At the same time, the apartheid government and the Smith regime lost Portugal as an ally and with it the tens of thousands of soldiers that had been deployed in the Portuguese colonial wars
Panthawi imodzimodziyo, boma la tsankho komanso boma la Smith linataya dziko la Portugal monga bwenzi lake ndipo pamodzi ndi asilikali zikwi makumi ambiri omwe adatumizidwa pankhondo za atsamunda a Portugal