 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Hurumende yeSouth Africa yakazivisa vatungamiri vevapanduki Jonas Savimbi naHolden Roberto mukutanga kwaNovember 1975 kuti South African Defence Force SADF yaizopedza nokukurumidza kushanda muAngolapasinei nokukundikana kwesangano racho kutora Luanda uye nokudaro kuchengetedza kuzivikanwa kwenyika dzakawanda pakusununguka. Savimbi, achida zvikuru kudzivisa kubviswa kwesimba guru, rine ushamwari, remauto muAngola, akakumbira General Constand Viljoen kuti amurongere musangano naMutungamiri weSouth Africa John Vorster, mubatsiri waSavimbi kubva muna Gumiguru 1974. Usiku hwaNovember 10, husiku hwakatangira kuzvitonga kuzere, Savimbi akabhururuka muchivande achienda kuPretoria, South Africa uye musangano wakaitika. Mukuchinja kunoshamisa kwenheyo, Vorster haana kungobvuma kuchengeta mauto kusvikira muna November asi akapikira kubvisa mauto eSADF bedzi pashure pomusangano weOAU musi waDecember 9. VaSoviet, vachiziva zvakanaka basa reSouth Africa kumaodzanyemba kweAngola, vakaendesa varwi veCuba nendege muLuanda vhiki imwe rusununguko rusati rwavapo. Nepo vakuru vakuru vokuCuba vakatungamirira basa racho uye vakapa chikamu chikuru chemauto, vakuru vakuru 60 veSoviet muCongo vakabatana nevaCuba musi waNovember 12. Utungamiriri hweSoviet hwakarambidza zvakajeka vaCuba kupindira muhondo yevagari vemo yeAngola, vachiisa pfungwa pabasa rokudzivisa South Africa. 