 Nyorera kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - MPLA nemaCuba vaizochengetedza danho kuchamhembe kweAngola mushure mekukundwa kweFNLA kuQuifangondo nekufambira mberi paCaxito nenzvimbo dzendege dzeCamabatela neNegage. Caxito yaizodonha musi wa 27 Zvita 1975 uye FNLA main airbase paCamabatela yakatorwa musi wa 1 Ndira uye Negage musi wa 3 Ndira apo guta ravo guru paCarmona rakawira musi wa 4 Ndira uye saka FNLA yakatanga zvakakomba. Pakutanga kwa1976, vakakundwa neMPLA, FNLA yakatanga kudzokera shure, ichipamba misha iri kuchamhembe kweAngola, sezvavaienda kumuganhu weZaire. Musi wa11 Ndira 1976, FAPLA nemaCuba vakatora Ambriz naAmbrizete kubva kuFNLA ndokuzofambira mberi padzimbahwe ravo muSão Salvador nzira yavo yaidzivirirwa nevarwi vekunze pasi paColonel Callan uye zvinhu zveFNLA. NaColonel Callan achiita utsinye muhondo kusanganisira kurwisa varume vake pachake aizobviswa pabasa rake muFNLA uye nekudaro rutsigiro rwema mercenary rwakatanga muna Zvita wapfuura rwakapera uye São Salvador akabatwa musi wa15 Kukadzi 1976. VaSouth Africa vaizobuda muAngola musi wa27 Kurume 1976 mushure mekugamuchira vimbiso kubva kuAngola neUnited Nations pamusoro pekuchengetedzwa kwezvinhu zviri paCalueque hydropower facility nokudaro vachipedza Operation Savannah. Zvikamu zveFNLA izvo zvaive zvakapinda seSouth African Armys Task Force Zulu, zvaizogadziriswa kuita 32 Battalion. 