Bush of Ghosts - Life and War in Namibia 1986-1990
Bush of Ghosts - Life and War in Namibia 1986-1990 - Fighting between SWAPO and Koevoet in the Omundudu area leads to the destruction of the outer palisade of a home by Casspirs. 7 April 1989. Joseph, a church worker, guides us through an account of the firefight and damage to a homestead. sw a po fighters crossing an open field were spotted from the air by a patrolling Bosbok. Some time later a Koevoet patrol picked up their tracks. The men from Angola retreated under fire, and found refuge behind the walls of this homestead. But not for long - a Casspir in hot pursuit ploughed through the outside walls into the homestead with 5.5 machine-guns blazing, leaving a trial of devastation behind as it burst through to the other side into the mahangu field, where the battle ended
