And yet the last three are often mentioned as being made possible by this or at least having a direct causative effect That aside I take exception to the implication that South Africa committed suicide in any way by peacefully moving to a sharing of power The aftermath of this series of battle s has been argued to include a hastening of South Africa s movement to the peace table or conversely that SA hastened the end of the operations in Angola specifically so that the situation at home could be concentrated on However you look at it it made political sense to abandon the field and enter negotiations voluntarily I m not sure what is meant by let unita alone though SA supported UNITA through the whole process of peace negotiations and the JMC etc It was only after the 1994 elections in South Africa that UNITA was truly orphaned I see that has removed his request for proof of casualties I wonder why maybe he s actually read the article or the sources or waded through the debate on this page