Rooi gevaar is an Afrikaans phrase, translated in to English as the 'Red threat' or 'Communist threat'. Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in The term was used during Apartheid South Africa for what was seen as a security threat to the then white South African government from communist forces. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The Soviet Union and Cuba supported various insurgency groups (mostly black) in sub-Saharan Africa. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The struggle came to a head in the Angolan Civil War with Cuban and South African forces involved in the fighting. The Angolan Civil War began in Angola after the end of the war for independence from Portugal in 1975
See also the South African term Swart gevaar ('Black threat,' 'African threat'). Swart Gevaar (Afrikaans Translated into English as black threat.