 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chechipiri chema1970s zvisinei chakaona South Africa ichitarisana nehukuru hwakakomba hwekuparadzaniswa nedzimwe nyika uye kutsoropodzwa. Muna 1973 UN yakaratidza mutemo werusaruraganda seCrime against Humanity, wakakwidziridzwazve nokudzvinyirira kwehurumende kwoutsinye uye kupinzwa mutorongo kwakawanda kwakazotevera norufu zvichitevera kumukira kweSoweto muna 1976 norufu rwomurwi akakurumbira anorwisa rusaruraganda Steve Biko muna 1977. Gore rakatevera racho kurambidzwa kwezvombo neUN, kwakanga kwave kuchiitwa zvishoma nezvishoma kubvira muna 1962, kwakava kunosungirwa. Kubviswa kwezvemari kwepasi rose kwakazotevera kubva kuSouth Africa kwakawedzera, kuchiisa dzvinyiriro huru papfuma. Pamwe chete nezvinetso izvi zvakakomba, zvigadziko zvehurongwa hwekunze kwenyika zvakatarisana nekudonha uye shanduko yakakwana nekuguma kwekutonga kwechiPutukezi muAngola neMozambique muna 1975, uye kugadziriswa kwekutaurirana muRhodesia yaIan Smith kusvika kumagumo ehutongi hwevarungu vashoma muna 1979. Sezvo South Africa yakava inobatanidzwa zvikuru muhondo yeBordermuSouth West Africa zuva ranhasi Namibia neAngola, Navy yakatanga kugadzirisazve maonero ayo ekare epasi rose uye sangano. Gurukota reDziviriro panguva iyoyo, P. W. Botha akabudirira kutsvaka kubatana kwemauto neIsrael uye mapfumbamwe Reshef muSouth Africa basa missile strike craft yakarairwa muna 1974. Zvichitevera kumukira kweSoweto uye kurambidzwa kwezvombo kwakazotevera, South Africa yakamanikidzwa kubvuma kukanzurwa kwechimwe chibvumirano chakakosha chezvikepe zvegungwa chezvikepe zviviri zvitsva zveType-69A uye zviviri zveFrance. 