heights
20 Nov 1983 Chibemba
A large ground-reconnaissance programme (Operation Shark) planned for Operation Askari began when two Pumas inserted a Recce team 35km west of Chibembe.