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Jonas Savimbi

Angolan opposition party Unita says it was robbed of victory in 2022 but will come back fighting even harder in 2027

DAILY MAVERICK INTERVIEW

Angolan opposition party Unita says it was robbed of victory in 2022 but will come back fighting even harder in 2027

By Peter Fabricius

In the cockpit of Angola’s ideological struggle – Fred Bridgland’s ‘The Guerrilla and the Journalist’

BOOK REVIEW

In the cockpit of Angola’s ideological struggle – Fred Bridgland’s ‘The Guerrilla and the Journalist’

By Luthando Dyasop

I was wrong – Jonas Savimbi was a sexual predator and a ruthless, evil, murderous tyrant

BOOK EXTRACT

I was wrong – Jonas Savimbi was a sexual predator and a ruthless, evil, murderous tyrant

By Fred Bridgland

Cloete Breytenbach, documenter of soldiers at war

WAR PHOTOGRAPHER

Cloete Breytenbach, documenter of soldiers at war

By Unknown Author

By Unknown Author

Newsdeck

Angolans vote for president as dos Santos retires

By News24

Analysis: The book club that terrified the Angolan regime

Africa

Analysis: The book club that terrified the Angolan regime

By Simon Allison

Review: The book about Angolan blood diamonds that landed Rafael Marques in court

Africa

Review: The book about Angolan blood diamonds that landed Rafael Marques in court

By Mercedes Sayagues

Analysis: Why states recover

World

Analysis: Why states recover

By Greg Mills

A Decade In Pictures: 2002

Africa

A Decade In Pictures: 2002

By Andy Rice