488 Chapter 4
Participants: 560 South Africa/551 Zambia, 571 Botswana
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On April 9, 1987, South Africa warned Zambia and Botswana that it
would not allow African National Congress (ANC) “terrorists” to travel through
Zambia and Botswana into South Africa. Several isolated shootings and bombings
of suspected terrorists occurred before a final raid on April 25. South African army
commandos raided Livingstone, Zambia, and killed four suspected ANC members.
552 ZIMBABWE/553 MALAWI
MID#2589
Started in September 1986. See the narrative in the 541 Mozambique/553 Malawi
dyad dispute list.
552 ZIMBABWE/560 SOUTH AFRICA
MID#2570
Dispute Number: 2570
Date(s): May 19, 1986
Participants: 560 South Africa/552 Zimbabwe
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: In the South African government’s effort to eradicate the threat of the
African National Congress from taking power and ending apartheid, the South African
military conducted several attacks on what appeared to be ANC headquarters through-
out the southern part of the continent. South African commandos raided the capitals
of Zimbabwe (MID#2570) and Botswana (MID#2580), and South Africa launched a
ground and air strike on the capital of Zambia (MID#2571). South Africa was target-
ing sites supposedly used by the African National Congress in the three countries.
In Zambia, South African jet fighters attacked a refugee center. In Zimbabwe, South
African commandos destroyed a house in Ashdown Park and blew up a building in
Harare. In Botswana, South African commandos arrived in helicopters, stormed a
village, and attacked a fenced compound. The Botswana Defence Force fired on the
South African helicopters.
MID#2755
Dispute Number: 2755
Date(s): February 14, 1988
Participants: 560 South Africa/552 Zimbabwe
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)