Operation Saffraan (English: Operation Safron) was a series of South African Defence Force raids from the Caprivi Strip area during the South African Border War.

On 23 August 1978 PLAN and the Zambian army shelled the small South African garrison town Katimo Mulilo in eastern Caprivi (Namibia).

In March 1979, South African forces entered south-western Zambia attacking PLAN bases in retaliation for the shelling of Katimo Mulilo.

[1]: 86  These bases were around Sinjembele and the Njinje forest,[2]: Chpt4  were found to have been vacated but the facilities were destroyed disrupting future border infiltrations.

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