International Terrorism in the New Millenium – an evening with Johan Raath – (ex-Recce SA Special forces). 15 October 2021. Hosted by Rooiplaas, Bloemfontein.
CASSINGA – Perceptions, Interpretations and Opinions
My storie oor Mongua soos ervaar deur Lucas van Vuuren (Fires) op 29 Julie 1980. (G Coy 1980, 1 Valskerm Bataljon, OPERASIE SMOKESHELL, 1980).
Geskryf deur Nico Beneke My naam is Lucas van Vuuren. Of “Fires’, soos al my medemakkers van G-Kompanie 1979/80 my geken het. Ek glo dat my makkers van G-Komp van die beste soldate en paratroopers is en was. Ek skryf hierdie herinnering 39 jaar later soos wat ek dit kan onthou. Dit is ook vir […]
Russel Geldenhuys – “Harde val toe 2 valskerms faal” (Die Volksblad, 1979)
HONOURING OUR VETERANS by Eeben Barlow
Death stalks us all…and its arrival can be sudden and unexpected, or it can take its time as it wears us down. As soldiers, we never know what plans death has in store for us. And so we simply carry on. Could that be why it is said that old soldiers never die, they simply […]
9 August 1982 OPERATION MEEBOS
Details of the Puma chopper shot down with the 12 Bats and the 3 SAAF: an account of the day written by Gen Roland de Vries: A Tragic 9 August 1982 — We Loose Fifteen Splendid Soldiers in One Swell Swoop 9 August 1982. A crisp winter’s morning in southern Angola with nothing much really […]
Background to “The Last Post”
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34768398 Cover image: Memorial Stained Glass window, Class of 1934, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston Ontario, Canada
The Parabats – Battle Cry (The Parabat Song)
SA PARATROOPERS IN THE RHODESIAN BUSH WAR – First Deployment (Operation CHINAMAN) Sep-Dec 1967 by Genl McGill Alexander
The first SAP company to be sent to Rhodesia at the beginning of Sep 1967, operated under command of the Rhodesian Army, not the Rhodesian BSAP. The SAP had no experience of military operations or of COINOPS. The SAP requested help from SA Army. Eighteen SA Army personnel deployed with the SAP Company to advise […]
