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Operation Safraan was a series of South African Defence Force raids from the Caprivi Strip area during the South African Border War. South African forces entered south-western Zambia attacking PLAN bases. These bases were found to have been vacated but the facilities were destroyed disrupting future border infiltrations. Conducted in March, 1979 concurrently with Operation Rekstok; it followed Operation Reindeer and preceded Operation Sceptic.

The name means "saffron" in Afrikaans.

Steenkamp, Willem. South Africa's Border War 1966 - 1989. Ashanti Publishing, 1989.

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-'''Operation Safraan''' was a series of [[South African Defence Force]] raids from the [[Caprivi Strip]] area during the [[South African Border War]]. South African forces entered south-western [[Zambia]] attacking PLAN bases. These bases were found to have been vacated but the facilities were destroyed disrupting future border infiltrations. Conducted in March, 1979 concurrently with [[Operation Rekstok]]; it preceded [[Operation Reindeer]] and followed [[Operation Sceptic]].
+'''Operation Safraan''' was a series of [[South African Defence Force]] raids from the [[Caprivi Strip]] area during the [[South African Border War]]. South African forces entered south-western [[Zambia]] attacking PLAN bases. These bases were found to have been vacated but the facilities were destroyed disrupting future border infiltrations. Conducted in March, 1979 concurrently with [[Operation Rekstok]]; it followed [[Operation Reindeer]] and preceded [[Operation Sceptic]].
 The name means "saffron"  in [[Afrikaans]].