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Much has been written about the South African Border war which is also known as the Namibian War of Independence. While the fighting was ostensibly about Namibia, most of the significant battles were fought inside Namibia’s northern neighbour, Angola. South Africa’s 23 year border war has been almost forgotten as the Cold War ebbed away and bygones were swept under the political carpet. South African politicians, particularly the ANC and the National Party, decided during negotiations to end ...
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Welcome to Time Tellers, where the past refuses to stay buried, and the whispers of history beckon us to listen closely. Join your host, Renee, and her co-host, Dan, as they unravel a tale that lies at the eerie crossroads of folklore and law. In this gripping episode, we journey back to the winter of 1897, amidst the snow-blanketed hills of Greenb…
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Step into the shadowy past with "Time Tellers," where hosts Renee and Dan unravel the chilling saga of the Salem Witch Trials, a dark chapter in early American history that forever haunts the pages of time. In the harsh winter of 1692, the Puritan settlement of Salem, Massachusetts, found itself engulfed in a whirlwind of paranoia and fear. With st…
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Welcome back, Time Tellers! Join your hosts Renee and Dan as they embark on a spine-chilling journey into the heart of one of America's most enigmatic landmarks: the Winchester Mystery House. This episode promises a spellbinding tale of intrigue, tragedy, and the supernatural. Delve into the life of Sarah Lockwood Pardee, a woman marked by loss and…
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In this exciting episode, join us as we embark on a new chapter for the Time Tellers Podcast—our very own Patreon! Dive into the behind-the-scenes story of how our Patreon came to life, featuring real-time reactions, surprises, and a bit of humor. Explore the different tiers available, from early access to exclusive content and even a book club. He…
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Welcome back, history enthusiasts, to another thrilling episode of Time Tellers, the podcast where we dive into the captivating stories of the past that have shaped our world today. Join your host Renee and co-host Dan as they explore one of the most bizarre and tragic events in American history: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919. On January 15, 191…
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Welcome back, history enthusiasts, to another gripping episode of Time Tellers. This week, we delve into the infamous Black Sox Scandal of 1919, a dark chapter in baseball history that shook the very foundation of America's beloved pastime. Join your hosts, Renee and Dan, as they navigate the treacherous waters of greed, betrayal, and corruption. D…
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Welcome to Time Tellers, where we dive into the intriguing stories and forgotten lore that have shaped our world. In this mini-episode, we're about to embark on a journey into a superstition that has piqued the curiosity of even the most rational among us. Friday the 13th. What about this particular date makes it synonymous with bad luck? Is there …
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Welcome back, history enthusiasts, to another episode of Time Tellers! In this thrilling installment, your hosts Renee and Dan delve into the astonishing tale of the Brinks Robbery of 1950, often dubbed "America's Perfect Crime." On the frigid evening of January 17, 1950, the streets of Boston were calm, but inside the Brinks Armored Car Depot, an …
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Welcome back, history enthusiasts, to another gripping episode of Time Tellers, the podcast where we dive deep into the stories of the past that have shaped our world today. Join your hosts, Renee and Dan, as they unravel the dramatic events of the Battle of Blair Mountain. In this episode, we explore a monumental conflict between coal miners and c…
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Welcome back to Time Tellers, where we journey through the pages of history to uncover stories that have shaped our world. Today, we're taking you back to a cold winter's day in December 1867, when a small town in New York State became the site of one of the deadliest train disasters in American history. This is the story of the Angola Horror. It w…
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Welcome to Time Tellers, the podcast that delves into the significant stories and historical events that have profoundly shaped the United States. I'm your host, Renee, and alongside me is Dan, the mastermind behind this episode. In this riveting episode, we unravel the intense and pivotal conflict known as the Gauge Wars. This battle shaped Americ…
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Welcome to episode four of Time Tellers, where we delve into the captivating stories and historical events that have shaped the United States. In this episode, titled "Battles and Bays," we explore the epic tale of Misery Bay and Presque Isle during the War of 1812. Join Renee and Dan as they uncover the intriguing history of these two significant …
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In this episode of the Time Tellers podcast, we dive deep into the naval clashes that shaped the War of 1812. From the legendary USS Constitution to the pivotal Battle of Lake Erie, discover how these maritime encounters defined American resilience and naval prowess. Join us as we explore the daring tactics, heroic figures, and significant outcomes…
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Welcome to Time Tellers, the podcast that explores the fascinating stories and historical events that have shaped the United States. In this episode, hosts Renee and Dan delve into the pivotal moment in American history when the Founding Fathers gathered to draft the Constitution at the Second Constitutional Convention. Before diving into the main …
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Welcome to "Time Tellers," the podcast that dives into the captivating stories and historical events that have shaped the United States. Join hosts Renee and Dan as they navigate through the fascinating evolution of American libraries, from private collections in colonial homes to the dynamic digital libraries of today. In this episode, discover th…
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This is episode 113, we’re wrapping up the series with the final days of South West Africa as the country became Namibia. I’ll talk about the SADF’s departure later in this episode. First we need to go over the events in early April 1989 that almost put paid to the peace agreement. As you heard last week, SWAPO leader Sam Nujoma had ordered his mil…
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So here we are, the sound of peace settled over Ovamboland, it was the end of 1988. The South Africans were actually in a much better position than it appeared. Yes, they were losing Namibia, and were going to also lose their vital strategic port of Walvis Bay. Still, UNITA was left out of the discussion, they would continue to fight against the An…
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This is episode 111, in cricket the number is known as Nelson, it’s unlucky for the batting side, and players are expected to stand on one leg as the bowler launches his ball. It’s perhaps symbolic that we get to episode 111 at precisely the moment that the South Africans agree to peace after 23 years of fighting over South West Africa. Within a fe…
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When we left off last episode, the Cubans and Angolans were gearing up to face another invasion by 61 Mech and 4SAI, Operation Excite as it was to become known. But for once, the Cubans had decided that they’d seize the initiative and were about to launch a two pronged assault towards the South Africans from Xangongo. Just a quick recap, 61 Mech ha…
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We left off last week hearing that the Cuban 50th Division had been moved towards the SWA Border, a clear message to Pretoria that Fidel Castro was no longer going to tolerate the losses that he and FAPLA had endured in southern Angola. All this as the South Africans, Cubans, Angolans, Americans and Russians were negotiating the future of Namibia. …
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This is episode 108, it’s the 23rd June 1988 and the south Africans, Cubans, Angolans, Americans and Russians had gathered in Cairo for negotiations over the future of Namibia and the Cubans were seething. American Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker opened up the meeting by presenting the Cubans and Angolans with Pretoria’s comp…
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Operation Hooper had ended in failure for the SADF and back in Pretoria, it was time to reassess the political and military situation. What had been achieved after 23 years of war - fighting ostensibly to stop SWAPO from seizing control of Namibia but really a war to buffer the apartheid state from the sweeping post-colonial independence movements.…
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In this final episode of Women Who Walk, I bid farewell to podcasting (for now). Throughout the three seasons and 48 episodes, I’ve had the honor of interviewing globally mobile women, who shared stories of courage, adaptability, and resiliency moving multiple countries for work, for adventure, for love, for freedom. The podcast has not only connec…
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More than two decades of conflict in Ovamboland and southern Angola had worn down South African military domination - tactical superiority was no longer certain. The initial approach which had been innovative and inspirational, fast, seat of the pants and smart, had slumped into attritional raging bull blow for blow brutality. It was March 1988, ti…
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The Third Battle of the Tumpo Triangle was about to begin - the date - 23rd March 1988. The weary 61 Mechanised battalion had withdrawn, the men exhausted after 4 months of shifting about and fighting FAPLA, while their equipment was in worse shape. By 13th March the tattered 20 Brigade of which 61 Mech was part had arrived back at Rundu across the…
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Jo Francis Penn is English, currently living in Bath. As an 11-year-old, she lived in Malawi, Africa; in her teens she lived for a short period in Israel; and as a young adult she lived in New Zealand and Australia. Once back in the UK, she made a career change, moving from tech into writing fiction and non-fiction. Her international relocations an…
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Last episode we heard about the failed first battle of the Tumpo Triangle, officially known as Tumpo one which took place on February 25th 1988. You know that things aren’t going well when battles are numbered, and there would be three attempts at overrunning FAPLA in its defensive positions east of the Cuito River, outside Cuito Cuanavale. Still, …
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It was D-Day for the next attack across the open ground east of the Tumpo Triangle, just outside Cuito Cuanavale in southern Angola. The town was now regarded as a moral prerequisite rather than strategic necessity, Luanda’s position here was no surrender, while in Pretoria, the political leadership knew that they could not take the town. This woul…
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The South Africans were attacking FAPLA’s 59 Brigade, but had run into an ambush - Cubans operating Soviet tanks had laid up waiting for 4SAI to cut across their hull down positions. These were the T55s of the 3rd Battalion — the commanders and the gunners were Cuban, while the drivers were Angolan. As the SADF had found out earlier on the 14th Feb…
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Joyce Agee is originally from the US. Currently she lives a couple of hours southeast of the Australian city of Melbourne. Her childhood was peripatetic with her family moving every couple of years. As is often the case with individuals who moved frequently as children, Joyce continued to move, relocating internationally once she'd graduated univer…
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It’s the second week of January 1988 and FAPLAs 21st, 59th and 25th Brigades had taken up the front line in what was to be a three layered defenses ahead of the Tumpo Triangle, where two roads joined just north of the Tumpo River. That was aeast of Cuito Cuanavale. Behind these three Brigades, 16th and 66th hunkered down in expectation of an SADF f…
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D-Day for the renewed attack on FAPLA’s 21 Brigade was reset from January 5th to January 13th 1988 - a Friday, for those who suffered from triskaidekaphobia - a fear of Friday the 13th, it merely served to increase their worries. 4 SAI was now being led by Commandant Jan Malan who replaced Leon Marais, 61 Mech was under temporary command of Koos Li…
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Founder of The Black Expat and The Global Chatter Podcast, American Amanda Bates, talks about her cross-cultural experiences growing up in an immigrant community in the US and moving in her tweens to her parent's West African passport country, Cameroon. She explains how and why as an adult she was in the perfect position to change perceptions of bl…
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We’re approaching the date of Operation Hooper, but first a bit of bad news for the SADF regarding disease. The heavy rains through November and December of 1987 had created a perfect breeding ground for the flies and mosquitoes that carried hepatitis and malaria. This was impacting the morale let alone the operational capacity of the army. The rep…
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When we left off last episode it was the end of Operation Moduler, and Cuban Leader Fidel Castro had begun to consider a negotiated solution to the Namibian and Angolan war. There was a side-show planned before the next major op in Angola. The SADF top brass had finally decided to try and cut off the logistics route west of Cuito Cuanavale through …
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Wiebke Anton is German – from a city that was formerly part of the communist state of East Germany. She’s a PhD in Political Science and her dissertation is on the Discourse of Russia in the European Parliament. But Wiebke deviated from academia into a career as a Mediator-cum-Certified Relationship Coach for Expat Couples. In the following intervi…
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We’re wrapping up Operation Moduler this episode and throwing forward to the next assault on Cuito Cuanavale which was to fixate the South African political leadership at a time when the Cold War was melting away. This was to have a direct effect on the satellite wars such as those in Angola. Assessing this stage of the conflict it all appeared to …
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FAPLAs 21 and 25 Brigades were manoeuvring around the western edge of the 1370 meter high Viposto high ground which lay south of the Hube and Chambinga Rivers before dawn on the 16th November 1987- and those rivers flowed in an almost direct east to west direction. That meant the Angolan Brigades were now squeezed between the high ground and the ri…
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We’re into the final phase of Operation Moduler in November 1987, and the SADF was lining up FAPLAs 16 Brigade after giving them a bloody nose on the 9th. Combat Group Bravo was going to draw FAPLAs attention between the Mianei and Vimpula Rivers, south east of Cuito Cuanavale, but that was a diversion. 59 Brigade was based here, and moving slowly …
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British-Italian-Brazilian, @JaiaSowden, references three generations of her family moving countries as a "tradition," even proposing that moving countries is "in their blood," and that putting down roots "would feel claustrophobic." Jaia is the daughter of my Episode 41 guest, Tabitha Sowden, and certainly there are overlaps in their stories, such …
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It’s early morning November 9th 1987 and the SADF was advancing towards FAPLAs 16th Brigade based at the source of the Chambinga River. The Angolan brigade had received orders to shift eastwards, and the units were about to move when the SADF launched their attack. The first sign of the impending assault was an artillery bombardment and SAAF bombin…
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International mobility is in many ways a privileged one. Yet there is a price to pay and that is the sadness and grief that comes with having to say goodbye, whether you're the one that's staying, or the one that's leaving. Recently, a young woman who was my Episode 25 guest, and who has been my right-hand helper and support person for upward of 5 …
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Colonel Deon Ferreira was putting the final touches together for the next phase of Operation Moduler, in late October 1987. The South Africans had reorganised themselves into three combat groups for the upcoming push against FAPLA north of the Lomba River. Combat Group Alpha was initially led by Kobus Smit of 61 Mech, but he was about to be rotated…
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At the beginning of October 1987 One Recce moved into the southern Angolan region replacing Five Recce and by the time the SADF top brass had decided the final course of action, a group of 30 Recces flew by C-130 from Durban Air Force base to Rundu It was at Rundu where a critically important meeting had taken place on the 15th October when Army Ch…
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Tabitha Sowden's story of country hopping is reminiscent of today’s Gen Z digital nomads. But Tabitha’s a Gen X’er, born in 1966, and as a young adult in the 1980s, she was moving with ease between countries, not with her laptop and IPhone, since there wasn’t the technology that’s available today, but with her handcrafted jewelry, which she made in…
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FAPLA had taken a battering at the Battle of the Lomba River on 3rd October 1987 - the SADF had crushed 47 Brigade, and they had also dealt t21 Brigade a serious blow earlier as you’ve heard. Operation Modular had led to a mauling - and the Angolans began withdrawing northwards. The South Africans had been victorious despite being hopelessly outnum…
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One of the most crucial periods of the Border War was under way - although military strategists didn’t realise this until a little later. It was imperative for FAPLA to take Mavinga, this would have pushed the South Africans much further south - and factored into Luanda’s plan along with the Cubans to begin building longer runways for bombers and f…
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Originally from Massachusetts, Elizabeth (Liz) Shick began her international journey as a young college student when in the mid 1980s, majoring in Africana Studies, she spent a year at university in Tanzania. Thereafter, she went on to obtain a Master’s of International Affairs in Economic and Political Development at Columbia University. This open…
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We heard last episode how Operation Modular had begun, and how FAPLAs 21st Brigade had been stopped from crossing the Lomba River by Major Hannes Nortmann and his squadron of Ratels using the experimental ZRT3 rockets in early September 1987. This was happening along a river where the approaches were a mix of tropical grasslands and riverine bush t…
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The first phase of Operation Modular has begun. 32 Battalion, the Recces and UNITA are facing 8 FAPLA Brigades in southern Angola, four of these have advanced towards Mavinga. As you hear last episode, FAPLas 21 and 47 Brigade of about 3000 men were on their way to the Lomba River, north west of Mavinga. Chief of the Army Lieutenant General Kat Lie…
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