Operation Safraan

Operation Safraan

Operation Safraan was a series of South African Defence Force raids from the Caprivi Strip area during the South African Border War. South African forces entered south-western Zambia attacking PLAN bases. These bases were found to have been vacated but the facilities were destroyed disrupting future border infiltrations. Conducted in March, 1979 concurrently with Operation Rekstok; it followed Operation Reindeer and preceded Operation Sceptic.

The name means "saffron" in Afrikaans.

References

Steenkamp, Willem. South Africa's Border War 1966 - 1989. Ashanti Publishing, 1989.

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