This series, ‘Apartheid’s black ops in Zimbabwe’, examines the acts of espionage, assassination, sabotage and subversion conducted by the South Africa within the borders of its northern neighbour during the 1980s. It also looks at the men who pulled the triggers and planted the bombs, as well as the impact of their actions, in what was a turbulent and sometimes devastating period for Zimbabwe and the region.

Episode 2 covers the escalation of the clandestine battle at the end of 1981, investigating the fallout from the Gqabi killing, the sabotage of Zimbabwe’s national ammunition depot, the bombing of Zanu (PF) headquarters, and CIO’s intensifying pursuit of South African moles.

This series, ‘The Taste of Poison: Apartheid’s black ops in Zimbabwe’, examines the acts of espionage, assassination, sabotage and subversion conducted by South Africa within the borders of its northern neighbour during the 1980s. It also looks at the men who pulled the triggers and planted the bombs, as well as the impact of their actions, in what was a turbulent and sometimes devastating period for Zimbabwe and the region.

Episode 1 outlines the genesis of the Apartheid state’s policy towards Zimbabwe, and investigates its first cross-border operations, including the killing of ANC representative Joe Gqabi.

The Indonesian massacres of 1965 and 1966 were described by the CIA as ‘one of the ghastliest and most concentrated bloodlettings’ of the Cold War—and were responsible for up to a million deaths, according to some estimates. As such, they are comparable with some of the worst mass killings of the Century, but have remained relatively unknown. In this podcast, the Institute for Continuing History explores the growing body of research on the massacres that has emerged since the fall of Indonesia’s military regime in the late 1990s.