Rooiplaas Bronkhorstspruit Reunion Update
Bronkhorstspruit Reunion 30 July 2022
All paratrooper- and military veterans and their families are welcome at the Rooiplaas Reunion. When: Saturday, 30 July 2022 Place: Faan se Plaas, Bronkhorstspruit Time: 10h00 till late Cost: R50 per person for day visitors. Cash bar, beverages, and food for sale. Parachutists to jump in at 14h00 with a parade and speeches thereafter. More […]
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Gebedsdiens vir Tannie Mossie by Medikliniek, Bloemfontein, 19 Mei 2022
Chappies van Zyl arranged a prayer meeting for Tannie Mossie, who is an icon and stalwart among the paratrooper fraternity. She is currently under sedation in a Bloemfontein hospital after suffering a stroke a few days ago. Rooiplaas paratrooper veterans, scholars, and friends attended, saying a special prayer for her.
44th Anniversary of Cassinga day 04 May 1978
The 44th anniversary of Cassinga took place on 8 May 2022 at the SA Museum of Military in Saxonwold, Johannesburg, organised by LAARSA (Legion of Associated Airborne of South Africa). Although the day was overcast and the wind bitterly cold, the threat of rain could not damper the spirit of the Paratrooper veterans that attended, […]
Symbolic meaning of the Memorial at 44 Parachute Regiment, Tempe, Bloemfontein
Symbolic meaning of the Memorial at 44 Parachute Regiment, Tempe, Bloemfontein DOWNLOAD
Narrow escape for a paratrooper at Nelspruit airport as told by Johann Pieterse, Course 41V, 1967
Two South African Airforce Dakotas crashed on the same day at the same airshow, Nelspruit 1967 On an ice-cold Free State winter morning, we departed Bloemfontein for Nelspruit in a Dakota (DC3), with serial number 6878. We were twenty-one paratroopers tasked to do a demonstration jump at an airshow in Nelspruit, celebrating the formal opening […]
Fighting Men of Rhodesia ep71 | SA Parabats in Rhodesia | Part 2
Interviewed by Hannes Wessels. Posted by John van Zyl – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yl9BhVtRJg – In late 1979 the South African government were worried that the Rhodesian war would spill over their Northern border into South Africa. They decided it was time to put SA boots on the ground to secure that vulnerable border area and deployed the […]
Fighting Men of Rhodesia ep69 | SA Parabats in Rhodesia | Part 1
Interviewed by Hannes Wessels. Posted by John van Zyl – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yl9BhVtRJg – In late 1979 the South African government were worried that the Rhodesian war would spill over their Northern border into South Africa. They decided it was time to put SA boots on the ground to secure that vulnerable border area and deployed the […]
One Thousand Men are Walking – Joshua Dyer
Joshua Dyer (aged 14) was tasked at school to write a poem for Remembrance Day. An hour later (without any help) he produced this. ONE THOUSAND MEN ARE WALKINGOne thousand men are walkingWalking side by sideSinging songs from homeThe spirit as their guidethey walk toward the light milordthey walk towards the sunthey smoke and laugh […]
