It involved the late Jonas Savimbi-led rebel group, UNITA, assisted by the South African Defence Force against the Angolan army (FAPLA), who was assisted by Cuba, the Soviet Union and to a lesser extent East Germany.
E ne akaretsa setlhopha sa marabele sa ga moswi Jonas Savimbi  UNITA, ba thusiwa ke sesole sa Aforikaborwa kgatlhanong le Sesole sa kwa Angola (FAPLA), se se neng se thusiwa ke Cuba, Soviet Union le go le gonnye, botlhaba jwa Jeremane.