eNongqai Vol+4+No+4

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SAP – 100

THE e-NONGQAI Un-official Police Gazette for VETERANS of the former

South African Police Force and for those interested in the history of our Police, Defence and our National Security

April 2013; Vol 4 no 4 DIE e-NONGQAI

Nie-amptelike Polisiekoerant vir VETERANE van die ou Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiemag en

vir diegene wat belangstel in die geskiedenis van ons polisie, verdediging en nasionale

veiligheid

April 2013; Vol 4 Nr 4

Getrou; selfs tot die Dood. Ons het dienend gesterf en

sterwend gedien!

Piet-Patu van Zyl

ontvang sy bekamping van Terrorisme Medalje van genl

‘Ross’ Rossouw

SAP – 100

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Contents

Welkom Welcome ............................................. 6

Your word for the month: Rev Bob Timms ......................................................................... 6

Oordenking: SAP 100: Koot Swanepoel .......................................................................... 7

God works in Mysterious ways ........................................................................................ 8

Isabel Kruger: Lofrede: SAP Gedenkteken 1 April 2013 ............................................... 9

Rich Hurt: Anglo Boer War: Missing and Found ......................................................... 15

Van die redakteur ................................................................................................................. 15

How to “subscribe” to the eNONGQAI – Bruce Jones................................................ 16

Personalia vanaf 01 Maart – 31 Maart 2013 ....................................................................... 16

Afsterwes ............................................................................................................................ 16

Siekboek .............................................................................................................................. 17

Verjaarswense .................................................................................................................... 18

Allegaartjie ......................................................................................................................... 20

Personalities of our Forces / Persoonlikhede van ons Magte ......................................... 22

Ds MVD ‘Doempie’ Cloete (SAW & SAP): Paul Els .................................................... 22

Anglo-Boereoorlog: Broers Onder Die Wapen: Maritz Spaarwater (SAW & NI) ... 26

Bester: No 4145462 konst C Bester .................................................................................. 29

Warrant Officer Johann Kotze: SAPS Bothasig ............................................................. 30

Jan van Wyk: SAP Bond Wynberg se Manne .............................................................. 31

Jan van Wyk: SAP Bond: Wynbergtak .......................................................................... 33

Adv BJ Vorster: Gerhard Lotz ......................................................................................... 35

Adv BJ Vorster: Lt-Genl H Westraat .............................................................................. 35

Piet van Zyl: Tanzanië ...................................................................................................... 36

Floris Eyegelaar - Jeanette Victor .................................................................................... 39

No 7068901-6 Det/Const MJ Thamtsha .......................................................................... 39

Kapt Dirk Coetzee is deur SAP-kollegas verag: R. Pallas ........................................... 40

Kapt Andre Stander: Was Stander ‘produk’ van NP?....................................................... 42

Kapt Patrick Coetzee (Kimberley) .................................................................................. 44

Lt-genl Johan Deyzel (Kimberley) .................................................................................. 44

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Nasionale Veiligheidsgeskiedenis ...................................................................................... 45

Koevoet: Onthulling van Standbeeld: Voortrekker Monument – Toffie Risk ......... 45

Toffie Risk: Privaat Album .............................................................................................. 47

Onthulling van Koevoet standbeeld – Paul Els ............................................................ 50

16 December 1838: The Miracle of Blood River – Joe Momberg ................................ 53

Winston Churchill: A hero's return: Never-before-seen photo of Churchill on

horseback after Boer POW escape .................................................................................. 53

South African Legion of Military Veterans - United Kingdom - Peter Dickens;

Chairman ............................................................................................................................ 58

Royal Hospital Chelsea (HBH) ....................................................................................... 60

Slagtersnek rebelle ….. Allesbehalwe Afrikaner helde! - Dr JC van der Walt ......... 61

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2) Capt C Ross (SAN Ret) ............ 71

The Loss of SAS President Kruger: Submitted by Johan Jacobs ................................ 73

Aviation Artwork of the South African Airforce by Derrick Dickens: Article by

Johan Jacobs and illustrations by Derrick Dickens ...................................................... 83

South African Airforce (SAAF) Avro Shackleton’s Mk 3 ............................................ 89

Compiled by Johan Jacobs ............................................................................................... 89

SA Police history: Link to a News Reel: Jeff Manning UK.......................................... 97

Ware verhale en stories deur ons lede ............................................................................... 97

Met dank aan Pratt & Whitney – At Spies (SALM) .................................................... 97

Die nagapie – Japie (Jakes) Erasmus ............................................................................ 100

Is hierdie grensstorie waar? – Chris van Vuuren ....................................................... 101

SAMHS (Cape Town) KMS Bismarck .......................................................................... 102

Model van die Bismarck – M van der Merwe (via Johan van den Berg) ................ 103

Death of the Old [Zulu] Order - Mr Alan Mountain ................................................. 106

Indiër-staaltjies uit my polisieloopbaan - HBH .......................................................... 116

News articles of security interest / Nuusberigte van veiligheidsbelang..................... 122

Paramount selected to supply police vehicles to Brazil ............................................ 122

HMS Ambush (S120) Nuclear Submarine: Submitted by Dr van der Merwe and

compiled by Johan Jacobs .............................................................................................. 123

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The World's Largest Plane: The Antonov 225: Submitted by Rudie Venter and

compiled by Johan Jacobs .............................................................................................. 128

Airport Security: Gun in a Cell Phone: Submitted by PF (Tiny) Nortje; compiled by

Johan Jacobs ..................................................................................................................... 131

A Comparison of two similar battles: William Marshall .......................................... 133

'Ons is nie bang vir oorlog nie' ...................................................................................... 135

VF Plus dien privaatlid-wetsontwerp in oor sekuriteitsdienste – vra

belastingkrediet vir individue ....................................................................................... 136

Die mite van Cuito Cuanavale ...................................................................................... 138

SA Navy hit by copper thieves ..................................................................................... 139

The Gruesome Reality of Racist South Africa ............................................................. 139

SA Today: The Real Story behind the Western Cape's Farm Violence ................... 144

Lugmag se Gripens geberg, maar helikopters vir Zuma op vakansie beskikbaar 149

Blaming militarisation for police brutality misses the point: Johan Burger ........... 150

Judicial inquiry needed into police brutality - Helen Zille ....................................... 153

Mthethwa must table list of National Key Points in parliament - DA .................... 155

Spy Bill: Spooks won’t have as much power as feared ............................................. 156

Little known about R4bn State Security Agency expenditure - DA ........................ 159

Supply Chain Mismanagement: SAPS bungle essential tenders ............................. 160

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the UK ........................................................ 162

Military has an HIV prevalence rate of 8.5% - SANDF ............................................. 163

Persepsie van veiligheid en onveiligheid - HBH ........................................................ 164

Grensstories ..................................................................................................................... 164

Polisie erken ‘gemors’ ná miljarde vir konsultante.................................................... 166

Of Historical Interest .......................................................................................................... 167

Old Cape Town Photos: Submitted by Sandy van den Berg and compiled by Johan

Jacobs ................................................................................................................................ 167

'Extraordinary courage' of soldier killed in Afghanistan earns Victoria Cross ..... 170

From our Legal Eagles ........................................................................................................ 172

Militaria, medals, uniforms, .............................................................................................. 173

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What’s this? ...................................................................................................................... 177

Nice to Know ....................................................................................................................... 178

Am I a Fireman yet? Compiled by Johan Jacobs ........................................................ 178

A Love Story to melt your heart! .................................................................................. 181

Resep vir Polisiemanne: Japie Erasmus ....................................................................... 184

BOOKS / BOEKE ................................................................................................................. 185

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vrykorps Van Duits-Suidwes-Afrika: Gordon McGregor ... 185

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vrykorps Van Duits-Suidwes-Afrika: Gordon McGregor ....... 186

Oor die Outeur ................................................................................................................ 186

Koevoet: Spoor van die heuningby .............................................................................. 187

Military Author: Steve Corbett ..................................................................................... 188

Humour in Uniform ........................................................................................................... 193

A Perfect Husband .......................................................................................................... 193

SA Revenue Service ........................................................................................................ 193

Cross Examnation (Martie Maartens) .......................................................................... 194

Sir, we are surrounded! .................................................................................................. 196

Indemity / Vrywaring ..................................................................................................... 196

Next Edition / Volgende Uitgawe .................................................................................... 197

Conclusion / Slot ............................................................................................................. 197

Greetings - Groete ............................................................................................................... 197

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Welkom Welcome Saluut

Al wat ek as u redakteur wil sê is:

“Welkom, by hierdie reuse maar

geweldig interessante uitgawe. Dankie

vir al u besondere foto’s, artikels en

verhale; dit maak die tydskrif

interessant” - HBH.

• Aan ons oudlede in die buiteland:

“Baie geluk met u massiewe

pogings om kameraadskap te

verstrek en ons geskiedenis te

gedenk!”

Salute

“A hearty welcome to one and all, here

locally; or there faraway over the blue

waters! New and fast communication

ensures that we keep in touch and

continue with our camaraderie!

• We must congratulate our former

SADF & SAP colleagues in the UK

and in Australia with the good

work they are doing! “Good Show

Lads!”

Nota: Na wik en weeg het ek besluit om geskiedenis soos ons lesers dit

vertel, net so te behou. Opsigtelike spelfoute woord reggemaak, maar

andersins word skryfwerk onveranderd geplaas. Hierdie is ‘n “magte”

tydskrif – nie ‘n “literêre’ tydskrif nie.

Your word for the month: Rev Bob Timms 1 PETER 2:10

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Once you were less than nothing: now you are God's own. Once you knew very little

of God's kindness: now your very lives have been changed by it.

• Knowing God adds to our lives.

• When God touches our lives we are changed.

• God wants you to be His own and to know His kindness.

• Things may not always go right, but God's love will never change.

Prayer: Lord I rejoice in your kindness to me. Because of You I am changed and

different - thank You. Amen.

Oordenking: SAP 100: Koot Swanepoel

'n Honderd jaar het verloop. 'n Eeu!

Dit bring spontaan gemengde gevoelens; Eerstens, klink dit vreemd op die oor

- een honderd jaar is verby. Of liewer; die Suid Afrikaanse Polisie bestaan

al een honderd jaar. Dit klink vreeslik lank, tog besef mens nie regtig hoe lank 'n

honderd jaar is nie. Die Suid Afrikaanse Polisie bestaan al 'n eeu.

Vir baie maak dit nie sin om dit te vier nie. Miskien met 'n vraag - wat

vier hulle nou eintlik - Honderd jaar bestaansreg? Baie sal nie verstaan

nie. Ons vier dit in nederigheid, omdat ons die wonderlike voorreg gegun is om

gedurende daardie honderd jaar, deel te kon wees van 'n besonderse

gerespekteerde Mag, wat sy land en sy mense met oorgawe gedien het.

Polisiemanne en -vroue wat in normale en uiterste abnormale gevalle, nooit

aan hulle self gedink het nie, maar die gevaar met sy gevolge "roekeloos"

deur pligs getrouheid, getrotseer het, net om 'n verskil in iemand se lewe

te kon maak.

Baie van die besonderse manne en vroue, het onbeskaamd hulle lewens op die

spel geplaas om reg en geregtigheid te laat seëvier. Netso baie het hulle lewens

opgeoffer, sodat ander kan leef.

Sien ons nie hierin 'n belangrike stukkie van die Evangelie van Jesus

Christus nie? HY wat SY lewe gegee het sodat ons die ewige lewe mag hê.

Daar is baie uitstaande punte waaraan ons Polisie van die afgelope

honderd jaar gekenmerk kan word, maar na my beskeie mening is daar agt (8)

uitstaande punte wat die Polisiemag so effektief laat funksioneer het;-

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1) Ambisie 2) Karakter 3) Gesindheid 4) Diensbaarheid 5) Mentors 6) Manmoedigheid 7) Gedissiplineerdheid 8) Volharding

Mag ek dit so saamvat;-

"Die Suid Afrikaanse Polisie Mag het effektief gefunksioneer asgevolg van

ambisieuse manne en vroue, van sterk karakter, wat aangedryf is deur 'n

Goddelike gesindheid wat hulle diensbaar gemaak het, deur mentors wat met 'n

eerbare voorbeeld die regte leiding gegee het, sodat hul navolgers, ons, met

mannemoed die uitdagings, gedissiplineerd kon trotseer en hanteer."

"En deur volharding het hulle die suksesse gesmaak, en so 'n effektiewe en

radikale rol gespeel in 'n gerespekteerde, uitstaande en trotse Polisiemag."

Mag die Here gee, dat die lede van die afgelope honderd jaar, gesien sal

word as ware mentors, vir hulle wat aan die volgende eeu deel sal hê.

En sodoende onbewustelik getrou is aan die Woord van die Here soos vervang

in Hebreërs 13 vers 7 "Dink aan julle voorgangers wat ... Let op hulle

lewenswandel tot die einde toe, en volg hulle voorbeeld .... wat hulle gestel

het."

Koot Swanepoel: 26/03/2013

God works in Mysterious ways

Brad Nathanson Investigations reports:

“We lost something yesterday but gained something MUCH more important. Our material things were stolen from our motor vehicle by the "remote jammers" but the act of an anonymous Good Samaritan has restored my faith in humanity.

At 5pm yesterday, the same day that our car was violated, I got a call from SAPS Ntuzuma to say that a resident of the township had alerted Police to a plastic packet that she had found in the mealie-field. Contained therein was all of our personal

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effects including Esme's passport, my identity document, drivers license, credit cards and my firearm license. NOTHING was missing. All that we lost was a folding knife, my leather wallet and Esme's handbag.

What were the odds?

In keeping with "Paying it Forward" as I have always done, amongst our returned belongings I found three (3) passports belonging to a Dominic Mearing. I asked the SAPS if they had tracked him down but being a British citizen they had not. I offered to sign for Mr. Mearing's things and said that I myself would find him.

We tracked Mr. Mearing down at 7:17pm. He was sitting at King Shaka Airport waiting to board an airplane at 8:05pm after having had an awful day running around to obtain the temporary documents that he required to return home. His hired vehicle had been broken into yesterday around the same time as ours but in Umgeni Road. We raced out to the airport and returned Mr. Meiring's items to him before he boarded his flight.

The Lord works in amazing ways.

A random lady finds our personal effects the same day that we are robbed. She uses her initiative, time and her own resources to call the SAPS. The SAPS track us down and our items are returned to us in good order.

In turn, we track down Mr. Mearing who was leaving SA angry at having been a victim. Instead, because of the pure act of a random lady (whom I shall probably and sadly never get to know as she did not give her details to the SAPS), Mr. Mearing's good impression of our country was restored. Thank you to our random lady, Capt. Naidoo and Constable Khunene of SAPS Ntuzuma and God for yesterday’s lessons. And we all lived happily ever after. The End.”

Isabel Kruger: Lofrede: SAP Gedenkteken 1 April 2013

Isa 43:1 Maar nou, so sê die HERE, jou Skepper, o Jakob, en jou Formeerder, o Israel: Wees nie bevrees nie, want Ek het jou verlos; Ek het jou by jou naam geroep; jy is myne! Isa 43:2 As jy deur die water gaan, is Ek by jou; en deur die riviere—hulle sal jou nie oorstroom nie; as jy deur vuur gaan, sal jy jou nie skroei nie, en die vlam sal jou nie brand nie. Isa 43:3 Want Ek is die HERE, jou God, die Heilige van Israel, jou Heiland; Ek het Egipte gegee as losprys vir jou, Kus en Seba in jou plek.

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Isa 43:4 Omdat jy kostelik is in my oë, hooggeag is, en Ek jou liefhet, daarom gee Ek mense in jou plek en volke vir jou lewe. Isa 43:5 Wees nie bevrees nie, want Ek is met jou; Ek sal jou geslag van die ooste af aanbring en jou versamel van die weste af. Isa 43:6 Ek sal sê aan die noorde: Gee! en aan die suide: Hou nie terug nie! Bring my seuns van ver, en my dogters van die einde van die aarde af, Isa 43:7 elkeen wat na my Naam genoem is en wat Ek geskape het tot my eer, wat Ek geformeer, wat Ek ook gemaak het.

Vanoggend sit ons hier om ‘n baie spesiale geleedheid te herdenk. Die Suid-

Afrikaanse Polisie is 100 jaar oud vanjaar. Ek dink ek praat vir almal wanneer ek se

dat daardie eed wat ons afgelê het die dag wat ons ingesweer is, ons nooit sal

vergeet nie. Daardie belofte is nog steeds in ons harte, en soms het ons dalk nog

steeds daai begeerte om weer net vir een dag terug te wees as Polisieman/vrou

tydens die “goeie tye”.

Daar is mos die gesegde: eenkeer n polisieman, altyd een. Kyk ons na waar als

vandag is en al die gebeure wat in die Polisie en ook daarbuite is- selfs in elkeen van

ons se eie lewens, dan kom die vraag onwillekeurig by ons op: Waar gaan alles

eindig, soms wonder ons dalk waar het alles begin?

Sit ons dalk vanoggend met die gedagte dat ons nie geliefd voel of waardeer word

nie? Ek weet dat niemand wat vanoggend hier sit se lewe verloop het soos wat jy dit

graag sou wou gehad het nie. Sou ons nie graag die klok wou terugdraai in ons

lewens nie? Sekere dinge in ons lewens ongedaan maak? Wil ons nie n

lewensverhaal hê wat vlekkeloos is ...geen fout, geen skewe woord wat ons vir ons

geliefdes gesê het nie?

Voel ons vandag skuldig oor ons lewe en hoe ons dit dalk geleef het?

Kom ons kyk weer na die Skrifgedeelte:

Isa 43:1 ....Wees nie bevrees nie, want Ek het jou verlos; Ek het jou by jou naam geroep; jy is myne! In die gedeelte kom die Here en Hy gee ons die bevestiging dat ons aan Hom behoort. Is dit nie wonderlik om te dink dat ons geliefd is by Iemand nie? Dat ek en jy aan iemand behoort? Kom ons kyk terug na die naweek se gebeure.... dit wat ons gedenk het. Die kruisiging en die opstanding.

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Joh_15:13 Groter liefde het niemand as dit nie, dat iemand sy lewe vir sy vriende gee. Het ons al so liefgehad dat ons ons lewe sou opoffer vir iemand.....selfs vir jou grootste vyand? En saam daarmee die belofte: Jesaja 43:2 As jy deur die water gaan, is Ek by jou; en deur die riviere—hulle sal jou nie oorstroom nie; as jy deur vuur gaan, sal jy jou nie skroei nie, en die vlam sal jou nie brand nie. Wat se wonderlike belofte van omgee en liefde kry ons nie hier nie. Hier beloof ons

Here dat Hy saam met ons sal wees deur elke probleem. Wanneer die golwe van die

lewe om ons slaan en dit voel of alles te veel word, dan moet ons hierdie vers

onthou..... dit sal jou nie oorstroom nie...want EK is by jou.

Is dit nie so dat ons baie keer sake vir onsself erger maak as wat dit werklik is

nie.......net omdat ons SELF dit wil hanteer. Dink dat ons “mans” genoeg is om

sommer self dit op te los...en wat ons eintlik dan doen is...........ons maak n groter

gemors van ons lewens en die omstandighede.

Hoekom voel ek en jy soms of die Here van ons vergeet het, as Sy belofte so duidelik

kom hier in: Jes 43.4...en luister net hierna

Jesaja 43:4 Omdat jy kostelik is in my oë, hooggeag is, en Ek jou liefhet.....

Ek en jy is vir die Here spesiaal.... hooggeag..... nie sommer net n nikswerd nie..... die

Here sê “Hooggeag”...

Die meeste van ons het altyd daardie droom gehad van...ek wil n prinses wees, of n

prins....... ons het hulle so paar trappe hoër gesit as wat ons is..... ons het hulle

bewonder...

En net so kom die Here ook en hy bewonder ons.... Plaas ons hoog op Sy lys van

aansien.

Kom ek vergelyk die een so.... as ons kleinkinders sien speel, en bv n dogtertjie....met

haar valletjiesrok...haartjies gedoen en sy het die oulikste sêgoed wat ons laat lag,

dan se ons....ag is sy nie te kostelik nie.....wanneer sy n foutjie begaan, dan vergewe

ons haar so maklik...

Nou kom die Here en hy sien jou ook so..... Hy geniet ook dit wat jy doen, lag saam

met jou....en selfs wanneer ons die foute van die lewe maak, dan verander Hy nooit.

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Eze_16:8 En Ek het by jou verbygegaan en jou gesien, en kyk, jou tyd was die tyd

van liefde. (ek en jy het ook liefde en koestering in ons lewens nodig en God sien dit

raak) Toe het Ek (die Here) my vleuel (arms) oor jou uitgesprei en jou naaktheid

(sonde) toegedek. Ja, Ek het vir jou gesweer (gesterf) en met jou ‘n verbond (Joh 3:16)

aangegaan, spreek die Here HERE, en jy het myne geword.

JY HET MYNE GEWORD!! Ek en jy wat Joh 3: 16 deel wan ons lewens gemaak

het...ons behoort!!! Ons behoort aan Jesus Christus... en sy verbond is...... EK SAL

MET JOU WEES TOT AAN DIE VOLEINDING VAN DIE WERELD.

Watter groter belofte kan ons kry as die een?

Die Bybel is nie n storieboek nie...dis n handleiding vir ons. Ek het n vriend en hy se

altyd: As jy n “scary boek” wil lees.....lees die Bybel. Alles wat in ons daaglikse lewe

gebeur...dit is in daai boek.... Moord..doodslag, hoogverraad... huigelary,

leuens...seksuele bedrywighede... siekte..bose geeste....noem dit, en jy sal dit in die

Bybel kry.

MAAR, die Bybel is ook vir ons n handleiding van hoe ons moet leef en hoe ons in

situasies moet optree. Ek weet dit is nie so maklik nie. Ek moet erken dat ek baie dae

voel soos n Petrus in die Bybel...kap iemand se oor af ....storm net in en doen..... dink

nie aan die gevolge nie. Is ons nie maar almal in n mate soos n Petrus nie?

Kom ek sluit af met die verhaal:

Daar word vertel van n dorpie in Duitsland waar die kerkie op n heuwel gestaan

het. In hierdie kerkie het daar die mooiste orrel gestaan en wanneer iemand daarop

speel het die mooiste klanke oor die heuwels van die dorpie gesweef. Mense van

heinde en verre het gestroom na die kerkie om na die klank van die orrel te luister.

Op n dag wou die orrel nie meer werk nie. Die gemeenskap het geld ingesamel en

orrelbouers van oral gekry om na die orrel te kom kyk en te herstel, maar sonder

sukses. Niemand kon die orrel regkry nie.

Vir maande het orrelbouers gesit om te kyk of hulle die fout kon kry, maar sonder

sukses. Die laaste persoon wat probeer het, waar almal se hoop was, het sy tassie

gepak en gesê: die orrel sal nooit weer kan speel nie. Dit was n groot verlies vir die

dorpie. Die klanke het stil geraak en die verlies was groot.

Jare later staan daar eendag n ou man wat ver in jare gevorder het op die trappie by

die kerkie. Hy vra oor die orrel en verneem dat dit nie werk nie.

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Hy bied aan om na die orrel te kyk en die fout te soek. Natuurlik het daar n maar

grinnike opgegaan en sarkastiese opmerkings....maar die Priester besluit toe dat

hulle niks kan verloor nie..... die beste orrelbouers was hier, en niemand kon dit

regmaak nie.. Die ou man kry toe die toestemming.

Vir dae het niemand die ou man gesien nie...hy het van vroeg tot laat aan die orrel

gewerk. Die mense van die dorpie het gehoor van die man wat aan die orrel werk en

almal het gestroom na die kerkie om te kyk na die gewerskaf by die orrel. Almal wat

die ou man gesien het, het gelag en geloop..... met die opmerking...... Hy sal nie die

orrel rekry nie...niemand kon nie, en die beste was hier.

Bykans 2 weke later hoor die dorpie een oggend die klanke van die orrel aangesweef

kom oor die velde dan Duitsland. Dit was suiwerder as ooit. Nog nooit is daar sulke

klanke gehoor nie. Almal stroom toe na die kerkie, en daar sit die ou man agter die

orrel en speel. Die orrel werk weer, beter as ooit.

Trane van vreugde spoel oor die mense se wange. Die priester loop na die ou man

en toe hy klaar is vra hy met trane wat oor sy wange stroom.

“Hoe het jy dit reggekry? Niemand kon dit regmaak nie?”

Dit ou man het stadig omgedraai en gesê: “Ek ken elke deel van hierdie orrel, elke

pypie, elke noot, elke draaitjie en elke nuk wat die ou orrel kon he, want sien. Ek het

die orrel gebou.”

Die orrel kon nie reggemaak word nie, want die meester was nie daar nie. Totdat hy

gekom het.

So is dit ook in jou en my lewe. Almal kan probeer om jou lewe vir jou te regeer, of

jyself dalk. Jy wil dalk ander mense se lewens vir hulle lei. Vir hulle vertel hoe om

dit te doen. Jy kan probeer om die foute reg te maak, die probleme uit te sorteer

...maar totdat die Meester in jou lewe nie opgedaag het nie, gaan jy nie die mooiste

klanke uit jou lewe laat kom nie.

Ons kyk vinnig na die verhaal waar Lasarus gesterf het, en Martha en Maria gewag

het vir Jesus.... en dan gaan roep Martha haar suster en se:

Joh_11:28 ....Die Meester is hier en Hy roep jou.

Vanoggend is ons meester ook hier en hy roep vir jou en vir my!!

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Jy is kosbaar in Sy oe, Hy wil die Koning van jou lewe wees, en Hy belowe om jou

nooit te verlaat nie. Laat toe dat die Meester wat jou gemaak het, die stukkende dele

regmaak.

Die keuse is joune: Die Meester is hier...en Hy roep jou!!!

Amen

Here, dankie dat U hierdie dag vir ons gegee het waar ons as Oud Polisie en ook as

kollegas om U woord kan saamkom. Ons dink vanoggend ook aan al ons kollegas

nie meer met ons is nie. Die wat hulle lewens verloor het in die uitvoering van hul

pligte, en ook ons geliefdes wat nie meer met ons is nie. Ons sit vanoggend hier

onder die oop Hemelruim en wanneer ons opkyk besef ons die grootsheid van U

skepping. Here, U sorg selfs vir die mossies, hoeveel te meer sal U nie vir ons sorg

nie. Elkeen van ons worstel dalk vanoggend met ons eie probleme. U ken elkeen

van ons, by die naam. Ons is in U handpalms gegraveer. Dankie dat ons kosbaar is

in U oe, en dat U bemoeienis maak met elkeen van ons.

Wil U ons vul met U Heilige Gees dat ons soos die tempel van Salomo was nadat dit

deur U gevul was...geen plek vir enige iets anders nie.

Here, dalk is van ons wat hier is se lewe nie daar waar U dit sou wou he nie, maar

ons kom bid dat U ons sal nadertrek met U liefde en lankmoedigheid. Here kom wys

vir elkeen van ons wat U in ons lewens verlang. Laat ons die klei wees in die hand

van die Pottebakker, en selfs wanneer dit nodig is dat U die skalpel moet inbring om

uit te sny wat skeiding maak tussen U en ons, Here, dan berus ons daarin en weet

dat wanneer die pyn en die seer daar gaan wees, U genesende hand ook daar sal

wees om ons gesond te maak.

Vanoggend kom elkeen van ons en ons kom klim op U skoot, daar waar ons veilig

voel en vra dat U U arms om ons sal slaan en die pad saam met ons sal loop. Ons

plaas ons hand in die van die Meester, en ons weet dat die pad nie altyd met rose

besaai sal wees nie, maar dat ons nie alleen deur die lewe sal gaan nie.

Wees met elkeen van ons en ook ons geliefdes. Hou U beskermde hand oor ons en

lei ons in die Spore van Jesus. Help ons om dit wat ons elke dag sal doen, ons dit sal

doen om U te verheerlik.

Amen

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Rich Hurt: Anglo Boer War: Missing and Found

Calling all those with an interest in the Boer War - my uncle is a Boer War historian and has asked for help with the following: "I have a sewing box made for Rena Roelofsa by Daniel Peter du Preez in an English Boer War Camp in Simontown. He was from a farm ÚITKIJK in the Lichtenburg N.W. district. I would love to trace any existing family members to be able to give this box back to a great grand daughter of either Rena or Daniel.

I hope some Du Preez might know of this family."

Van die redakteur

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We are the eyewitnesses of South Africa’s national security history. As former

members of the South African Security Forces we have a duty and a moral

obligation to record our past. Our magazine is getting more and more international

exposure. I will appreciate it for the sake of our international friends if we could

publish articles of historical value especially about the former South Afrian Police in

English.

So many untruths have been published and the lies just continue to be repeated.

When one compares history one has to “compare apples with apples”. We need to

make a comparative study of local conflict and resistance. Take four incidents and

then “compare apples to apples.”

How to “subscribe” to the eNONGQAI

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Personalia vanaf 01

Afsterwes

Saterdag 02 Maart: Johan Smith berig; eks Polisie Kapelaan baie mis, veral sy geselsies en laggie06:00 gesterf aan kanker. Dit weerklink nou egter in die hemel, en ons sê dankie aan die Here dat ons hom kon geken het.gesin,familie,kollegas,vriende12:24 tot 26 beskryf sy lewe hier op aarde.sodra dit uitgesorteer is. Groete in die Naam van die Vader word julle toegebid.

Maandag 04 Maart: Jacques Greef berig; gestasioneer was te Oudtshoorn is oorlede van kanker.

Woensdag 06 Maart: Tom van Rensburg berig; verneem dat Dirk Coetzee

Saterdag 09 Maart: Tom van Rensburg berig; verneem dat 'n oud kollega van my, Moot speurders was en later by Taakmag, aan Anale kanker in Irak oorlede is vroeër die week. Mag hy in vrede rus

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anaf 01 Maart – 31 Maart 2013

Saterdag 02 Maart: Johan Smith berig; Ons gaan Ds. De Bruin Krog

Kapelaan baie mis, veral sy geselsies en laggies. Hy het vanoggend om 06:00 gesterf aan kanker. Dit weerklink nou egter in die hemel, en ons sê dankie aan die Here dat ons hom kon geken het. Ons bid dat die Here sy gesin,familie,kollegas,vriende sal toevou in Sy groot liefde en erbarming.12:24 tot 26 beskryf sy lewe hier op aarde. Ek sal laat weet van die begrafnis detail

Groete in die Naam van die Vader word julle toegebid.

Maandag 04 Maart: Jacques Greef berig; Oud-ao Pypies Dames

gestasioneer was te Oudtshoorn is oorlede van kanker.

Woensdag 06 Maart: Tom van Rensburg berig; Ek het nou net vandag dood is.

Saterdag 09 Maart: Tom van Rensburg berig; verneem dat 'n oud kollega van my, Hoffie Hoffmann wat vroeër by Gezina en Pta Moot speurders was en later by Taakmag, aan Anale kanker in Irak oorlede is vroeër die week. Mag hy in vrede rus. Saluut!

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Ds. De Bruin Krog, Hy het vanoggend om

06:00 gesterf aan kanker. Dit weerklink nou egter in die hemel, en ons sê dankie aan Ons bid dat die Here sy

in Sy groot liefde en erbarming. Johannes Ek sal laat weet van die begrafnis detail

Groete in die Naam van die Vader word julle toegebid.

Pypies Dames wat

Ek het nou net

Saterdag 09 Maart: Tom van Rensburg berig; Ek het nou net wat vroeër by Gezina en Pta

Moot speurders was en later by Taakmag, aan Anale kanker in Irak oorlede is vroeër

Donderdag 21 Maart:

‘n bekende ao in Pietermaritzburg Bedrogeenheid is vandag oorlede aan

hartaanval. Ons dink aan die naasbestaandes.

Dinsdag 26 Maart: Loraine Terblans berBooysens (35), ŉ beampte van die Pretorianadat ŉ vragmotor teen sy diensvoertuig gebots het. Ao. Lucius Leeu Plaatjies (48), ‘n kollega wat saam met hom in die voertuig was, het ernstige

Dinsdag 26 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berig; gaan doen is seker een van die moeilikste boodskappies in 'n baie, baie lang tyd. Ek wil graag hier aan ao. Vossie Vosloo van die speurders in Brakpan en sy gesin se: Vossie my ou maat ek weet die hartseer is ongelooflik groot en niks of doen gaan julle troos nie. Niks gaan die seer wegneem nie. VossieJanene (19) is Sondagaand in die geweldigePaul Krugerweg in Springs beheer oor haar motor verloor en met 'n ander mogebots het. Sy is op slag dood. Vossie ons gebede gaan uit na julle toe en weet ons dra julle in ons gebede aan die Here op. Plaas julle hartseer in sy hand en julle sal Sy vertroosting en genade vind. Sterkte vir julle.

Dinsdag 26 Maart: John Thomsoorlede op 2013-03-26

Siekboek

Saterdag 09 Maart: Tubby Myburg berig; kapt Francois du Plessis 88jaar (woon nou in George) Maandag`n beroerte aanval gehad het en dat hy gister ontslaan is. Hy was ex Bloemfontein Radio Tegnies. Dit gaan beter maar sy spraak is aangetas, die ambulans en dokters was gou by hom wat gemaak het dat hulle hom gou genoeg k

Dinsdag 12 Maart: Nick Nel berig; ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR...My linkerskouer seergemaak toe ek het.. Ek sien gladnie uit na hierdie storie nie en belowe!

Donderdag 21 Maart: Eugene Andre van Wyk berig;

in Pietermaritzburg Bedrogeenheid is vandag oorlede aan

Ons dink aan die naasbestaandes.

Dinsdag 26 Maart: Loraine Terblans berig; Sersant ŉ beampte van die Pretoria-blitspatrollie, is Maandagaand dood

ŉ vragmotor teen sy diensvoertuig gebots het. Ao. Lucius Leeu Plaatjies (48), ‘n kollega wat saam met hom in die voertuig was, het ernstige beserings opgedoen

Dinsdag 26 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berig; Ai mense, wat ek nou gaan doen is seker een van die moeilikste boodskappies in 'n baie, baie lang tyd. Ek wil graag hier aan ao. Vossie Vosloo van die speurders in Brakpan en sy gesin se: Vossie my ou maat ek weet die hartseer is ongelooflik groot en niks of doen gaan julle troos nie. Niks gaan die seer wegneem nie. Vossie

) is Sondagaand in die geweldige storm wat ons gehad het dood toe sy in Paul Krugerweg in Springs beheer oor haar motor verloor en met 'n ander mogebots het. Sy is op slag dood. Vossie ons gebede gaan uit na julle toe en weet ons dra julle in ons gebede aan die Here op. Plaas julle hartseer in sy hand en julle sal Sy vertroosting en genade vind. Sterkte vir julle.

Dinsdag 26 Maart: John Thomson berig; S/A/O WR Thomson

Saterdag 09 Maart: Tubby Myburg berig; Ek het berig gekry dat oud 88jaar (woon nou in George) Maandag`n beroerte aanval

gehad het en dat hy gister ontslaan is. Hy was ex Bloemfontein Radio Tegnies. Dit gaan beter maar sy spraak is aangetas, die ambulans en dokters was gou by hom wat gemaak het dat hulle hom gou genoeg kon behandel.

Dinsdag 12 Maart: Nick Nel berig; Ek gaan more teater toe vir ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR...My linkerskouer seergemaak toe ek ‘n blompot geskuif het.. Ek sien gladnie uit na hierdie storie nie en belowe!

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berig; Jakes Jecoby,

in Pietermaritzburg Bedrogeenheid is vandag oorlede aan ‘n

Sersant Jacobus Andries

blitspatrollie, is Maandagaand dood ŉ vragmotor teen sy diensvoertuig gebots het. Ao. Lucius Leeu Plaatjies (48),

beserings opgedoen.

Ai mense, wat ek nou gaan doen is seker een van die moeilikste boodskappies in 'n baie, baie lang tyd. Ek wil graag hier aan ao. Vossie Vosloo van die speurders in Brakpan en sy gesin se: Vossie my ou maat ek weet die hartseer is ongelooflik groot en niks wat ons kan se of doen gaan julle troos nie. Niks gaan die seer wegneem nie. Vossie-hulle se dogter

storm wat ons gehad het dood toe sy in Paul Krugerweg in Springs beheer oor haar motor verloor en met 'n ander motor gebots het. Sy is op slag dood. Vossie ons gebede gaan uit na julle toe en weet ons dra julle in ons gebede aan die Here op. Plaas julle hartseer in sy hand en julle sal Sy

S/A/O WR Thomson

Ek het berig gekry dat oud 88jaar (woon nou in George) Maandag`n beroerte aanval

gehad het en dat hy gister ontslaan is. Hy was ex Bloemfontein Radio Tegnies. Dit gaan beter maar sy spraak is aangetas, die ambulans en dokters was gou by hom wat

Ek gaan more teater toe vir ‘n n blompot geskuif

Vrydag 15 Maart: Nick Nel berig;

Maandag 25 Maart: John Thomson berig; W37966E baie ernstig siek in Panorama Hospitaal Kaapstad.

Verjaarswense

Vrydag 08 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berigPapenfus se verjaardag. Quintin hoop jy gaan 'n wonderlike dag hgeseënde jaar vol vreugde, vrede en oorvloed liefde. Geniet elke oomblik van jou verjaardag

Donderdag 14 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berig;vandag vir baie dierbare ou vriend en waarskynlik een van ons oudste oorlewende polisie offisiere, brig. Jan Visser

jou 88 verjaardag. Dit is 'n wonderlike ouderdom wat jy behaal het. Ek weet sommer jy gaan verskriklik bederf word vandag, jy moet elke oomblik daarvan geniet. Hoop jy het 'n pragtige dag en 'n baie geseënde jaar wat voorlê vol vrede, vreugde en liefde - maar onthou my ou maat jy is noppas!

Sondag 17 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berig;

Vrydag 15 Maart: Nick Nel berig; Ek is opgesling na my operasie!

Maandag 25 Maart: John Thomson berig; Oud S/A/O WR Thomson

W37966E baie ernstig siek in Panorama Hospitaal Kaapstad.

Vrydag 08 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berig; Dit is vandagse verjaardag. Quintin hoop jy gaan 'n wonderlike dag h

geseënde jaar vol vreugde, vrede en oorvloed liefde. Geniet elke oomblik van jou

nderdag 14 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berig;vandag vir baie dierbare ou vriend en waarskynlik een van ons oudste oorlewende

brig. Jan Visser vanoggend hier sê Jan my ou vriend, baie geluk met wonderlike ouderdom wat jy behaal het. Ek weet sommer

jy gaan verskriklik bederf word vandag, jy moet elke oomblik daarvan geniet. Hoop jy het 'n pragtige dag en 'n baie geseënde jaar wat voorlê vol vrede, vreugde en

maar onthou my ou maat jy is nie meer 'n kind nie, jy moet jou baie mooi

Sondag 17 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berig; Twee van ons lede

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opgesling na my operasie!

S/A/O WR Thomson

Dit is vandag Quintin

se verjaardag. Quintin hoop jy gaan 'n wonderlike dag hê en 'n baie geseënde jaar vol vreugde, vrede en oorvloed liefde. Geniet elke oomblik van jou

nderdag 14 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berig; Ek wil graag vandag vir baie dierbare ou vriend en waarskynlik een van ons oudste oorlewende

Jan my ou vriend, baie geluk met wonderlike ouderdom wat jy behaal het. Ek weet sommer

jy gaan verskriklik bederf word vandag, jy moet elke oomblik daarvan geniet. Hoop jy het 'n pragtige dag en 'n baie geseënde jaar wat voorlê vol vrede, vreugde en

ie meer 'n kind nie, jy moet jou baie mooi

Twee van ons lede

verjaar vandag: 1. Ons pastoor Koot Swanepoel

hoop dit gaan vir jou 'n wonderlike dag wees wense, baie seëninge, baie geluk en liefde en baie groot bederf. Geniet 'n wonderlike dag 2. Japie Payne verjaar ook vandag. Geluk Japie die ouderdom begin ook nou aanstap! Hoop jy gaan 'n pragtige dag he, heerlike bederf word, lekker geskenke ontvang en dat die jaar wat voorlê vir jou vol liefde, vreugde en vrede gaan wees. Geniet die dag

Dinsdag 19 MaarPienaar se verjaarsdag. Lekker verjaar en geniet die dag Emsie!

Saterdag 23 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berig;ons nou regtig vir André L du Toit

Toit ons hoop dit gaan 'n wonderlike dag wees, wat jy ook al gaan doen, geniet dit voorspoed vir die jaar wat voor lê

Maandag 25 Maart: Johan Jacobs berig; Plessis van Standerton se verjaarsdag. Veels geluk Willie,’n lekker dag en bederf word jou toegewens!

Woensdag 27 Maart: Lynette Spies berig; weet manlief At Spies sal ook die blad lees. Wens hom net die mooiste dag toesy verjaarsdag. Laaste verjaarsdag in Spanje!! Mooi dag ook vir julle almal!

Woensdag 27 Maart: Johan Jacobs berig; verjaarsdag vandag. Veels geluk Glenn en geniet die dag en die bederf!

Saterdag 30 Maart: Johan Jacobs beriverjaarsdag vandag:Veels geluk met jou spesiale dag Meraai.bederf!

Saterdag 30 Maart: Tubby Myberg berig;Buchner se verjaarsdag, hy is nie op die blad nie maar ek het vanoggend met hom gepraat en dit gaan goed met hom en Judy.

Koot Swanepoel verjaar vandag. Koot baie geluk met jou verjaardag, hoop dit gaan vir jou 'n wonderlike dag wees en dat jy oorval gaan word met goeie wense, baie seëninge, baie geluk en liefde en baie groot bederf. Geniet 'n wonderlike

verjaar ook vandag. Geluk Japie die ouderdom begin ook nou aanstap! Hoop jy gaan 'n pragtige dag he, heerlike bederf word, lekker geskenke ontvang en dat die jaar wat voorlê vir jou vol liefde, vreugde en vrede gaan wees.

Dinsdag 19 Maart: Pieter Oberholzer berig; Dit is vandag se verjaarsdag. Lekker verjaar en geniet die dag Emsie!

Saterdag 23 Maart: Sarie van Niekerk berig; Wel mense vandag kan André L du Toit se baie geluk met sy verjaardag.

ons hoop dit gaan 'n wonderlike dag wees, wat jy ook al gaan doen, geniet dit voorspoed vir die jaar wat voor lê

Maandag 25 Maart: Johan Jacobs berig; Dit is vriendvan Standerton se verjaarsdag. Veels geluk Willie,’n lekker dag en bederf

Woensdag 27 Maart: Lynette Spies berig; Goeie more vriende. Ek sal ook die blad lees. Wens hom net die mooiste dag toe

sy verjaarsdag. Laaste verjaarsdag in Spanje!! Mooi dag ook vir julle almal!

Woensdag 27 Maart: Johan Jacobs berig; Is Glenn Schooling

verjaarsdag vandag. Veels geluk Glenn en geniet die dag en die bederf!

Saterdag 30 Maart: Johan Jacobs berig; Is Meraai Dewet

verjaarsdag vandag:Veels geluk met jou spesiale dag Meraai. Geniet dit+ook die

Saterdag 30 Maart: Tubby Myberg berig; Ja dit is ook se verjaarsdag, hy is nie op die blad nie maar ek het vanoggend met hom

gepraat en dit gaan goed met hom en Judy.

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verjaar vandag. Koot baie geluk met jou verjaardag, en dat jy oorval gaan word met goeie

wense, baie seëninge, baie geluk en liefde en baie groot bederf. Geniet 'n wonderlike

verjaar ook vandag. Geluk Japie die ouderdom begin ook nou aanstap! Hoop jy gaan 'n pragtige dag he, heerlike bederf word, lekker geskenke ontvang en dat die jaar wat voorlê vir jou vol liefde, vreugde en vrede gaan wees.

Dit is vandag Emsie

Wel mense vandag kan se baie geluk met sy verjaardag. André L du

ons hoop dit gaan 'n wonderlike dag wees, wat jy ook al gaan doen, geniet dit

Dit is vriend Willie du

van Standerton se verjaarsdag. Veels geluk Willie,’n lekker dag en bederf

Goeie more vriende. Ek sal ook die blad lees. Wens hom net die mooiste dag toe met

sy verjaarsdag. Laaste verjaarsdag in Spanje!! Mooi dag ook vir julle almal!

Glenn Schooling se verjaarsdag vandag. Veels geluk Glenn en geniet die dag en die bederf!

Meraai Dewet se Geniet dit+ook die

Ja dit is ook Genl Jac

se verjaarsdag, hy is nie op die blad nie maar ek het vanoggend met hom

Sondag 31 Maart: Johan Jacobs berig; van Walvisbaai se verjaarsdag.dag geniet.

Allegaartjie

Maandag 04 Maart: Isabel Kruger berig; Lekker om die kinders te sien.

Maandag 04 Maart: Johan Nelson berig; draai in sy graf om. Die foto kom uit Die Burger uitpasseringsparade

Woensdag 13 Maart: Francois Gunter berig; SAP plaat. Hierdie een kom vanaf Lamontville Township naby Durban waar ek in die Onluste-eenheid was. Tydens hernuwing van die geboue het ek maar 'n

Sondag 31 Maart: Johan Jacobs berig; Dit is vandag van Walvisbaai se verjaarsdag. Veels geluk Japie met jou spesiale dag! J

Maandag 04 Maart: Isabel Kruger berig; Louis kuier hier van Irak. Lekker om die kinders te sien.

Maandag 04 Maart: Johan Nelson berig; Heil HitlerDie foto kom uit Die Burger en was geneem by Vrydag se

Woensdag 13 Maart: Francois Gunter berig; Naderby foto van die SAP plaat. Hierdie een kom vanaf Lamontville Township naby Durban waar ek in

eenheid was. Tydens hernuwing van die geboue het ek maar 'n

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Dit is vandag Japie de Jager Veels geluk Japie met jou spesiale dag! Jy moet die

kuier hier van Irak.

Heil Hitler! Majoor Lesch en was geneem by Vrydag se

Naderby foto van die SAP plaat. Hierdie een kom vanaf Lamontville Township naby Durban waar ek in

eenheid was. Tydens hernuwing van die geboue het ek maar 'n

'waardering' gemaak en nou is dit deel van ons geskiedenis. Hy was ook bokant my voordeur in New Zealand en Australië. Het so paar koeëlgate en Casspir stampmerke in. En dra baie goeie herinnerin

Sondag 31 Maart: Koos Brits berig;jarige herdenking van die SAPolisie wil ek eerstens hulde bring aan onse VADER wat dit alles moontlik gemaak het onder SY leierskap. Hulde aan al ons gerespekteerde leiers wat as Kwat die hoogste offer betaal het met hul lewens en ook hulle families wat hulle altyd bygestaan en onderskraag het in hul taak. 25 jaar terug het ons 75 jaar van bestaan herdenk en kyk hierdie grootse myorganiseerders van hierdie herdenkingsdag, Genl. J. v/d Merwe, Hennie Heymans, Sarie van Niekerk en al die ander, met die samestelling van die Gedenkalbum en more se reëlings, ‘n groot SALUUT

eens trotse POLISIEMAG vir 34 jkan dit nie bywoon nie maar in die gees sal ek daar wees en mag GOD se seën op die verrigtinge rus. Die dienende lede wat njulle. Dan die laaste maar nie die minste nie al ons afgetrede lede wat met groot lojaliteit die Mag gedien het, in voorspoed en in tye van leed. Groetnis, BRITS.

'waardering' gemaak en nou is dit deel van ons geskiedenis. Hy was ook bokant my voordeur in New Zealand en Australië. Het so paar koeëlgate en Casspir stampmerke in. En dra baie goeie herinneringe.

Sondag 31 Maart: Koos Brits berig; Op die vooraand van die 100 jarige herdenking van die SAPolisie wil ek eerstens hulde bring aan onse VADER wat dit alles moontlik gemaak het onder SY leierskap. Hulde aan al ons gerespekteerde leiers wat as Kommissarisse gedien het en voor getrek het, ons lede wat die hoogste offer betaal het met hul lewens en ook hulle families wat hulle altyd bygestaan en onderskraag het in hul taak. 25 jaar terug het ons 75 jaar van bestaan herdenk en kyk hierdie grootse mylpaal om 100 jaar te herdenk. Aan die organiseerders van hierdie herdenkingsdag, Genl. J. v/d Merwe, Hennie Heymans, Sarie van Niekerk en al die ander, met die samestelling van die Gedenkalbum en

SALUUT aan julle. Ek kan met trots sê ek was deel van vir 34 jaar en ek sê dankie vir daardie voorreg. Jammer ek

kan dit nie bywoon nie maar in die gees sal ek daar wees en mag GOD se seën op die verrigtinge rus. Die dienende lede wat nog vasbyt, julle is ysters en ek respekteer julle. Dan die laaste maar nie die minste nie al ons afgetrede lede wat met groot lojaliteit die Mag gedien het, in voorspoed en in tye van leed. Groetnis,

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'waardering' gemaak en nou is dit deel van ons geskiedenis. Hy was ook bokant my voordeur in New Zealand en Australië. Het so paar koeëlgate en Casspir

Op die vooraand van die 100 jarige herdenking van die SAPolisie wil ek eerstens hulde bring aan onse VADER wat dit alles moontlik gemaak het onder SY leierskap. Hulde aan al ons

ommissarisse gedien het en voor getrek het, ons lede wat die hoogste offer betaal het met hul lewens en ook hulle families wat hulle altyd bygestaan en onderskraag het in hul taak. 25 jaar terug het ons 75 jaar van bestaan

r te herdenk. Aan die organiseerders van hierdie herdenkingsdag, Genl. J. v/d Merwe, Hennie Heymans, Sarie van Niekerk en al die ander, met die samestelling van die Gedenkalbum en

ek was deel van ‘n dankie vir daardie voorreg. Jammer ek

kan dit nie bywoon nie maar in die gees sal ek daar wees en mag GOD se seën op die og vasbyt, julle is ysters en ek respekteer

julle. Dan die laaste maar nie die minste nie al ons afgetrede lede wat met groot lojaliteit die Mag gedien het, in voorspoed en in tye van leed. Groetnis, KOOS

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Groete tot die volgende Personalia!

Personalities of our Forces / Persoonlikhede van ons

Magte

Ds MVD ‘Doempie’ Cloete (SAW & SAP): Paul Els

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Paul Els deel met ons t.o.v. nuwe inligting wat hy opgespoor het met betrekking tot

ds Cloete een van ons mees gedekoreerde offisiere:

“Doempie” in Korea – hy word deur een skrywer beskryf as: “The greatest man of

the cloth that I have had the privilege to known.”

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Anglo-Boereoorlog: Broers Onder Die Wapen: Maritz Spaarwater (SAW & NI)

In die huidige opbloei van belangstelling in die Anglo-Boereoorlog, insluitend die onlangse

vrystelling van die film ‘Verraaiers’, word hierdie kamee van die rol van twee broers in

daardie bittere stryd as bydrae aangebied.

In 1845 land twee kinders uit Rotterdam, Nederland aan die Kaap. Die een, ‘n seun,

twaalf jaar oud, die ander ‘n meisie, sewe. Min is van hulle herkoms bekend of hoe

dit gebeur het dat hulle as kinders hierheen gekom het, of onder watter toesig.

‘n Nasaat wat navorsing oor meesal familie-oorlewering gedoen het, het bevind dat

hulle afstammelinge was van Watergeuse uit die suide van Holland wat moontlik as

deel van ‘n groep weeskinders in die land aangekom het. Die Watergeuse was

protestantse seerowers wat in die tagtigjarige oorlog weerstand gebied het teen die

Spaanse (Roomskatolieke) heerskappy oor Holland. Europa was in die middel van

die negentiende eeu in rewolusionêre onstuimigheid gedompel en kinders is

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dikwels vir hulle veiligheid en beter vooruitsigte oor die wêreld heen gestuur. Die

Kaap was ‘n aantreklike bestemming vir Hollanders.

Op 1 Januarie 1863 word die seun, Pieter Spaarwater, ‘n messelaar, en die meisie,

Elizabeth Helders, deur ds. A. Faure in die Gereformeerde Kerk, Kaapstad in die

huwelik bevestig. Hulle woon op Stellenbosch en bring vyf kinders in die wêreld,

drie dogters en twee seuns. Een van die dogters, Diederika Petronella Elizabeth, trou

in 1908 met Pieter de Visser in Holland. Hulle het ‘n seun, André, wat later

goewerneur van die Hollandse kolonie Java sou word. Van die ander twee dogters is

feitlik geen inligting beskikbaar nie. Die twee seuns, Pieter Jnr. en Hendrik Johannes,

laat duidelike spore in die Anglo-Boereoorlog (ABO) na.

In 1895/96 vind die Jameson-inval onder aanvoering van dr. Leander Starr James met

die steun van Cecil John Rhodes, premier van die Kaapkolonie en die Britse

Koloniale Sekretaris, Joseph Chamberlain, die Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek (ZAR)

binne om die land met sy minerale rykdomme vir die Britse imperium in te palm.

Dit word maklik deur die Republikeinse magte gestuit en die betrokkenes in

hegtenis geneem en verhoor. Later in 1896 immigreer Pieter Jnr na die ZAR en

verkry in 1897 burgerskap met volle stemreg. Hy boer in die Wakkerstroom-distrik.

Met oorlog tussen die ZAR en Brittanje teen dié tyd reeds onafwendbaar, sluit hy by

die Republikeinse gevegsmagte aan en word op 27 September 1899 as ‘geheime

speurder’ in die spioenasiediens van die ZAR ingesweer. Oorlewering is dat Pieter

se trek na die ZAR gemotiveer is deur ‘n anti-imperialistiese ingesteldheid en

simpatie met die Boere-republieke, wat toe reeds vir etlike jare onder imperialistiese

bedreiging staan.

Alhoewel geen inligting oor Hendrik Johannes se motivering beskikbaar is nie, kan

waarskynlik aanvaar word dat dit dieselfde as dié van sy broer was. Besonderhede

van sy verskuiwing na die ZAR is onbekend, maar hy boer ook in die Amersfoort-

omgewing. Albei broers word ‘veldkornet en adjudant’ in die Wakkerstroom-

kommando. Op grond van die provokasie deur die ontplooiing van Imperiale Britse

magte op sy grens met die Natal-kolonie, verklaar die ZAR op 11 Oktober 1899

oorlog teen die Britse Ryk.

Pieter doen diens as geheime speurder (agent) in die Oos-Transvaal, onder die

vyand in Natal en in die Oranje-Vrystaat. Hy word as speurder en staatsaanklaer

ook verantwoordelik vir die opspoor en vervolging van afvallige burgers van die

ZAR. Hy neem deel aan gevegte teen die Britse magte by Dundee, Ladysmith,

Modderspruit, Colenso, Boschrant, Vetrivier, Kroonstad, Amersfoort, Machadodorp,

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Belfast, ‘en overal’. Vroeg in Mei 1901, word die kommandant van die

Wakkerstroom-kommando, J.A. Joubert, in die strate van Amersfoort swaar gewond

in ‘n skietgeveg met Britse en/of Brits-gesinde Boere-verraaiers (‘joiners’). Sy perd

word onder hom doodgeskiet, maar hy word deur sy adjudant, Pieter Spaarwater,

onder vyandelike vuur na veiligheid gebring. Pieter bly in die veld tot vredesluiting

op 31 Mei 1902. In 1922 word die ABO-oorlogsmedalje en die ‘Dekoratie Voor

Trouwe Dienst’ (DVD) vir dapperheid aan hom toegeken. Daarna beklee hy

opeenvolgend (en soms gelyktydig) verskeie staatdiens- en verteenwoordigende

poste onder die nuwe regering van genl Louis Botha. Die dekorasie en medalje

sowel as sy kenteken as lid nr. 15 van die ‘Geheime Politie ZAR’ is in die besit van

die familie. Hy sterf in Augustus 1929 aan natuurlike oorsake.

Hendrik Johannes boer op die plaas Vlakplaas buite Amersfoort toe die oorlog

uitbreek, en veg by Dundee, Colenso, Ladysmith, Boschrant, Smaldeel, Zandrivier

en ‘in gehele Transvaal’. Hy is betrokke toe ‘n eenheid van die ZAR-rmagte op 15

November 1899 ‘n gepantserde Britse troepetrein by Chievely naby Estcourt in Natal

laat ontspoor en etlike Britse offisiere en soldate gevange neem. Onder hulle was die

joernalis Winston Churchill, later eerste minister van Brittanje. Hendrik Johannes

word aangewys as bewaarder van Churchill op die trein na Pretoria vir sy

gevangesetting. In sy boek ‘London to Ladysmith via Pretoria’ (e-boek, 24/4/2007) skryf

Churchill waarderend van Spaarwater se medemenslikheid teenoor sy Britse

gevangenes. Op Volksrust word wagte geruil en verlaat Spaarwater die trein.

Churchill gee aan hom die volgende nota:

“The Bearer, H.J. Spaarwater, has been very kind to me and British officers captured

in the Estcourt armoured train. I shall be personally grateful to anyone who may be

able to do him any service should he himself be captured.

Winston S. Churchill

Nov 19th 1899”

Op 22 Mei 1901 word Hendrik Johannes gewond en sterf twee dae later. Daar is

verskillende oorgelewerde weergawes van hoe hy gesneuwel het, waaronder die

volgende skynbaar gemene saak is. Hy ondersoek berigte van die teenwoordigheid

van Engelse in ‘n bos naby Amersfoort. In ‘n skermutseling word hy in die buik

gewond, maar ontkom te perd. Hy word deur die egpaar Meek op die plaas

Klipplaatdrift buite Amersfoort verpleeg, maar sterf op 24 Mei 1901 en word op die

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plaas begrawe. Klaarblyklik geloofwaardige oorlewering lui dat die ‘Engelse’ wat

hom geskiet het Boere-verraaiers was. Twee broers, van wie die name genoem word,

word tot vandag as gegewe in die gemeenskap as die skuldiges aanvaar. Die familie

word volgens sommige inwoners steeds deur die gemeenskap verstoot. Die

verraaiers het nie die empatie van die Engelsman Winston Churchill met Hendrik

Johannes Spaarwater gehad nie.

In 1922 word die ABO-medalje, die DVD vir dapperheid (met ‘n sitaat ‘vir redding

van kannonne en andere dienste’) en die ‘Lint voor Verwonding’ postuum aan hom

toegeken. Behalwe vir die lint vir verwonding, kon geen besonderhede van die

ander toepaslike gebeure gevind word nie. Van die toekennings is net die ABO-

oorlogsmedalje nog in die familie se besit. Die oorblysels van Hendrik Johannes se

gevandaliseerde graf en grafsteen is steeds op Klipplaatdrift te sien.

Maritz Spaarwater, kleinseun van Pieter Jnr

Onrusrivier

Erkennings

Behalwe vir amptelike primêre bronne in veral die Militêre Argief en die Nasionale Argief in

Pretoria, word graag met dankbaarheid die vertellings en dokumentasie van Gert van der

Westhuizen van die plaas Roodedraai naby Perdekop, distrik Volksrus; Martha Bam en wyle

Gert Reyneke van Amersfoort, en André van Ellinckhuyzen van Vryheid (in Nonqguai

Nr.17, 15 September 2010) erken. Die bystand en advies van brig genl (dr) Gerhard Kamffer

van die SA Nasionale Weermag in Pretoria het deurslaggewende rigting gegee aan navorsing

oor hierdie gebeure.

Bester: No 4145462 konst C Bester

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Warrant Officer Johann Kotze: SAPS Bothasig

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Goeie naand Oom.

Baie dankie vir die kompliment. Oom mag maar dit plaas. Dit sal 'n groot eer wees.

Van links na regs is dit die SA Weermag Algemene Diens medalje, die SAP

Amalgamasie medalje, die SAPS 10 jaar demokrasie medalje, die nuwe SAPS 20 jaar

diens medalje en die ou SAP 10 jaar diens medalje.

Jan van Wyk: SAP Bond Wynberg se Manne

BOND SAP WYNBERG TAK. Dit is ons eerste funksie vir die jaar 2013 en 30 mense

het dit bygewoon. Ek hoop ons kan met die snoek braai in Junie beter doen.

François Gunter: Frankryk

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François, self die seun van ‘n polisieman, ‘n oudlid is tans in Frankryk woonagtig.

François is lid van die Orde van die Manne met Blou Bloed; dit kan mens sommer

sien as mens na die bekende blou SUID-AFRIKAANSE POLISIE emalje bordjie voor

sy huis sien.

Jan van Wyk: SAP Bond: Wynbergtak

Elke 1ste Woensdag aand van elke maand kom die SAP Bond; Wynbergtak, byeen

om gesellig saam te verkeer.

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By hierdie geleentheid het ons Philippe Antoine Verteenwoordiger Europa se I.P.A. in Brussel ontmoet. Lekker Vlaams gesels wat klink soos Afrikaans. Langs hom is Deon Huysamen, bestuurder van Timour Hall Villa, langs hom is Richard Rother van Wasserschutzepolize, Travemunde, Duitsland. Agter hom is die hofmeester; almal ken “Vlakkie” van Tonder, Voor Jan van Wyk (sekretaris) langs hom is Johan Verster (Voorsitter) en dan Johan Grundling. Johan Grundling is ‘n baie bekende polisieman en troepmaat van genl. R.P. During. Datum 6/3/2013.

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Adv BJ Vorster: Gerhard Lotz

Adv BJ Vorster: Lt-Genl H Westraat

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Piet van Zyl: Tanzanië

Brig Hennie,

Gistermiddag moes ek 4 manne van ‘n boot so 18 km in Lake Rukwa

gaan optel in ‘n ongelooflike wind en donderstorm ...... Deinings van 2 - 3

meter en het die plaaslike skipper wat ek nou oplei as my hulp gesê die

deinings lyk soos huise as dit aankom. Heritage boot het paar keer kop

ingesteek en was ons sopnat maar baie beïndruk met die hantering van die

boot.

Daar was eintlik nie tyd om bang te raak nie want n ou moet kophou

al die pad en ook nie tyd om foto’s te neem nie. Darm die twee fotos voordat

ons weg is kon inkry. Almal veilig terug op land gehad teen 18:30

gisteraand. Wonder of ek nie nou al te oud raak vir die adrenalien nie.....?

Walk Tall

Piet.

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Floris Eyegelaar - Jeanette Victor

Hennie,

Hierdie foto is in die Kleinplasie begraafplaas tussen Lutzville en

Koekenaap. Volgens my suster was hy gestasioneer op Lutzville en het vermoedelik

met 'n polisievoertuig verongeluk net voor Lutzville.

Ek loop so en soek vir polisiegrafte vir jou, ek weet naby my ouers se graf in

Stikland, is daar, maar dit is so gevaarlik om soontoe te gaan, maar ek sal my seuns

vra om een dag saam met my te gaan.

Groete,

Jeanette Victor.

No 7068901-6 Det/Const MJ Thamtsha

I am the complainant in a theft case and Const Thamtsha is the investigating officer.

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Kapt Dirk Coetzee is deur SAP-kollegas verag: R. Pallas

R. Pallas (brigadier, afgetree, SAP), Knysna 2013-03-16 23:50

Jacques Pauw se artikel “3 moordenaars sit tesame” (Rapport, 10 Maart) het betrekking. (Dirk) Coetzee, ’n alleenloper wat aan my bekend was, het beslis nie die meerderheid van die ou SAP versinnebeeld nie. Hy was ’n maaksel van sekere politici en ’n paar generaals. Hulle wou ’n utopie skep, net soos die ANC vandag wil doen. Gewone polisielede het nie, soos party graag te kenne wil gee, onskuldige “aktiviste” geskiet, verbrand, ontvoer en gemartel nie. Daar was ’n lae-intensiteit-burgeroorlog waar geweldmisdade aan albei kante gepleeg is. Die “aktiviste” was meermale self betrokke by geweld en/of die beplanning en uitvoering daarvan. ANC-simpatiseerders was ook betrokke by die beplanning en uitvoering van geweldmisdade en/of betrokke by hulpverlening aan ANC-moordbendes. Kan Pauw ons ook meedeel hoeveel onskuldige swart Suid-Afrikaners deur ANC-moordbendes vermoor is deur middel van die uiters barbaarse halssnoermetode?

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Het hy so iets aanskou? Ek het.

Dirk Coetzee was nooit ’n “oop-gesig”-Afrikanerman soos Pauw beweer nie. Hy (Coetzee) het hom verbeel hy is Suid-Afrika se eie held (Rambo) en was op ’n mishoop van sy eie om die land te “red”.

Hy was nie gewild nie. Inteendeel, hy is verag deur kollegas. Die ANC het hom as onstabiel beskou en as ’n bruikbare idioot gebruik. Soos hulle met talle ander “oop-gesig”-Afrikanermans doen.

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5 REAKSIES

Saffa Boerewors - Maart 17, 2013 om 00:06 Brigadier jy is man so na aan my hart , dankie vir jou brief ! Christo van Zyl - Maart 17, 2013 om 00:51 Daar is altyd drie "kante"aan n saak my kant jou kant en die waarheid! Pieter Reyneke - Maart 17, 2013 om 02:58 Die brigadier is korrek. Womba Wonder - Maart 17, 2013 om 07:02 Ja-nee, skurke hou niks van fluitjieblasers wat eens mede-skurke was nie. Feit is Coetzee het die borrelmite geprik dat Afrikaners baie beter morele gehad het as gewetenlose halssnoermooordenaars. Maar die waarheid was dat daar weinig verskil was. Die polisie was 'n spul lae skobbejakke wat mekaar aangehits en verdedig het.

Stell Connect - Maart 17, 2013 om 08:24 Vlakplaas polisiemanne en ander medewerkers in die veiligheidsdienste was nie algemeen bekend in hulle eie organisasies nie. Die Coetzee elemente het ook vriende gehad, nie net vyande nie. Miskien kan brigadier Pallas vir ons vertel wat hy en kollegas van gen. vd Berg, of te wel, Lang Hendrik, gedink het - was hy ook deur kollegas en onderdane "verag"? Coetzee was onder bevel, die tragedie van hierdie verhaal en die huidige bestel in SA is dat die publiek nie in staat is om magsmisbruik te keer nie, en kollegas magteloos (of te bang, of te gemaksugtig) is om dit te verhoed, of stop te sit. Maar om alle polisiemanne met die Coetzee kwas by te kom is gruwe veralgemening. Een man en een eenheid in 'n baie groot organisasie se dade

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verteenwoordig nie die organisasie as geheel nie, as dit waar is dan is elke mkpy waarin mense suksesvlol weens korrupsie vervolg is, wesenlik korrup. Teenoor die slegste moet die beste ook opgeweeg word, ter wille van regverdige oordeel (as soiets bestaan). http://www.rapport.co.za/MyRapport/Briewe/Dirk-Coetzee-is-deur-SAP-kollegas-

verag-20130316

Kapt Andre Stander: Was Stander ‘produk’ van NP?

AP Stemmet, Durbanville 2013-03-02 23:41

http://www.rapport.co.za/MyRapport/Briewe/Was-Stander-produk-van-NP-20130302 Ek het De Wet Potgieter se artikel oor André Stander verlede Sondag in MyTyd geniet. Daar is egter twee stellings in die artikel wat kommentaar verdien: “André Stander en sy bende was so anti-establishment dat hulle kultusstatus bereik het. Dit was in die donker dae van apartheid.” My vraag is wat die “donker dae van apartheid” met die misdadiger André Stander te doen het.

En ook: “Stander was ’n produk van die destydse Suid-Afrika onder die ysterhand van die Nasionale Party, die Broederbond, die NG Kerk...”

Ek het nie geweet hierdie organisasies het misdadigers geskep nie.

Miskien kan Potgieter help.

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Hans Beukes - Maart 3, 2013 om 06:02 Wel ek was 'n produk van apart en "hate" en het van 'n briljante toekomstige SAP lid...omgedraai en soos A.S dieselfde gedoen...lees my autobiografie een van die dae... Estie Erasmus - RapporteerKommentaarbeleid As jy my broer Hans is sal dit regtig wil lees. Van Jaarsveld Pieter - Maart 3, 2013 om 07:27 Nou wie is die Hans Beukes dat mense sou belangstel in sy biografie.

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Feeble Gastro - Maart 10, 2013 om 10:36 Hy noem homself 'n briljante toekomstige lid (WDF?)... en op sy FB "ex special forces"... delusions of grandeur, lyk dit mos...

gerhardbouwer - Maart 3, 2013 om 09:44 “Stander was ’n produk van die destydse Suid-Afrika onder die ysterhand van die Nasionale Party, die Broederbond, die NG Kerk...” Ek het nie geweet hierdie organisasies het misdadigers geskep nie. Snaaks dat jy hierdie soort nadenke het - was jy oud genoeg in daai tyd om te verwerk wat aangegaan het? Al drie die genoemde organisasies was deurspek van korrupsie misdaad en duistere motiewe - al was dit nie ooglopend vir die man op straat met oogklappe aan nie. Is dit werklik so moeilik om te glo dat polisiemanne wat daagliks aan korrupsie en geweld blootgestel word (SONDER behoorlike berading) - hulself uiteindelik daartoe wend? Die politieke klimaat en boetie ondergrondse organisasies het misdadigers geskep van epiese proporsies - beide binne en buite die sfere van onderdrukking / uitsluiting / insluiting. 'n in diepte soeke na die waarheid sal jou verby die skynmaskers van politiek / godsdiens / organisasies en dergelike sogenaamde verskynsels lei tot n web van gierigheid, boosheid, misleiding en selfdienende wêreldorde organisasies wat faksies skep onder die vaandel wat eenheid borderskap en vryheid. Hierdie organisasies skep altyd wat regtig in hul binneste is.

Jan J Claassen - Maart 3, 2013 om 09:51 Baie interessante stellings wat jy maak. Ek sal graag meer daarvan te hore wil kom. Kan jy asseblief jou bronne bekend maak sodat ek ook my kennis kan verbreed (soos joune). Cor Brent - Maart 3, 2013 om 10:35 As jy misdadigers wil vang moet kan dink en redeneer soos hulle. Stander het net eenvoudig die grens oorgesteek en deel van die misdaadwêreld geword. Daar is talle voorbeelde van polisiemanne wat die grens oorsteek. Aartjie Nasyvaartjie - Maart 7, 2013 om 22:16

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As elke krimineel nou skielik steel en moor en verkrag agv apartheid, of as alle bose geweld veroorsaak word deur Calvinistiese jong mans, wat moet ons dan se? Waarvan is die tronke in al die ander lande dan vol??? Elke mens maak mos maar sy eie keuses. Sommige mense dink net daar is makliker maniere as om elke op te staan en werk toe gaan. Kyk nou watter bitter uiteinde daar vir Stander gewag het. Na die tragiese gebeure met Oscar en Reeva besef ek maar net weer hoe ons elke dag in God se genade lewe. connie.breedt.3 - Maart 8, 2013 om 14:04 Dis so waar Aartjie. Ons lewe elke dag net is God se genade. As dit nie daarvoor was nie wou hierdie ou wêreld nog 'n slegter plek gewees het. Ons kan net dankie sê.

Kapt Patrick Coetzee (Kimberley)

Lt-genl Johan Deyzel (Kimberley)

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Nasionale Veiligheidsgeskiedenis

Koevoet: Onthulling van Standbeeld: Voortrekker

Monument – Toffie Risk

Toffie Risk het die geleentheid bygewoon en die volgende verslag en herinneringe

met ons gedeel:

Vlnr: Dieck Dietrichsen, genl Dreyer, Shorty en ander lede van Koevoet

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Brigadier Theuns Smit en die doedelsakspeler

Marius Brand

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Chris Nel met sy manne wat

"Wambolande” " op die einde gesing het.

Alles het spontaan gebeur. (Hy en ek dink

drie en twintig van sy manne wat hy

opgelei het was die eerste groep wat

ingestuur is om die eerste opvolgoperasie

teen Swapo te voer.

Eugene de Kock, toe nog 'n luitenant het

kort daarna verder noord ook met sy manne

operasioneel geraak en sewe kontakte

gemaak met die eerste aksie teen SWAPO.)

Bevestig dit maar met die manne wat daar

was. My ore hoor nie altyd alles nie.

Toffie Risk: Privaat Album

Toffie dink ver terug en uit sy privaat album:

Hier is 'n foto van Rachel van der Merwe waar sy haar

pensioen by Bybs Van Zyl ontvang. Bybs en haar man

was verbonde aan die departement van samewerking

en ontwikkeling. Haar man, Ben, was die Kommissaris

in die Kaokoland gewees vir die departement van

samewerking en ontwikkeling.

Groete

TR

( 'n Foto wat ek destyds uit 'n tydskrif gekry het ).

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Brigadier,

Hierdie is 'n foto van Johannes Ruiter

(stamkaptein) wie se kraal aangeval was. Hy is

besig om met Bybs Van Zyl te gesels. (Sy het

pensioenuitbetalings en ander werk in die

Kaokoland saam met haar man Ben gedoen. )

( Hierdie foto het ek uit 'n tydskrif gekry )

Groete

TR

Brigadier,

Hier is 'n foto van die seun van wyle Rachel van

der Merwe, Oorlog van der Merwe, wat betrokke

was met die opleiding van die tuiswagte in die

Kaokoland. (Net buite Opuwa). Sover ek kon

vasstel lewe hy nog. Sy Ma Rachel van der

Merwe was 99 jaar oud in 1980.

Groete

TR

Brigadier,

Ek stuur hierdie foto uit my persoonlike album.

By die gedenkmuur by Voortrekkerhoogte is daar ' n JM Tsitula S/W0 wat op 6

Junie 1985 oorlede is. Hier staan hy Tsitula, as ek reg onthou, in 1980 by 'n

gedenkteken. Ek dink dit is naby Swartbooisdrif in die Kaokoland.

'n Ds Harry Cillier van die SAW wou die gebied besoek om 'n Bybel te skenk aan

Rachel van der Merwe wat saam met die familie van die Dorslantrekkers daar

aangekom het.

Tsitula en kst Reuben Ipinge was die spanleiers, saam met wyle kst JA du Plessis

wat aan 'n hakkejag opvolg operasie deelgeneem, nadat die kraal van hoofman

Johannes Ruiter in April/ Mei 1980 aangeval is.

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Tom van der Merwe, Rachel en

'n paar ander lede van die

plaaslike bevolking is gedood in

die aanval. Ek onthou goed dat

die weermag te stadig was om

vir ons hier bystand hier te

verleen het.

Ons kon die mense (PB's) nie

keer en met ongeveer 12

tuiswagte en swart inwoners

van die gebied (hulle

gewapen met .303's) is laat

skemer kontak gemaak

deur “Doepie” en sy manne .

(Op Vrydag 16 Mei 1980 in die

Citizen Koerant was die opskrif

"Five die in third Swapo

attack".) Geen melding is

gemaak van die suksesvolle

operasie teen die Moordenaars nie.

My kollega, kst Du Plessis is 'n paar weke daarna in 'n landmynontploffing oorlede.

Kytkiko Tyingire (tuiswag); sy passasier is ernstig beseer.

Hulle het twee ander lede laat skemer gaan help wat twee papbande met hul Ribbok

gekry het.

Koevoet het later in hierdie gebied ook operasioneel geraak.

Groete

TR

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Onthulling van Koevoet standbeeld – Paul Els

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16 December 1838: The Miracle of Blood River – Joe Momberg

Greetings from a very hot Barrydale

I have just been spending some time in the workshop, making a start on your

candlestick. I had to call a halt because of a slip which required a piece of band aid. I

will resume the battle tomorrow DV

This afternoon I was browsing through the treasure trove of eNongqai back issues,

and I came across a very good account of the Battle of Blood River.

The logistic difficulties involved in maintaining a sustained fire from a flintlock in

misty conditions must be experienced firsthand in order to grasp the problem. Some

years back I imported a Pedersoli Mortimer Flintlock, which, technically speaking

was at least the equivalent of the weapon used by Andries Pretorius, (equipped with

a roller assisted frizzen spring and an English styled "waterproof pan".

Saturday morning dawned with a heavy mist at the Somerset West Range, cutting

down visibility to 30 metres or so. After the shoot I realised as never before, that a

great miracle happened on that 16th Dec 1838.

Everything can be set up properly, but a wet frizzen is like a little gremlin that will

not go away. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob kept his covenant love resting on

those men in the laager. There is no other explanation for the outcome.

Will we as a people ever rediscover the sense of wonder surrounding that event?

May it be so?

Go well

Joe Momberg

Winston Churchill: A hero's return: Never-before-seen photo of Churchill on horseback after Boer POW

escape

Picture released by descendants of Arthur Knight, son of a diamond miner. Expected

to fetch hundreds at auction

By Nick Enoch Updated: 09:15 GMT, 2 February 2012

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A previously unseen photograph of Winston Churchill on a horse following his

daring escape from a prison camp during the Boer War has emerged for sale. Sitting

astride his grey mount in 1899, the 26-year-old future Prime Minister is shown

wearing a suit and tie and has on a wide-brimmed hat. He has a notably slim figure

after his 'sixty hours of misery' trying to find his way back to British lines. He had

gone to South Africa in 1898 as a newspaper war correspondent and was captured in

November the following year.

Winston Churchill after his Boer War prison camp escape: Sitting astride his grey

mount in 1899, the 26-year-old future Prime Minister is shown wearing a suit and tie

and has on a wide-brimmed hat in this never-before-seen photograph

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The back of the photo reads 'Winston Churchill after escape'. The photo has been put

up for sale by the descendants of Arthur Knight, a trained photographer who was

the son of pioneer diamond miner William Knight. He was part of a scouting

expedition on an armoured train when it was attacked by the enemy. Churchill's

heroics during the ambush led to speculation that he would receive the Victoria

Cross, although this never happened. He was taken to a prison camp in Pretoria but

a month later he made his escape and travelled 300 miles to safety. He became a

national hero, but it was not enough for Churchill who then joined the army and

helped relieve the British at the Siege of Ladysmith and then take Pretoria.

Winston Churchill (right) with other captured British soldiers during the Boer War.

This vintage photograph is not recognised by any experts in the field and is expected

to make hundreds of pounds when it goes under the hammer at auction. It has been

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consigned for sale by the descendants of Arthur Knight, a trained photographer who

was the son of pioneer diamond miner William Knight.

When Churchill escaped from the PoW camp, a wanted poster was issued, offering

£25 for the young war correspondent's recapture. The Boer authorities distributed a

description of him, noting that he could not speak a word of Dutch. Despite this, he

made it to safety.

Boer commander PJ Joubert, who had imprisoned Churchill two months earlier,

said: 'He is just ‘n klein koerant-skrywertjie' - 'he's just a little newspaper man'. Soon

after gaining his freedom, Churchill joined the South African Light Horse, an

irregular cavalry unit which fought his former captors. For the next few months, he

stayed on in South Africa as a soldier/correspondent, thrilling readers with his

reportage and slow march to victory. Arthur trained as a photographer with David

Barnett of Johannesburg and it is likely that this shot of Churchill was taken either

by Barnett or by Arthur Knight himself. It shows Churchill surrounded by men of

The South African Light Horse Regiment and on the back of the photo it says

'Winston Churchill after Escape'.

Andrew Marlborough, from Duke's of Dorchester in Dorset, which is selling the

picture, said: 'This could be a major find. 'Our research so far suggests that this is an

unrecorded photo. It shows him astride his grey horse surrounded by troops.

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'The troops are from the South African Light Horse Regiment, which was who

Churchill was within his role as a newspaper correspondent. 'This could be taken

very shortly after his escape and is a really exciting find.

'It has come from the direct descendant of Arthur Knight, who was the son of

William Knight a diamond mining pioneer and the founder of Johannesburg.

'Arthur Knight trained as a photographer with David Barnett who took many official

photographs of the war. 'This photograph is likely to have been taken by Arthur

Knight or David Barnett and is part of a large archive from the same source.

'These include images of Lord Kitchener, General Christiaan De Wet, President Paul

Kruger, as well as views on London and Brighton in the late 19th and early 20th

century.'

During the second Boer War that started in October 1899 between Britain the Boer

Republics, Churchill obtained a commission to act as a war correspondent. He had

recently failed to be elected to the House of Commons and went to South Africa to

report for the Morning Post on £250 a month.

In a dispatch, Churchill told of his escape and wrote: 'I therefore resolved to escape,

and the same night I left the State School's prison, in Pretoria by climbing the wall

when the sentries' backs were turned momentarily.' He told how he walked through

the town 'without disguise' and met many 'burghers' then managed to board a train

and hid under coal sacks. He then told how he jumped from the train and followed

the railway by night, avoiding bridges and crossings. He boarded another train and

despite it being searched by Boers he avoided detection. He concluded: 'After sixty

hours of misery I came safely here. I am very weak, but am free.

'I have lost many pounds in weight, but am light in heart.' The sale is on April 12.

Shortly after arriving, Churchill joined a scouting expedition in an armoured train,

leading to his capture and imprisonment in a PoW camp in Pretoria, but he escaped

and wrote about his exploits for the Morning Post

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094822/Photo-Winston-Churchill-

horseback-daring-Boer-War-prison-camp-escape-auction.htmlescape in 1899

South African Legion of Military Veterans - United Kingdom - Peter Dickens; Chairman

Morning Hennie,

Attached are some photos and a few words about the SA Legion-UK get-together on

Saturday. I am still awaiting the photos of the parade itself, but will send them on as

soon as we have them.

“A cold Saturday morning saw me catching the train for the 1hr trip into

central London where the SA Legion-UK would be holding our quarterly meeting &

social at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The RHC has kindly allowed us to make use of

their facilities for these sessions & inevitably the social continues late into the

evening (night for some).

Having met up with the other legionnaires, first order of the day was a memorial

parade, in the main square of the RHC, to the 13 SANDF members who recently lost

their lives in a 13 hr sustained battle with rebel forces in CAR and to the 5 SANDF

members lost in an anti-poaching operation in the Kruger Park when their helicopter

crashed.

We quietly dipped our colours & having read out the honour roll & held a 2 minute

silence.

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The parade them moved on to the awarding of medals to Les Dow for services

rendered in SA Military many years ago.

Then it was into a very comfortable & warm room for coffee & the quarterly meeting

itself, following which we headed to the RHC members pub for the socialising to

begin. Clearly this was going to involve “throwing a few behind enemy lines”.

As well as spending time with some of the pensioners we had previously met &

making new friends Andrew Williams & myself, both ex-SAP, were able to raise a

“SALUTE” to the SAP which would have been 100 years old on 1 April 2013 with

our honorary SA Legion-UK member Albert Scott, who is an a SAP Captain (Ret) &

now a resident pensioner at RHC.

With the sun starting to sink & the bitter cold creeping back, I took my leave &

headed back to the station for the trip home, basking in the warmth that only

spending time with special people can provide.

By Peter Gillatt”

Please let me know if you need larger photos.

Regards

Pete D.

Peter Gillatt, Albert Scott & Andrew Williams; all ex-SAP celebrate 100 Years of SAP

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Albert Scott & Andrew Williams

Royal Hospital Chelsea (HBH)

Capt Albert Scott (SAP Band Durban) is now resident in the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

We can learn from Britain as far as frail care and care regarding to old warriors are

concerned. Here is an antique painting of the RHC. During a visit to the Army War

Museum in Chelsea I had the opportunity to walk past the RHC and I saw the old

soldiers in their red uniforms:

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Slagtersnek rebelle ….. Allesbehalwe Afrikaner helde! - Dr JC van der Walt

Op 10 Oktober 1815 om 8 vm was Cornelis Frederik (Freek) Bezuidenhout (55) van

Baviaansrivier slaggereed vir sy privaat-oorlog teen die twaalf soldate van die

Hottentot Cape Regiment van die Britse regering. Hulle moes Freek kom arresteer

vir dwarsboming van die gereg oor ‘n periode van twee jaar. Freek was tot een

maand tronkstraf gevonnis. Twee veldkornette, Willem Opperman en JC Olivier,

was te bang om dagvaardigings op Freek te dien.

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Toe die soldate die huis nader, was Freek se tweede baster-houvrou, Maria Eckard,

en hulle baster-dogtertjie, Sophia Fredrika, voor die huis doenig. Maria het dadelik

een van Freek se gewere aan ‘n besoeker, Jacob Jacobus Erasmus (18), oorhandig en

sy het sakke met koeëls en buskruit gegryp en saam met die gewapende Freek en sy

gewapende baster-seun, Hans (22), na rotsskeure bo-op ‘n rotskoppie langs die

Baviaansrivier, vir hulle verdediging gehardloop. Freek en Hans het onmiddellik op

die soldate begin vuur.

Nadat Freek en sy seun Hans twaalf skote op die soldate gevuur het, het die soldate

onder leiding van ‘n Afrikaner offisier, luitenant Francois Pieter (Frans) Rossouw

(26), begin teruggevuur.

Van die soldate het later teen die koppie opgeklim en Erasmus, in ‘n aparte

rotsskeur, is gekonfronteer waarna hy homself vrywillig oorgegge het. Rossouw en

‘n Hottentot-sersant, Josef, het vir ure met Freek gepleit om oor te gee. Bezuidenhout

het erg gevloek en volstrek geweier om homself lewend oor te gee. Toe hy om een

uur die middag sy geweer weer oplig, het die Hottentot-soldate, sersant Josef en

manskap Dawid, hom deur die bors en arm geskiet. Freek se laaste woorde

was,”Seun, my arm is af.”

Nadat Freek doodgeskiet is, het sy seun, Hans, vreedsaam oorgegee. Freek se familie

het hom die volgende dag op die plaas Silverbrook begrawe.

Frederik Bezuidenhout was ‘n ruwe, aggressiewe en arrogante man met ‘n vinnige

humeur. Die adjunk-landdros van Cradock, Andries Stockenstrom, (23) het vir die

Hottentot Cape Regiment gevra om die bode van die hof, J Londt te beskerm

wanneer hy Bezuidenhout se dagvaardiging dien:”Verkieslik op ‘n sagte wyse, maar

geweld te gebruik, indien nodig.”

Freek en sy eerste swart-houvrou het voorheen in Kafferland gewoon waar hy in

1801 van moord van ‘n Xhosa aangekla is. Die saak het egter doodgeloop.

Gedurende April 1813 het ‘n Hottentot, Booy, by Stockenstrom gaan kla dat sy

werkgewer, Freek Bezuidenhout, hom mishandel het en sy vee terughou nadat hy

reeds sy werkkontrak voltooi het. Stockenstrom het vir Booy oortuig om weer sy

werk te hervat. Hy het ook vir veldkornet Opperman opdrag gegee om ‘n nuwe

werkkontrak op te stel.

Kort hierna het Booy weer kom kla aangesien Freek hom aanrand. Opperman het vir

Freek gedagvaar om persoonlik na Graaff Reinet te gaan om homself te verweer.

Freek het egter per brief aangedui dat hy nie so ver kon ry nie. Hy het gemeld dat

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hy Booy se vee sou teruggee, nadat hy sy skadevergoeding afgetrek het.

Stockenstrom het dit verwerp aangesien Booy niks aan Freek verskuldig was nie.

In Mei 1814 het Booy en ‘n ander Hottentot, Dikkop, na die Bavaansrivier

teruggekeer. Sy vee was nog steeds by Freek en Freek wou, vir sy “moeite”, een vers

agterhou. Toe Opperman vir Booy met ‘n versoeningsbrief na Freek stuur, het Freek

sy kierie op Booy stukkend geslaan.

Booy het weer by Stockenstrom gaan kla en hy het vir Freek laat weet om hom

persoonlik by Opperman se plaas te ontmoet om die problem te probeer oplos.

Stockenstrom het vergeefs vir Freek gewag. Freek is weer gedagvaar, maar hy daag

nie op 5 Julie 1814 by die hof op nie. Op 10 Desember 1814 word Freek weereens

gedagvaar om op 2 Januarie 1815 voor die hof te veskyn. Freek het weereens nie

opgedaag nie en Stockenstrom is na Kaapstad om die gebeure met goewerneur Lord

Charles Somerset te bespreek.

Die bode van die hof, J Auret, het op 3 April 1815 met nog ‘n dagvaardiging by Freek

opdaag. Freek was woedend en swaai sy vuiste, vloek en skel op Auret. Freek het

weereens geweier om in die hof te verskyn.

Intussen het Booy ‘n seksuele verhouding met Dikkop se vrou begin en Dikkop het

die twee op heterdaad betrap. Dikkop het vir Booy met ‘n assegaai doodgesteek en

hom in ‘n vlak graf begrawe. Freek was bewus van die moord op sy plaas. Hy het

egter vir Dikkop in diens geneem, maar niks van die moord gerep nie. Die storie

van die moord het uiteindelik by veldkornet Opperman uitgekom, maar hy was te

bang om teen Freek op te tree. Die vrees het by Freek ontstaan dat Opperman hom

gaan verraai.

Veldkornet JC Olivier het na Graaff Reinet gereis en die landdros gesmeek om hom

nie na Freek Bezuidenhout met die nuwe dagvaardiging moet stuur nie. Uitendelik

is, luitenant Frans Rossouw van die Cape Regiment se militêre pos by Rooiwal,

gevra om met sy gewapende pandoers (Hottentotte), die bode van die hof te

beskerm. In hierdie proses is Freek doodgeskiet.

Tydens Freek se begrafnis op die plaas (Silverbrook), het sy broer, Johannes Jurg

(Hans) Bezuidenhout (57) om wraak gesweer. Hy wou vir luitenant Rossouw,

veldkornet Opperman en adjunk-landdros, Stockenstrom, doodskiet, “al sou dit tien

jaar duur.” Hans het vir Lukas van Vuuren met die dood gedreig toe hy weier om

hom te steun.

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Laat in Oktober 1815 het Hans Bezuidenhout en Hendrik “Kasteel” Prinslo (32) na

die plaas Palingkloof van Stephanus Bothma (43) gery. Hulle het daar met drie

Xhosas van hoofman Jalousa se stam onderhandelings aangeknoop. Die rebelle wou

hê dat die Xhosas die Zuurveld moes binneval en al die soldate van die reeks

militêre poste langs die Grootvisrivier, met die rebelle se hulp, aanval en uitmoor.

Daar is besluit dat Cornelis Faber (43), Adriaan Engelbrecht (21) en Josef Marais (29)

na hoofman Gaika sou ry die Xhosas aan te hits.

Op 5 November 1815 het Stephanus C Bothma, in opdrag van Hans en Kasteel

Prinsloo aan ‘n vurige rebel, Alwyn Kruger, geskryf. Kruger word aangespoor om

by die rebelle aan te sluit en om veldkornet GP van der Walt van Sneeuberg te

oorreed om ook aan te sluit. Van der Walt het summier geweier. Hendrik Kasteel het

hierdie brief onderteken. Beide het later hieroor aan die galg geboet.

Stephanus Bothma het die Engelse met ‘n passie gehaat want in 1800 is hy aan

vervalsing ter waarde van 300 rijksdaalers skuldig bevind en vir vyf jaar uit die land

verban.

Faber het die Xhosas belowe dat hulle weer hulle ou gebied, die Zuurveld, kon

terugkry wat hulle in die 1811-1812 oorlog verloor het, plus baie yster en koper

asook al die vee van die Engelse soldate. Die Xhosas is aangepor om die burgers wat

nie met die rebelle wou saamwerk nie, saam met hulle vroue en kinders te vermoor

en al hulle besittings en vee te buit. Die Xhosas moes onderneem om ‘n deel van

hulle grond aan Bezuidenhout en Faber af te staan. Faber het laat weet dat daar

reeds 600 rebelle reg deur die Kaap is wat die Xhosas sou bystaan.

Hans Bezuidenhout het reg deur die distrik gery en die burgers wat hom nie wou

help nie, met ‘n koeël deur die kop gedreig. Die grensboere was reeds voordurend

deur die Xhosa-hordes aangeval en beroof en Hans se dreigement om 3 000 Xhosas

teen hulle te mobiliseer, het die boere met vrees vir die veiligheid van hulle gesinne

gevul.

Op 9 November 1815, het Hendrik Kasteel Prinslo ‘n brief wat Stephanus Bothma

geskryf het, onderteken. Die brief is kamtig “namens al die burgers van

Bruintjeshoogte, Zuurveld en Tarka” onderteken: die rebelle moes ‘n eed op hulle

moederland sweer om die “goddelose tirannie en verdrukking van die Engelse

regering, af te skud.” Hendrik Prinslo het ‘n gewapende opstand teen die regering

bepleit. Theunis de Klerk (30) was teenwoordig en hy het ‘n vurige ondersteuner van

die rebelle geword.

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Die Bezuidenhouts was redelik ongewild by die Christen-Afrikaners weens hulle

seksuele omgang met baster en swart vroue, sowel as hulle vuisgevegte met

vreedsame mense. Hans is beskuldig dat hy ‘n seun van ‘n Xhosa-kaptein

doodgeskiet het en sy broer, Wynand, moes ‘n os as skadevergoeding betaal,

aangesien hy die suster van kaptein Malgas doodgeskiet het. Sy ander broer,

Coenraad, het met ‘n baster-houvrou saamgeleef.

Hans Bezuidenhout se rebellie het aanvanklik min steun geniet en teleurgesteld wou

hy na die Nuweveld verhuis. Toe Hendrik Kasteel Prinslo, die seun van Martinus

“Kasteel” Prinslo, van die plaas Naudésrivier wat voorheen in die kasteel in

Kaapstad vir rebellie opgesluit was, by Hans Bezuidenhout aansluit, het die rebellie

ekstra momentum gekry. Die Prinslo’s het vir jare onwettig in Kafferland handel

gedryf en Piet “Kafferland” Prinslo was met ‘n baster-vrou, Kaatje, getroud. Die

Prinslo’s was ruwe mense.

Abraham Carel Bothma (29), die jonger broer van Stephanus Bothma, sluit op 12

November 1815 by die rebelle aan. Hy skryf in ‘n omsendbrief dat die “hele gebied

se mense” nie meer die las van ongeregtigheid van die regering kan verdra nie.

Hulle gekerm is ‘n “gruwel vir God”. Elkeen moet “met God se hulp vir vryheid

veg”. Hy skryf dat die Xhosas slaggereed is om die rebelle te help in ruil vir die hele

Zuurveld-gebied sowel as die beeste van die Hottentot soldate.

Kasteel Prinslo se brief is onderskep en hy is by sy vader se huis op die plaas,

Naudésrivier, deur blanke dragonder- soldate gearresteer. Kommandant Willem Nel

het hom in die tronk by Vanaardtspos van kaptein Andrews (Long Hope stasie

vandag), gestop.

Kasteel se arrestasie het ‘n opskudding veroorsaak!

Toe veldkornet Willem Krugel van die plaas Kokskraal hoor dat sy bloedneef,

Kasteel Prinslo, gearresteer is, het hy, sonder Hans Bezuidenhout se inmenging, self

teen die regering gerebelleer en onwettig van sy burgers opgekommandeer om by

dagbreek op 14 November 1815 gewapen en te perd, met vier dae se proviant, by

Pieter Erasmus se plaas op te daag om Kasteel te bevry. Die rebelle het op 15

November 1815 by Slagtersnek bymekaargekom en 15 kilometer na Vanaardtspos

(Long Hope stasie) gery en die loslating van Kasteel Prinslo geeis. Majoor CS Fraser

het reg deur die nag vanaf Grahamstown te perd gejaag om Vanaardtspos te bereik.

Hy het aan die rebelle gesê dat dit slegs die landdros is wat die magtiging tot

vrylating kon gee.

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Landdros JG Cuyler het hom vanaf Graaff Reinet na Vanaardtspos gehaas en die

Switserse onderwyser, F Touchon, gevra om die berugte brief van Hendrik Kasteel

in Hollands en in Frans aan die rebelle voor te lees. Baie rebelle was ontsteld om die

ware feite te verneem. Piet “Kafferland” Prinslo het dit ‘n “lelike” brief genoem. Die

rebelle het nou besef dat hulle deel van ‘n gewapende opstand teen die regering is,

met die dood strafbaar.

Hans het die twyfel onder die rebelle waargeneem en hy het opdrag gegee dat die

rebelle ’n kring om veldkornet Willem Krugel moet vorm en om trou aan mekaar, en

aan Krugel persoonlik, te sweer. (Op hierdie plek by Vanaardtspos is vyf rebelle op 9

Maart 1816 opgehang. (Nie op Slagtersnek nie!)

Die rebelle het daarna vir twee dae in die veld in Kafferland gekamp in afwagting op

die koms van die Xhosa “bondgenote” wat vir ‘n tweede keer deur Cornelis Faber,

Frans Marais, Volkert Delport en Willem Prinslo, aangehits was om “dadelik” die

rebelle te kom help. Sommige rebelle het gedros en die res het noordwaarts gery en

op 18 November 1815 het vyftig rebelle op ‘n heuwel by Slagtersnek (Verraaierskop)

bymekaargekom, gereed om teen die regering te veg.

By Slagtersnek was landdros JG Cuyler was reeds slaggereed om met 40 blanke

dragonders en 30 burgers teen die 50 rebelle te veg. Toe Hans Bezuidenhout die

regeringsoldate sien, roep hy uit: ”Mijn God, neef Willem (Prinsloo), hebt gij ons

weer verraden.” (Hans het na die van Jaarsveld-rebellie van 1799 verwys.)

Op Slagtersnek het Landdros Cuyler gepleit dat die opstand gestaak moet word en dat diegene wat wou oorgee, vanaf die kop na benede moes beweeg. Kommandant Willem Nel en Oostwald Lange het hul lewens gewaag deur tussen die gewapende rebelle in te beweeg en om hulle tot oorgawe te oorreed. Hulle is inderdaat die helde van Slagtersnek!

Die vurige Theunis de Klerk het op ‘n stadium vir Willem Nel geskree: ”Jy sal my skiet en ek sal jou skiet.”

Hans Bezuidenhout het gedreig om elkeen wat van die kop sou afkom om oor te gee, summier in die rug dood te skiet. Cuyler se pleidooi was redelik suksesvol en van die rebelle het begin oorgegee.

Die rebelle was egter wreed ontnugter toe Cornelis Faber en sy makkers dieselfde dag by Slagtersnek met die nuus aankom dat Gaika beslis nie die rebelle gaan bystaan nie. Hans en sy belhamels het besef dat hulle stryd nou verby is en hy het, saam met Faber, die Bothma broers, Andries Meijer en Theunis de Klerk, dadelik na Kafferland gevlug.

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Veldkornet Krugel en agtien rebelle het daarna oorgegee. Krugel het gesê, “Ek gee my siel aan God en my liggaam aan die regering.” Die rebelle het hul gewere neergesit, op hulle knieë geval en huilend om genade geplet. Willem Nel het die gevangenes saam met Kasteel Prinslo na Uitenhage vir verhoor, afgevoer.

Tot op hierdie stadium van die rebellie was daar nie ‘n enkele skoot geskiet nie!

Majoor CS Fraser en kommandant Willem Nel is opdrag gegee om met 22 burgers en 100 berede pandoers na die vlugtende Hans Bezuidenhout-rebelle te soek. Pieter Rasmus Erasmus is oorgehaal om op sy mede-rebelle te spioeneer. Bezuidenhout en sy rebelle, met hulle gesinne, het met hulle waens en osse eers na Tarka gevlug en toe is hulle terug na dig-beboste Baviaansrivier. Hier was die regeringsoldate warm op hulle spoor en hulle vlug na Kafferland waar hulle deur die Xhosas verjaag is.

Op 29 November 1815 word die voortvlugtendes deur luitenant Matthew McInnes van die Cape Regiment, met die hulp van Nel en sy burgers, by Madoersdrif (Spring Valley) in ‘n lokval omsingel. Abraham Bothma en sy broer, Stephanus, en Andries Meijer is gou gevang. Faber het met sy perd weggejaag, daar is op hom gevuur en hy het teruggeskiet, maar is in sy linkerskouer getref en hy het oorgegee. Hans wou eers wegjaag, maar is deur sy vrou, Martha, gebied om haar en haar twee jong kinders nie alleen te laat nie.

Willem Nel het gepleit dat Hans, sy vrou en hulle twaalf-jarige seun, Gerrit en ‘n dogtertjie, moes oorgee. Hulle het geweier en Hans, sy vrou en Gerrit, het op die soldate geskiet. Hans het met lopers een Hottentot soldaat doodgeskiet, maar kort hierna is hy dodelik in sy rug gewond. Sy vrou en klein Gerrit is ook gewond, maar die dogtertjie was ongedeerd. Hans Bezuidenhout, die leier van die rebellie, is op die plaas Spitskop, (Rocklyn), begrawe.

Die ander rebelle is gou daarna aangekeer en die 47 rebelle se verhoor het op 15 Desember 1815 in Uitenhage begin. Die aanklag was hoogverraad. Die regters was almal Hollanders.

Op 9 Maart 1816 is die volgende vyf rebelle by Vanaardtspos tereggestel: Hendrik Frederik “Kasteel” Prinslo, Abraham Carel Bothma, Cornelis Jan Faber, Stephanus Cornelis Bothma en Theunis Christiaan de Klerk.

Veldkornet Willem Krugel was ook ter dood veroordeel, maar is, op versoek van landdros Cuyler, deur Goewerneur Lord Charles Somerset begenadig en verban.

Die geelhout galgbalk is op die plek by Vanaardtspos opgerig waar die rebelle hulle eed van getrouheid aan mekaar en aan Krugel gesweer het.

Die laksman, John Stopforth, het gedink dat slegs Hendrik Kasteel Prinslo gehang sou word en het net een tou saamgebring. Hy moes inderhaas nog vier toue vir die galgbalk bykry. Toe die luik val, het vier van die toue gebreek en vier mans het op

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die grond neergeslaan. Hulle het opgestaan en Landdros Cuyler om genade gesmeek, maar hy het nie die magtiging gehad om hulle te begenadig nie. Die vier is toe een-vir-een met dieselfde galgtou opgehang.

Dit was ‘n aaklige skouspel in die teenwoordigheid van die ander 35 veroordeeldes wat verplig was om die tragiese gebeurtenis by te woon. Die ongeletterde Hongaar, Frans Marais, moes as deel van sy straf, met ‘n tou om sy nek vlak by die galgtbalk staan. Die galgbalk is in die museum by Somerset Oos te sien.

Al vyf veroordeeldes is in ‘n massagraf by Vanaardtspos begrawe. Die ander rebelle is op Robbeneiland opgesluit, beboet en verban. Landdros Cuyler was erg deur die afgryslike gebeurtenis getraumatiseer.

In 1916 is die Slagtersnek monument op dieselfde plek opgerig.

Na twee honderd jaar verloop het, vra mens vandag baie vrae:

WAAROM het Afrikaanse skrywers, digters, dramaturge, predikante, onderwysers en veral politici, die rebelle van Slagtersnek as “Afrikaner- helde” vereer en die pligsgetroue en eerbare Christelike Afrikaners, wat die vrede en orde wou herstel, as “verraaiers” verag?

Die rebelle was ruwe manne. Die rede vir die Kafferoolog van 1811-1812 is aan die deur van die Prinslo-familie gelê. Die Prinslo- en Bezuidenhout families het selfs vir lang tye onwettig in Kafferland gewoon en met Xhosa en baster vroue saamgeleef. Hulle baster-kinders is nie gedoop nie. Cornelis Faber het na afloop van die van Jaarsveld-rebellie na Kafferland gevlug en daar saam met die berugte de Buys-families, met hulle swart vroue en basterkinders, gewoon.

Stephanus Bothma is in 1800 in Kaapstad vir vervalsing gevonnis en vir vyf jaar uit die land verban. Hy het sy vonnis op ‘n Engelse skip uitgedien en hy het die Engelse met ‘n passie gehaat. Tydens die Uitenhage-verhoor het hy op Kersdag ontsnap en in die bosse van Baviaansrivier gaan wegkruip. Hy het homself later weer oorgegee. Die rebelle was beslis nie almal wetsgehoorsame burgers nie.

In kontras met die rebelle, het die vreedsame burgers, wat meesal groot plase en groot veestapels gehad het, hulle hoegenaamd nie aan die rebellie gesteur nie.

Leiers van die Groot Trek soos Hans van Rensburg, Louis Trighardt, Andries Hendrik Potgieter en Pieter Retief het in dieselfde omgewing gewoon, maar hulle was nie rebelle nie. Hulle was toegewyde Christene wat kerkdienste bygewoon het, hulle was wettig getroud en het hulle kinders laat doop en laat onderrig. Van die rebelle kon nie lees en skryf nie. Faber kon nie eens sy naam kon teken, of sy geboortedatum onthou nie.

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Meeste rebelle was brandarm. Sommige rebelle kon nie eens ‘n perd bekostig nie en hulle was selfs te arm om aan die Groot Trek deel te neem. Die meerderheid van die burgers van die Oosgrens het nie die sestig rebellie gesteun nie.

In hierdie tydsgewrig het die Afrikaners van die Kaap ‘n afkeur in seks oor die “kleurlyn” gehad. Diegene wat ander valslik van seks met swartes, basters en Hottentotte beskuldig het, is voor die hof vir naamskending, gedagvaar.

Hoe ironies is dit dan nie dat die Nasionale Party, wat die Immoraliteitswet van 1950 op die wetboek geplaas het, juis om seks oor die “kleurlyn” te bekamp, die Slagtersnek-rebelle, wat seks met swartes bedryf het, as “AFRIKANER-HELDE” vereer!

Dit was hierdie ontugtige “helde” van Slagtersnek wat selfs die Xhosas aanhits het om hulle mede-Afrikaners uit te moor. Die rebel, Andries Hendrik Klopper, het by Vanaardtspos sy mede-burgers met die Xhosa-inval gedreig en gesê dat, ”‘n oorlog des bloedkuils” sou plaasvind as die vreedsame burgers nie wil rebelleer nie.

Is dit “Afrikaner-helde” wat swartes opstook om mede-Afrikaners met hulle vroue en kinders te vermoor en hulle besittings en hulle plase te vernietig? Hoe sou die Xhosa-hordes tussen rebel en nie-rebel kon onderskei? Die rebelle het ‘n absurde en selfvernietigende plan gehad.

Die verhaal van Slagtersnek was gou vergete totdat advokaat Henry Cloete se geskiedenisartikels in 1854 begin verskyn het. Hy het verkeerdelik aangevoer dat die vyf rebelle by Slagtersnek opgehang is en nie by Vanaardtspos nie. Ander skrywers het dieselfde fout herhaal.

In 1877 verskyn ds. JS du Toit se boek, “Di geschiedenis van ons land in di taal van ons land. Die doel is:”om te laat sien hoe wreedaardig die Engelse met die arme Boere gewerk het.” Hy skryf: “Ween Afrikaanders! Hier lê julle vlees en bloed.”

Afrikaner politici het talle melodramatiese verhale oor die gestorwe “helde” van Slagtersnek vir nasionale propaganda-doeleindes verkondig. Selfs generaal Jan Smuts skryf in 1900 in, “Eene Eeuw van Onrecht”, dat Slagtersnek: “die eerste bloedbaken tussen Boer en Brit is.”

Die Boere se verhouding met die regering was destyds só goed dat van hulle kinders na hulle geliefde Stockenstrom vernoem is. Terselfdeltyd het die Britte met lof van die Boere se dapperheid in die oorloë teen die Xhosas, geskryf.

In 1903 verskyn argivaris HCV Leibbrandt se boek, “Slagtersnek Rebellie van 1815” in Engels en in Hollands. In een duisend bladsye publiseer hy die oorspronklike kriminele dokumente van die Hooggeregshof soos dit in die Kaapse Argiewe verskyn. In 1915 publiseer John X Merriman sy pamflet, “The truth about Slagtersnek.” Die nuwe ongemaklike feite word egter sedert 1903 ge-ignoreer.

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CJ Langenhoven se boek, “Eerste skoffies op die pad van Suid-Afrika”, verskyn in 1921. Hy skryf baie oortuigend dat Freek Bezuidenhout en die veroordeeldes “martelare” is en meeste Afrikaners glo dit onvoorwaardelik.

Afrikaanse skrywers en digters ignoreer die werklike feite oor die ware helde van Slagtersnek, soos Kommandant Willem Nel en Hendrik Lange, en hulle skep mites oor immorele skurke wat weens hoogverraad opgehang is. Hulle blaas die haat teen die Engelse aan en hulle wraakkgedagtes word op die Afrikanerkind ingeprent.

As deel van die simboliese ossewatrek van 1938, maak die jong vroue van die Voortrekkerbeweging op 26 September 1938 ‘n ereboog by die Slagtersnek monument by Vanaardtspos. Die Speaker van die Volksraad, HJ Klopper, verwys in sy toespraak by hierdie geleentheid na Freek Bezuidenhout se “eredood” en “dat ons Volk sal weet hoe om ons helde en ons God te eer.”

Kerskaartjies word met Langenhoven se strofe versprei: “Op Slagtersnek staan ‘n ereboog wat swarte skaduwees werp oor die pad van Suid-Afrika.”

In 1973 verskyn Dr JA Heese se treffende boek,“Slagtersnek en sy Mense”. Heese het jare se navorsing in argiewe gedoen en nuwe en ongemaklike ware feite blootgelê.

Gebaseer op die ware feite, was die Slagtersnek-rebelle ……………… allesbehalwe Afrikaner-helde!

Bronne:

1). Leibbrandt, HCV, “Die Rebellie van 1815”, Kaapstad, 1902

2). Heese, JA, “Slagtersnek en sy Mense”, Elsiesrivier, 1973

Dr Van der Walt skryf hier oor my mense:

Stem u saam met sy weergawe?

My Ouma was ‘n nooi Faure. My Ouma se vader was ook ‘n Abraham Faure. (Sien

die Spaarwater-artikel.) Oupagrootjie A Faure het met “Dik-Willem” Prinsloo se

dogter getrou. A Faure was van Stellenbosch. “My” Prinsloos het van

Bruintjeshoogte na Kroonstad-distrik getrek.

Hulle was inderdaad TUWWE ouens, olifantjagters edm. Die eerste Heymans aan

die Kaap se vrou (Buys), se oom was die berugte Coenraad de Buys. Ek het my

familie nagevors tot in die fynste detail.

Die enigste rede vir die onjuisthede in ons geskiedenis is die feit dat historici en

leiers die geskiedenis soms moes verdraai en aanpas om dan mites te skep waarin ons

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kon glo!

Ons was verpletter.

‘n Bietjie strat-kom om ons weer op die voete te plaas?

Lees gerus die idealistiese werke van mense soos Dr Gustav Preller. Dit was nodig!

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2) Capt C Ross (SAN Ret)

The Prince of Wales was

appointed its first President and

the Secretary of State for War its

Chairman while the Colonies,

Dominions and India were also

represented. As the Vice-

Chairman of the Imperial War

Graves Commission Sir Fabian

Ware remained in the First

World War where he was twice

mentioned in despatches and

ended the war as a Major

General. After the war Sir Fabian explained his motivation as follows “Common

remembrance of the dead is the one thing, sometimes the only thing, that never fails

to bring our people together.”

In accordance with its Royal Charter, the task of the Imperial War Graves

Commission is to commemorate the Imperial war dead by:

• Making fit provision in perpetuity for their graves and memorials.

• Maintain records of the dead.

The Commission’s work is guided by the following fundamental principles:

• Each of the dead should be commemorated by name on the headstone

or by an inscription on a memorial.

• The headstones and memorials should be permanent.

• The headstones should be uniformed.

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There should be distinction made on account of military or civilian rank, race or

creed.

The practice of non-repatriation of the dead established during the First World War

meant that Commonwealth servicemen and women who died on active service

abroad were buried there, alongside their comrades. By 1919 the Commission

estimated that there were over half a million graves in more than 1 200 cemeteries in

Belgium and France alone for which they must take responsibility. In all there were

580 000 identified, 180 000 unidentified graves, and 530 000 men whose graves were

not known.

This was the enormous task facing the Commission and to assist they employed the

services of architects Sir Reginald Bloomfield, Sir Herbert Baker and Sir Edward

Lutyens. By May 1920 work the Commission had started work on 788 cemeteries in

France. The amount of headstones that would be required was huge and by 1921

some 120 000 headstones were put out on contract. By 1923 more than 4 000

headstones per week were being shipped to France.

Recruiting of gardeners was a challenge and was mainly focussed on recruiting

British Ex-servicemen and by May 1920 over 400 gardeners were deployed to the

cemeteries in Belgium and France with an additional 20 being recruited per week.

This was not sufficient for the more than 750 cemeteries. BY March 1921 1 302

gardeners had been recruited and deployed. A distinctive feature of this time was

the “Mobile Gardening Parties” which comprised a driver, cook, six gardeners and a

dog normally set out on a Monday morning with a truck piled high with camping

equipment. Life of these parties was harsh, but the “Traveling Circuses’” did the

job by putting 1 275 cemeteries in order within the first year.

Early recommendations was that every cemetery would have a chapel, shelter, War

Cross (Cross of Sacrifice) and a stone of remembrance. This proved to be costly and

it was later agreed that cemeteries with less than 200 graves would not have a shelter

nor a stone of remembrance. By March 1919 the Commission had spent UK £

7 500.00 which rapidly increased to UK £ 250 000.00 by March 1920.

Where possible varieties of plants native to the country of the dead soldiers were

planted.

Photo: Delville Wood Cemetery where 87 South Africans are buried. End of part 2

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The Loss of SAS President Kruger: Submitted by Johan

Jacobs

Article by Rear Admiral Chris Bennett, SM, MMM, SA Navy, retired, rendering the

true facts, board of inquiry and outcome of the incident on 18 February 1982

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Aviation Artwork of the South African Airforce by

Derrick Dickens: Article by Johan Jacobs and

illustrations by Derrick Dickens

Derrick Dickens (ASAA) was born on 3rd July 1938 in Pretoria. South Africa. After matriculating at the Pretoria Boys High School where one of his main subjects was art, he enrolled at Rhodes University, in Grahamstown, South Africa, and majored in Fine Arts and Design at Rhodes University. In his earlier career he was involved in all aspects of show business, especially as a set designer, painter and producer. In 1964 he joined the Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal as head of Opera; while there he also formed and managed the PACT Symphony Orchestra. Thereafter he got embroiled in the world of Advertising and Marketing, concluding his business career as Executive Director of the Association of Marketers, where he organized fourteen Loerie advertising awards, finally ending up as visiting Professor of

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Marketing at Wits University. Painting on an ad hoc basis in his spare time over the years

His first international exhibition took place in Dallas, Texas in 1980. He was invited to exhibit at the American Society of Aviation Artists 13th, Annual Exhibition held at the Warner Robins Air Force base, Georgia in 1999 where two of his paintings were chosen. In 2000 the American Society of Aviation Artists chose a further two paintings for their 14th annual exhibition, held in Fort Worth, Texas, and a further two paintings were chosen for the 9th Annual Horizons of Flight exhibition in Dallas. He also was a prominent exhibitor in the annual exhibitions of the South African Guild of Aviation Artists; His paintings hang in a number of private collections, as well as in Museum Art Galleries. He has been Nominated and inducted as an Artist Member of the American Society of Aviation Artists.

After retiring he started painting seriously concentrating on Aviation and Marine Art and produced a book ” An illustrated History of the Fleet Air Arm” A selected portfolio of paintings from the book is now available to collectors as limited edition Ciglee prints on this site. He is at present working on two more aviation books.

Derrick Dickens

Internationally renowned artist, Derrick Dickens’ aviation artwork featuring aircraft of the SAAF, as seen here, is also the subject of a recently published book of 168 pages entitled Illustrated History of the Fleet Air Arm – Stringbag to Shar 1938 to

2006. It features paintings of every type and mark of fixed-wing front line aircraft to serve in the FAA from 1938 to 2006. The forward was written by the Admiral of the Fleet, HRH Prince Philip, and Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip also chose the painting Swordfish, on page 6 of the book, which now hangs in Buckingham Palace.

Fairey Swordfish of the Royal Fleet Air Arm (FAA) – this painting was chosen by

HRH Prince Philip and now hangs in Buckingham Palace

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When the South African Air Force went from Tunisia to Italy Squadrons 12, 21 24, 25 and 30 were equipped with Marauders The Marauder was fast (455 kph) carried a crew of six. It was armed with four fixed, forward firing 0,50 inch machine guns one

in the nose and...Four more in power operated turrets, dorsal and tail. She carried a

4000 lb bombload The painting shows B for Bliksim bombing bridges over the Adige

river During her early life she was flown by Lt Nicolay and later by Maj. Musgrove

Derrick Dickens’ aviation artwork hangs in a number of private collections, as well as in Museum art galleries around the world including the Nimitz Naval Museum, Houston Texas, the Smithsonian Aerospace Institute, Washington DC, the clubhouse of the Confederate Air Force in Harlingen, Texas and the Warner Robbins Museum of Aviation in Georgia.

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SAAF

Liberator’s over Italy

This painting is of Mosquito PR Mk XVI s of 60 SAAF Squadron. They were the first South African Air Force (SAAF) aircraft to penetrate German air space, photographing air fields at Munich, Augsburg and the marshalling yards at Innsbruck. The barber pole tails were used to identify them as friendlies to the trigger happy USAF P51 Mustang pilots, who tried on many occasions to intercept them. Luckily the Mossie proved to be too fast. The only fighter that could catch a Mosquito was the Me 262 jet.

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The Sabres were a new ground attack version known as the F-86F-30. They were

fitted with bomb shackles and a modified bomb-gun-rocket sight making the Sabre

very versatile as it could convert from ground attack to interception by dropping its

fuel tanks. They could carry two 1000lb bombs and had a combat radius of 570

miles. they compared favourably with the Mig15 The painting shows IMP VIII and

Black Dick l

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Harvard’s over Cape point

A Kudu in the SWA bush war

A pair of Mirage F1’s

Apart from featuring aviation subjects in his artwork, Prof. Dickens also paints

sailing ships and tug boats. Derrick is known to accept private commissions and he

may be contacted direct via email

South African Airforce (SAAF) Avro Sha

Compiled by Johan Jacobs

The Avro Shackleton was athe Royal Air Force. It was developed by

To the rescue



may be contacted direct via email [email protected]

South African Airforce (SAAF) Avro Shackleton’s Mk 3

Compiled by Johan Jacobs

35 Squadron Crest

was a British long-range maritime patrol aircraft. It was developed by Avro from the Avro Lincoln

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[email protected]

ckleton’s Mk 3

maritime patrol aircraft for use by Avro Lincoln bomber with a

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new fuselage. It was originally used primarily in the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) roles, and was later adapted for airborne early warning (AEW), search and rescue (SAR) and other roles from 1951 until 1990. It also served in the South African Air Force from 1957 to 1984. The type is named after the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Fly-past at AFB Ysterplaat

General characteristics:

Crew; 10 Length: 87 ft 4 in (26.61 m) Wingspan; 120 ft (36.58 m) Height; 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)

Wing area; 1,421 ft² (132 m²) Airfoil; modified NACA 23018 at root,

NACA 23012 at wingtip [15] Empty weight; 51,400 lb (23,300 kg)

Max. Take- off weight; 86,000 lb (39,000

kg) Fuel capacity; 4,258 imperial

gallons (19,360 L) Power plant; 4 × Rolls-Royce Griffon 57

liquid-cooled V12 engine, 1,960 hp (1,460 kW) each

Propellers; contra-rotating propeller, 2 per engine

Propeller diameter; 13 ft (4 m)

Performance:

Maximum speed; 260 kn (300 mph, 480 km/h)

Range; 1,950 NMI (2,250 mi, 3,620 km) Endurance; 14.6 hours

Service ceiling; 20,200 ft (6,200 m) Max. Wing; 61lb/ft² (300 kg/m²)

Minimum power/mass; 91hp/lb (150 W/kg)

Armament:

Guns; 2 × 20 mm Hispano Mark V cannon in the nose

Bombs; 10,000 lb (4,536 kg) of bombs, torpedoes, mines, or conventional or

nuclear depth charges, such as the Mk 101 Lulu

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On a rescue mission over the Atlantic

The SAAF in the years 1957 to 1984 used a total of eight Avro Shackleton Mk.3's with tail numbers 1716-1723. All aircraft were deployed by 35 Squadron at AFB Ysterplaat Cape Town, after initially flying out of Congela, close to Durban harbour. The Shackleton served as a Maritime Patrol Aircraft. The SAAF however used only the Mk.3 variant without the Viper upgrade. Procuring the Shackleton was a major step up from the previous use of Sunderland’s and Catalina’s. Shackleton’s were used extensively until 23 November 1984 when it was officially withdrawn from service. And what a shame! A descendant of the Lancaster, the Shackleton is an experience to see and hear. Often described in terms far from complimentary, the Shackleton is a marvellous aircraft, and to be involved in assisting in the protection and upkeep of this important piece of aviation history, this "Katherine Hepburn" of the skies, is a remarkable privilege.

• The following terms are some of the terms used to describe the Shackleton: "This aircraft looks like a box of frogs”;

• "The Shack reminds me irresistibly of an elephant's bottom - grey and wrinkled

outside and

• dark and smelly inside";

• "10,000 loose rivets flying in close formation";

• "The contra-rotating Nissen hut".

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Flying over Cape Town

The SAAF's Shackleton strength was reduced by one in August 1963. 1718 had

previously suffered a hydraulic failure, resulting in a wheels-up landing at D. F

Malan on 9 November 1959, but the required repairs were carried out in record time,

in order to get the aircraft back into service. On 8 August 1963 the aircraft had been

engaged in joint exercises with the RAF and was on a return flight to Cape Town. In

gusting winds and severe icing conditions down to 3,000ft (1,000m), 1718 struck high

ground before crashing into the Wemmershook mountain range outside the town of

Worcester, some 60mile (96km) east of its destination. All thirteen crew members

were killed in the tragedy that was hard to accept by the squadron for some time.

The aircraft had made a total of 777 flying hours during the six years since its

acceptance by the SAAF.

On patrol along SA coastal borders

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On the other side of the coin, two years later 1722 took part in an impressive display

of search and rescue. Eight Buccaneer S.50s were in loose formation on their delivery

flight to the SAAF when one, SAAF No 419, had a flame-out in both engines at high

altitude, about 500 miles (800km) south of the Canary Islands.

The two crew members, Captains Jooste and de Kerk, ejected while Major A. M.

Muller, who was leading the formation, relayed their position. 1722 was scrambled,

and only a couple of hours into the mission picked up the 'blips' from the downed

airmen's SARAH beacons. Coloured flares were fired by both the Shackleton crew

and the survivors in the Atlantic, to verify visual contact by all concerned. Another

MRJ, 1721, was drafted into what was no longer a search, but a rescue operation and

two sets of Lindholme Gear (also known as Air Sea Rescue Apparatus Mk 4) were

dropped to the Buccaneer crew. The Dutch liner Randfontein was in the area and

1722 guided it to the rescue location, where a successful transfer from life raft to

luxury was made. 1722, captained by Major Pat Conway, had flown nearly eighteen

hours on the AR mission, which had been undertaken as a text-book operation.

Lindholme Gear at Swartkops AFB Museum

After the loss of 1718, the seven surviving MR.3s were all progressively modified to

Phase III standard by Hawker Siddeley CWP’s, except that the Armstrong Siddeley

Viper was never installed in any of the South African aircraft. The bases used by No.

35 squadron were deemed to be large enough to get even a fully laden MRJ airborne,

The Phase III modifications were implemented before the arms embargo and the full

ECM suit was installed in all seven aircraft, so that they approximated to the RAF's

final MR.3 condition, apart from the Viper.

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Ready for start-up at Ysterplaat AFB

In November 1984, the Shackleton’s was officially withdrawn as an operational

aircraft in the SAAF. 1723 had expended its fatigue life several years prior to this and

had been grounded since 22 November 1977. It was stored in the open at Ysterplaat,

until being purchased by Vic de Villiers, who acquired the aircraft via a triple deal

involving both the South African Airways Museum and the SAAF Museum. De

Villiers gave the airways museum Vickers Viking ZS-DKH, which he had held for

many years, and they let the SAAF Museum have a Lockheed Ventura. The SAAF

completed the convoluted agreement by selling 1723 to de Villiers, who mounted it

on the roof of his 'Vic's Viking Garage' on the Johannesburg to Vereeniging road. For

many years it remained in its service colours, but without national markings.

However, by 1994, commercial advertising had taken over and the aircraft was

repainted a vivid red, over which' Coca Cola' logos were liberally displayed.

1723 as static display at 'Vic's Viking Garage'

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On 24 April 1978, five months after 1723 was grounded, 1719 followed suit and it too

was stored in the open at Ysterplaat to begin with. Later the aircraft was moved on it

own wheels to an airfield at Stellenbosch, in the South African wine region.

Finally, in 1991, 1719 was moved, to the Cape Town Waterfront complex, where it is

displayed today. 1720 had reached the end of it fatigue life by 10 March 1983, so it

was grounded. It had been planned to mount the aircraft at the gate guardian at

Ysterplaat, but someone 'pulled rank' and instead it was positioned outside the

Warrant Officer's Club. For a reason that cannot be ascertained, it was repainted to

represent '1719', complete with the individual code 'L'. Maybe it was hoped to

frustrate future aviation historians, but today the aircraft's proper identity has been

restored. In 1984, 1717 too was grounded; it had only been kept flying to that date by

courtesy of a technical team that ascended the Wemmershook Mountains to where

the wreckage of 171 lay, in order to retrieve serviceable parts that could be used on

1717. After open-air storage at Ysterplaat, the aircraft was dismantled to be taken by

sea to Durban. From there, in October 1987, it went by road to Midmar Dam and was

reassembled for static display at the Natal Park Board Museum.

The nostalgia of the Shackleton' retirement was not lost on the SAAF and on 23

November 1984 the surviving trio of airworthy MRJ, 1716, 1721 and 1722, took part

in a ceremonial flypast at D. F. Malan Airport. Twelve growling Griffons was quite a

farewell note! Two weeks after the ceremony, 1716 and 1721 were flown to the SAAF

Museum at Swartkops AFB, while 1722 was retained in ground-running condition

by No. 35 Squadron for the museum. In November 1991, the aircraft was flown to

Ysterplaat, which, by then, had developed into the second largest military aviation

museum in South Africa.

Starting the Griffon engines…listen you will hear the roaring

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Static display at Swartkops AFB Museum After the Shackleton’s was withdrawn from service and various planes were moved about for static display, it was decided to refurbish a second aircraft apart from 1722 to be airworthy. It was planned for the second aircraft - 1716 - to fly to the UK for some display flights at various airshows. When after two years of restoration the flight was underway north. But on July 13 1994 "Pelican-16" made a crash-landing in the Sahara after the two starboard engines failed. It was to be Pelican-16's last resting place until today.

1716 resting in the Sahara dessert…dying a slow death

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SA Police history: Link to a News Reel: Jeff Manning UK

Mnr Heymans ....... Hennie, groete ...... try this link I found about the new SAP

emergency call boxes of the 1930’s ...... my contribution to your 100-years

celebrations. The best, Jeffers.

Here is a link to the POLICE! on British PathÃ© - http://www.britishpathe.com/video/police/query/south+african+police

Ware verhale en stories deur ons lede Middag Hennie,

Ek stuur vir jou nog 'n storie uit At se pen. Kan ek dit op ons SAP-blad plaas?

Mooi dag verder.

Lynette Spies

Met dank aan Pratt & Whitney – At Spies (SALM)

Iemand het eendag gesê die ou Boere se leuse was: “Put your trust in God but keep

your powder dry.”

Miskien was dit so maar in die bos het ons iets anders geleer.

Ons is vanaf Grootfontein oorgestuur na Katima toe om te help met n spesiale-

operasie wat in die vooruitsig was. (Jammer mense maar ek kan tans nie presiese

datums gee nie. My log boeke is in Suid Afrika en ek is nog in Spanje. Dalk is daar

ander wat kan onthou, moontlik Daantjie Erwee van die Putco want hy was ook

betrokke.) Ons taak was om ‘n groot groep recces en hulle toerusting op te tel by

Eenhana (naby Fort Doppies) en oor te vlieg na Katima vanwaar hulle onmiddelik

oorgeplaas sou word na twee Transalls wat hulle dan iewers sou gaan drop in die

nag. Dit was “need to know” en ons was nie ingelig waar daardie aksie sou plaas vind

nie. Ewenwel, om nie onnodig aandag te trek nie, was die Dakota en die Super

Frelon getaak om die Recces op die laaste moontlike tyd op te tel maar daar was so

baie betrokke dat ons elkeen twee vlugte sou doen. Eenhana is slegs n half uur se

vlieg weg van Katima af.

Ek vertrek met die Dak en Daan Erwee met die Putco op die eerste sortie. Alles loop

goed af en ons laai die eerste klomp Recces af by die wagtende Transalls op Katima.

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Nou nog net die laaste twee groepe en toerusting op Eenhana gaan haal. Ons sal so

ongeveer laaste lig op styg uit Eenhana. Dit is hier waar die paw-paw die fan slaan.

Daantjie se Putco raak onklaar. Daar is nog sowat 34 Recces en hul uitrusting wat

moet gaan haal word. Nou word daar ‘n paar minute gemors om hogere besluite te

neem (Dit is nou van die beplanners se kant af - ek is net ‘n vlieënier en neem nie

besluite nie.) Minute later kom daar ‘n hoë offisier in bruin en ‘n amper net so ‘n hoë

een in blou by my aan. “At sien jy kans om daardie laaste groep (al 34 van hulle) te

gaan haal. Jy sal definitief vêr oorgewig wees maar ons sal dit klaar en ook reël dat

die Recces strobes op die aanloopbaan gereed het vir jou.”

Nou ja, ek ken my Dak en daardie magtige Pratt & Whitneys. “Geen problem

Brigadier” se ek en ons bestyg die Dak. My medevlieënier die dag, Theuns (RIP), is

wel ‘n ervare vlieënier maar ‘n blougat op Dakotas. Hy het vroeër strykysters in die

Lugmag gevlieg en daarna sy luck gaan prober by Spories (SAL). Dit het nie

uitgewerk by Spories nie en hy het maar weer terug gekom SAAF toe maar is toe na

Dakotas gestuur. Dit net so terloops.

Die geliefde en betroubare “Dak” - Foto: Johannes Botha Ons land by Eenhana teen laaste lig. Met die heersende wind sal ons opstyging na

die weste toe wees. Wetende dat ons donders swaar gaan wees parkeer ek die

Dakota op die uiterste punt van drumpel 26. Die Recces help my ook om haar nog

daardie ekstra paar duim terug te stoot en ook om weer die stertwieletjie te sentreer.

Nou klim die Recces in. Ek en Theuns help hulle in, maar gou gee ons dit op. (Ons

wil nie Hernias ontwikkel nie want hulle toerusting is meer as bliksems swaar). Daar

is nie genoeg sitplekke vir hulle nie en ons span so ‘n paar cargo straps oor die vloer

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vir hulle om aan vas te hou. Een van hulle het nog ‘n klein jakkalsie by hom ook (my

mascot beduie hy).

Hoe swaar ons werklik was kan ek net bespiegel. Normale gewig vir die Dakota is

26,200 lb maar operasioneel kan ons gaan na 27,200. My skatting was dat ons

waarskynlik baie naby aan 32,000 lb was; maar nog pla dit my nie te veel nie, dit is

mos n Dakota en ons is tuff.

Dit is nou donker en die Recces het heelparty Strobes langs die aanloopbaan om die

rigting aan te dui. Teen die remme stoot ek die gasarms vol oop en scan die

instrumente. Alles goed en ek los die remme. Die Dakota versnel baie stadiger as

gewoonlik maar sy lyk nogtans gewillig. Ek hou haar so ‘n bietjie langer op die

grond en styg eers teen sowat 75 knope op. Ons skuur letterlik oor die bome aan die

einde van die aanloopbaan. Dit voel soos ure voordat die spoed genoegsaam

vermeerder om die klappe op te tel. Uiteindelik bereik ons sowat 400 voet en ek

begin die 180 grade draai terug na Katima. Ons vlieg nou weer verby Eenhana maar

die veld is nou heeltemal in donkerte gehul. Die Recces het reeds hul Strobes

verwyder.

Dwarskeeps van Kongola gebeur die ondenkbare. Ek en Theuns voel albei duidelik

die slag maar selfs nog duideliker sien ons die rooi streep vonke wat vanaf een van

die silinders van die no 2 motor. Dit lyk of dit vanaf daardie silinder eers

voorwaarts, teen die lugstroom in gaan en dan opwaarts gedeflekteer word oor die

engine cowling. Dit lyk soos Guy Fawkes in die ou dae. Daar is ook ‘n moerse geraas.

Ek skat ons het onmiddelik sowat 70- 80% van die krag op daardie motor verloor.

Theuns skree “Ek feather no 2” en reik na die gas arm om dit toe te trek. Ek raak nie

maklik opgewonde nie maar die keer het ek. Met geweld slaan ek Teuns se hand

weg van daardie gas arm af. “Theuns hy loop nog maar as jy aan daardie ding raak

is ons dood. Die vliegtuig is te swaar om op een te vlieg en dit is donker onder ons.”

Skree ek selfs nog harder terug. “Bid dat daardie enjin nog sowat 25 minute lank

hou.” Skree ek verder net om die gemoed nog so n bietjie te lig.

Buite is dit so donker soos binne in ‘n hoer se handsak en ons is nog steeds op 400

voet. So ver behou ons darem hoogte maar dit lyk amper of daardie streep vonke

meer intens word. “Nog net 45 myl ou girl” smeek ek saggies.

Dit het gevoel of daardie vlug langer was as die een van Pretoria na Grootfontein. Ek

kyk na my horlosie en wag dan ‘n volle halfuur voor ek weer na hom kyk, en sien

dan dat daar nog net twee minute verby is. Die sweet tap ons af. Hoe die arme

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Recces gevoel het, het ons nooit gehoor nie. Gelukkig ook nie van daardie “bruin

Adrinalien” geruik nie.

Katima is laat weet en van ver af kon ons al die aanloopbaan sien. Amper so verlig

soos Jan Smuts in die ou dae, nog voor Eskom onder nuwe bestuur was. “Mission

xxx you are clear to land runway 27 the wind is 290/15” klaar die toring ons.

“Still not sure we will make it. Will use Runway27 if we do” sê Theuns.

Na wat soos nog ‘n halfuur gevoel het skuif die dowwe “perimeter” liggies onder

die neus van die Dakota in. Dit is nou wat ek vir die eerste maal voel dat dit veilig is

om aan die gasarms te raak. Glo my, ek het die gas arm nie meer as ‘n millimeter

beweeg nie, toe is daar nog ‘n slag en ‘n redelike ernstige vibrasie. “Feather no 2” gil

ek, maar Theuns is reeds besig daarmee. Ek behou sowat 90 knope om te vergoed vir

die ekstra gewig maar ook om nou van hoogte ontslae te raak. Vir die eerste keer op

daardie been het ons nou te veel hoogte. Ons “touch” sowat ‘n kwart in maar die

aanloopbaan is lank en ons remme werk. Ons kom tot stilstand sowat 100 meter

vanaf die einde van die aanloopbaan maar kan op een enjin gladnie taxi nie. Die

Recces word onmiddelik vervoer na die wagtende Transalls toe en ons word net

voorlopig van die aanloopbaan af gestoot om plek te maak vir die 160’s. Ons laat ook

nie op ons wag nie, reguit kroeg toe vir n paar Rums.

“As hulle ons wil debrief, kan hulle dit in die Pub doen” sê ek vir Theuns.

Die volgende dag sien ons eers die skade. Die no 9 silinder sleeve het teen die motor

self af gebreek. Daardie silinder het saam met die suier (piston) self met elke stroke

op en af beweeg. Elke enkele druppel olie in daardie enjin het deur daardie

beskadigde silinder ontsnap. Toe ek daardie gas arm beweeg het, toe slaan daardie

enjin vas. Kaput moertoe.

Hoe daardie masjien so lank gehou het sal niemand ooit kan verklaar nie maar dit

was ‘n Pratt& Whitney.

Nou vir ons leuse: Put your trust in God but also adopt Pratt & Whitney as a religion.

At Spies

Die nagapie – Japie (Jakes) Erasmus

More vriende. Hoop julle het ‘n goeie week gehad. Vandag moet ek iets vertel. Van

daardie onthou dinge. Eers moet ek vertel hoekom ek dit onthou. Gisteroggend,

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nadat ek opgestaan het uit die bed, sien ek daar langs een hangkas lê iets. Dit was ‘n

nagapie.

Met die optel was hy nog warm. Sulke power ogies het vir my geloer, en die oortjies

het beweeg. Gelukkig het Kat hom nie deur die nag gesien nie, dan was hy in elk

geval dood. Die nagapie het nie lekker gelyk nie, en hy sou nie sommer vir die

lekker daar op die mat gaan slaap nie.

Ek sit hom toe agter in ‘n klerelaai, maar los die laai net bietjie oop sodat hy kan

uitklim as hy wil. Dit sou nogtans vir hom donker wees deur die dag. Laat

gistermiddag, net voor donker, wil ek hom toe uithaal en buite gaan sit. My hart was

seer. Hy was koud. Het wel geskuif van die plek waar ek hom gelos het, maar hy

was dood.

Dit het my laat onthou van ‘n ding in die sewentigs. Hierdie storie was vertel in

‘Fauna en Flora’ se maandblad, daardie jare. Een van my pa se broers, oom George,

was SB van ‘n plaasstasie, Bulgerivier. (DK was op Nylstroom.) Daar was nie

gewone elektriese krag nie. As die kragopwekker met slaaptyd af is, is dit gaslampe

of kerse, of ‘n flitslig.

Soos dit werk, kan dinge soms maar verkeerd loop. Oom Kobus, die jongste broer,

het ‘n keer op Bulgerivier gaan kuier. Terloops, daar in die huis het ‘n nagaap ook

gewoon. Hy was soort van mak. Dit was sy plek.

Dan gebeur dit toe een aand. Oom Kobus moet deur die nag toilet toe. Nagaap het

iewers iets misgevat en onder in die toilet se water beland. Dit was nat en te glad, hy

kon nie uitkom nie. Sy redding was toe daar ‘n flitslig die toilet besoek. Hy moes

seker half in die water gewees het, en met die slag toe daardie boude so van bo-af op

die sitplek kom sit, het hy blykbaar twee goed bokant hom sien hang. Hy het hulle

gegryp…..

Nou-ja. Wat maak ‘n man as jy in die donker van onder af deur koue nat kloutjies

gegryp word. Seker maar net – opstyg en vorentoe my volk. Wonder of oom George

‘n nuwe deur moes koop.

Is hierdie grensstorie waar? – Chris van Vuuren

Chris vra om die episode soos vervat in Max du Preez se boek Dwars: Mymeringe van

‘n gebleikte Afrikaan (Afrikaans Edition) waar is en hy stuur

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SAMHS (Cape Town) KMS Bismarck

14 March 2013: The Story of the Bismark, May 1941 – The Life and Times of World

War Two’s Most Famous Battleship - Bob Buser

Fellow-member Bob Buser has spoken on the subject before, but in the light of new

findings and the underwater investigation of the remains of both the KMS Bismarck

and the HMS Hood, the findings which he has studied in detail (as is his style), will

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be shared with us.

His talk will cover both the birth of the new German Kriegsmarine, the building of the

battleship Bismarck, the all-too-brief combat history of the pride of the German Navy

that was sunk on its first - and fatal – high seas venture; the battle itself and the

impact that the sinking of the Bismarck have had on current and future naval

operations of both the German and British navies in WWII.

Model van die Bismarck – M van der Merwe (via Johan van den Berg)

From: Marius van der Merwe Sent: 15 March 2013 11:53 AM

Subject: SAKHV (SAMHS) BISMARCK AANBIEDING GISTERAAND.

Vir al julle julle ouens wat nie na gisteraand SAKHV (SAMHS) se Bismarck praatjie

gekom het nie - net om te wys wat julle gemis het...

Eerste foto saam met die 2m lange model is Kapt. Piet Botha (SA Vloot - afgetree)

wat die model gebou het oor 'n tydperk van jare (R25 000-00 daaraan spandeer). Die

skaal is 1:128 en dit is 'n aangepaste model van 'n basiese ingevoerde monteerstel,

geverf in die kleure van die Bismarck se laaste vaart - wat die onderwerp van die

aanbieding was. Piet het die romp heelwat versterk met aluminium ens. en is nogal

swaar. Dit kan met afstandbeheer beheer word en Piet seil dit gereeld op 'n dam

saam met die plaaslike modelboot vereniging. Die geskuttorings en lope kan

onafhanklik beweeg en die afstandmeters kan teen verskillende snelhede beweeg.

Die skoorsteen kan ook rook uitblaas.

Die model het heelwat belangstelling gewek en het goed gewerk vir demonstrasie-

doeleindes tydens die uitstekende ‘power point’ aanbieding (opgestel deur Johan vd

Berg) en aangebied deur Bob Buser (in blou hemp.)

Weereens 'n interessante aanbieding van hoë gehalte...

Groete,

Marius.

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Vlnr: Robert Buser, Johan van den Berg en kapt Piet Botha

Death of the Old [Zulu] Order

NEWSLETTER NO 407, MARCH 2013

Our speaker on 14 February 2013 was fellow

topic was Death of the Old [Zulu] Order

the last talk in a series of three talks on the rise and fall of the Zulu nation.

Our speaker started by explaining the reasons for the war. In the mid

was strong political pressure on the Disraeli Government in Britain to rationalize the

administration of its colonies, to reduce the costs of administering and controlling

these. The Colonial Secretary, Lord Carnarvon, wished to form a confederation of

southern African states. This would include the existing political and administrative

structures in Southern Africa within a single state. This would be accorded self

government and Dominion s

ultimate control over South Africa at much lower cost to the British taxpayer.

The most immediate obstacle to this was the Zulu kingdom, independent and

powerful. Then there were the Boers, Britain’s trad

Africa, who founded the two independent Boer Republics

Republiek (Z.A.R., which later became the Transvaal) and the

later became the Orange Free State). The Boer Republics abutted the British colonies

of the Cape and Natal and were located centrally in the interior of Southern Africa

another obstacle that needed to be overcome before the imperial dream of

confederation could be realised. Chief Sekhukhune also wanted independence for

his BaPedi people.

The Natal Colony feared Zulu power and distrusted Cetshwayo while the

commercial farmers coveted the lush virgin agricultural land in Zululand

to extend their farming and sugar cane interests. They had vested interests which

would be well served by the proposed Federation. So the first priority was to remove

the Zulu obstacle.

Death of the Old [Zulu] Order - Mr Alan Mountain

NEWSLETTER NO 407, MARCH 2013

Our speaker on 14 February 2013 was fellow-member Mr Alan Mountain whose

topic was Death of the Old [Zulu] Order – the sequel to the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879,


ted by explaining the reasons for the war. In the mid



al Secretary, Lord Carnarvon, wished to form a confederation of


structures in Southern Africa within a single state. This would be accorded self

government and Dominion status within the British Empire. Britain would have



powerful. Then there were the Boers, Britain’s traditional bete noire

Africa, who founded the two independent Boer Republics - the

(Z.A.R., which later became the Transvaal) and the Oranje Vrij Staat


of the Cape and Natal and were located centrally in the interior of Southern Africa


ederation could be realised. Chief Sekhukhune also wanted independence for


commercial farmers coveted the lush virgin agricultural land in Zululand

their farming and sugar cane interests. They had vested interests which


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Mr Alan Mountain

member Mr Alan Mountain whose

Zulu War of 1879,


ted by explaining the reasons for the war. In the mid-1870’s there



al Secretary, Lord Carnarvon, wished to form a confederation of


structures in Southern Africa within a single state. This would be accorded self-

tatus within the British Empire. Britain would have



bete noire in Southern

the Zuid Afrikaansche

Oranje Vrij Staat (which


of the Cape and Natal and were located centrally in the interior of Southern Africa –


ederation could be realised. Chief Sekhukhune also wanted independence for


commercial farmers coveted the lush virgin agricultural land in Zululand - wanting

their farming and sugar cane interests. They had vested interests which


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Cetshwayo had other ideas. He wanted to re-establish the old Zulu empire,

stretching from the Drakensberg escarpment to Delagoa Bay, created by his Uncle

King Shaka. Much of this had been lost through compromise and conquest as the

white settlers moved north from the Cape.

Lord Carnarvon appointed Sir Bartle Frere as Governor of the Cape, High

Commissioner for South Africa and C-in-C of British forces in Southern Africa,

tasking him to bring about the Confederation. Frere was a competent administrator,

but single-minded and personally ambitious. He was not a political realist and so

did not brook opposing views. Frere, encouraged by his Natal advisors, held the

view that there could be no negotiated settlement with Cetshwayo, who was

represented as wanting to re-affirm the Old Zulu Order, and that war was the only

solution. A war would break up the old Zulu order and:

Result in a demilitarized Zululand thus removing the threat of a Zulu invasion of the

Natal colony;

Zulu warriors would no longer serve in a Zulu army and would be available as

labour;

The Zulu obstacle to Confederation would be removed.

So a war was necessary.

Previous talks in this series have dealt with Isandhlwana and Rorkes Drift.

Cetshwayo was overruled by his generals on the day before the final battle at

Ulundi. The king advocated the use of guerrilla tactics so they could fight the British

in the rugged hills, valleys and bush that surround Ulundi. This would have given

them the advantage of ambush, mobility and speedy action against their ponderous

enemy. Also the British would be denied the advantage of the flexibility and lethal

mobility of their mounted troops in that terrain. This applied especially to the killing

capacity of the British Lancers.

The Zulu generals, however, argued that on the flat Mhlabatini plain they would

have an advantage of fighting the British in the open as the enemy would not be able

to set up a defensive laager from which to fight, as they had done previously at

Gingindlovu and Khambula. The British would be exposed to the traditional Zulu

tactic of encircling and then destroying their enemy.

But the British had planned to form themselves into a mobile hollow rectangle which

would march to a selected position on the Mhlabatini Plain where they would settle

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into a very well-armed and lethal human laager. Cetshwayo could not dissuade his

generals from what proved to be a suicidal strategy and retired to a spot sixteen km

(ten miles) away from the battlefield. He did not witness the resulting slaughter of

his army. The king tried to rally the remnants of his army but they melted away to

return to their traditional homesteads. The king made his way to the homestead of

his Prime Minister Mnyamana, where he remained for the best part of a month.

After the battle of Ulundi, Chelmsford considered his job done. He wanted to return

to England as quickly as possible so he could claim victory and to try and salvage his

dented reputation. Capturing Cetshwayo was a job for his successor Sir Garnet

Wolseley.

After Chelmsford left, Wolseley decided to reoccupy Ulunldi and capture

Cetshwayo. The latter took a while but, on 28 August 1879, the king was tracked

down in the Ngome forest and captured. He refused the use of a horse and walked

back to Ulundi with his remaining followers. He arrived there on 31 August 1879

and his arrival and the British victory were celebrated with an impressive parade.

After the parade, Cetshwayo was taken to Port Durnford and boarded the ship Natal

which took him to Cape Town, arriving on 15 September 1879. Here he was taken to

the Castle, being cheered by the curious Capetonian spectators to his amusement. He

was placed under the charge of Capt Poole, assisted by a man named Longcast who

had spent 20 years in Zululand, spoke the language fluently and had a wide

understanding of Zulu customs and their way of life. He had access to the ramparts

of the castle with its splendid view of Table Mountain and the waters of Table Bay

lapping at the foundation of the castle. Here Cetshwayo spent most of his time with

his Induna Umkosana.

Cetshwayo was not happy in captivity but, when Richard Samuelson was appointed

as his interpreter, he found someone more sympathetic to the Zulus and who knew

Bishop Colenso, who had opposed the Anglo-Zulu War and understood the damage

it had caused. He also had powerful connections in England. Slowly a groundswell

of the British sense of fair play began to grow. The rigid obstructionism of

bureaucracy started to give way and Queen Victoria finally agreed to meet the Zulu

king.

Eventually Cetshwayo left for England on the Union Company’s steamer Arab,

arriving in Portsmouth on 5 August 1882 after an uneventful voyage much enjoyed

by the king. He was accompanied by three senior chiefs, Umkosana, Umgobazana

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and Ngcongcwana, and two attendants. His new interpreters, Robert Dunn and

Henrique Shepstone (son of Sir Theophilus Shepstone), also travelled with the king.

Cetshwayo understood the importance of appearance and insisted on wearing

European clothes and on being treated with the deference befitting a head of state.

His straightforward and respectful use of language was to win him many friends in

England, including Queen Victoria. His was not the picture of the bloodthirsty ogre

Bartle Frere, Shepstone and Chelmsford had painted him to be.

When the Arab arrived in Portsmouth, the king told the many newspaper reporters

that there would never have been an Anglo-Zulu War had it not been for that grey-

haired little man called Frere. He stated that there would be civil war in Zululand

which would spell ruin for the country and cause immense havoc in Natal if the

status quo post bellum were to remain. But he also said that he had full confidence

that, once he had stated his case directly to the British Government, justice would be

done and would return to his rightful place as Zulu king. He also acknowledged

Queen Victoria as “his mother”. All of this was widely reported. For someone who

had never read a newspaper, he had an uncanny awareness of the importance and

power of the press.

There people in London were very keen to see the king of the nation which had

inflicted such a disastrous defeat on British arms. Wherever he went, crowds

gathered and cheered him as he passed by, while he regally acknowledged their

presence.

He met the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House, where he was

graciously received. He presented them with two sticks made of umzimbithi wood

in remembrance of a visit by the Princes Albert and George when he was living at

Oude Molen. They had given him a silver-headed stick during their visit. He was

taken to Cowes on the Isle of Wight by the new Secretary of state for the Colonies,

Lord Kimberley. Queen Victoria was in residence at Osbourne House there, this

being her summer home and rural retreat. The Zulu King was cordially received by

the Queen and the two conversed freely through Cetshwayo’s interpreter. The

atmosphere warmed after an initial formality. The Queen showed the King around

the house and gardens. This was followed by lunch and thereafter the king and Lord

Kimberley returned to London. In the following two weeks there were three

meetings between Lord Kimberley and the king.

We need now to consider Sir Garnet Wolseley’s plan for the governance of Zululand.

The British policy of divide and rule was ardently supported by Wolseley.

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So he informed a meeting with Zululand’s 200 political leaders that their king was

the problem. Crowned six years earlier by Sir Theophilus Shepstone, there had been

great rejoicing in Zululand, but the official view was that the king had not fulfilled

his promises and had violated the laws he had promised to keep. His kingdom had

thus been taken from him and he was now in permanent exile, never to return to

Zululand. The general went on to say that the Queen had no intention of depriving

the Zulu people of their land or of annexing any of it.

Instead it had been decided that their kingdom should be split up into thirteen

separate districts with a government appointed chief in each of these. The chief was

expected to keep the piece, and rule with justice and mercy, as set out in guiding

principles and rules set by the British. These were the rules laid down in Frere’s

ultimatum issued to Cetshwayo and rejected by him in 1879. The objective of this

was to take Zululand back to the days before Shaka’s rule when Zululand consisted

of many small and autonomous tribes of more or less equal size. So the old order

would be removed and the British Colonial objective of divide and rule1 would be

achieved.

This settlement plan was unworkable as events soon proved. It was flawed as the

selection of chiefs was opportunistic and careless. Hereditary Chiefs whom the

Zulus would have respected, trusted and obeyed were ignored. The allocation of

land was skewed in favour of those appointed chiefs with close commercial ties with

Natal. Some of the chosen chiefs had opposed Cetshwayo or were opportunistic, like

one John Dunn, both an English gentleman and Zulu chief with 48 wives and 117

children. He was a devious schemer interested only in his own personal gains. Most

of the senior chiefs had been uSuthu, men of the Royal faction only just below the

king in status and authority. They were relegated to virtual serfdom. This caused

dangerous anger and hatred among the traditionally powerful uSuthu. Wolseley

also deprived them of land in the “new Zululand” and sowed the seeds of a civil

war.

1 Great Britain’s application of the principle of “divide and rule” to maintain the political “Balance of Power”

were implemented in the 19th-20th centuries, essential to enhance its imperial ambitions, retain naval dominance

and most importantly, to keep the emerging and old continental European order in check. This inevitably led to

conflict – so much so that 11 European powers in the period between 1800 and 1940 were involved in 287 wars.

Of these, Britain was involved in 80 wars (28%), France in 75 wars (25%) at the upper end of the scale. At the

lower end, the Netherlands and Germany/Prussia, respectively (23 wars or 8% of the total), and Denmark were

involved in 20 wars (7% of the total), formed a distant rearguard. (Source - Wright, Quincey: A Study of War, Vol.

1: University of Chicago Press, 1960, p. 221) – Ed.

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Wolseley appointed Melmouth Osborne as commissioner but gave him no troops to

enforce the new dispensation. He was the wrong person for the job as he hated

Cetshwayo. The more powerful district chiefs, i.e. uHamu, John Dunn and

Zibhebhu, began a systematic plundering and slaughtering of the smaller and

weaker factions, especially aiming at Cetshwayo’s uSuthu faction. The foundations

for civil war were laid.

Wolseley ignored the extreme reluctance of the Zulus to move from their traditional

places of residence. The creation of 13 districts meant that many people had to move

from one area to another. This caused bitterness as they were reluctant to move from

where their ancestors were buried and they felt alienated in their new areas which

they regarded as a foreign place.

The shameful treatment meted out to members of the Royal Household was deeply

offensive to the Zulu people. Cetshwayo’s son Dinizulu and his two closest brothers

were held hostage by Zibhebhu and severely maltreated by him. Zulu royal blood is

deeply venerated by the Zulus but Wolseley did not know this, did not care, or did it

on purpose to further destabilize the already unbalanced Zulu society. The treatment

of the royal family just added more fuel to gathering fires of discontent.

Wolseley’s plan was unworkable and contentious, sowing the seeds of deep division

and hatred between factions in the Zulu community. It added dramatically to the

spreading fires of discontent raging in Zululand and strengthened the foundations

for internecine strife and eventually civil war.

The Colonial Office was well aware that Wolseley’s plan was failing badly and that

the House of Shaka could not simply be destroyed, as Frere thought. How to

accommodate the Zulu king without losing control was the problem Lord Kimberley

had to solve. In his last meeting with Cetshwayo on 17 August 1882, Kimberley told

the king that the British Government would consider allowing him to return to

Zululand, land would be set aside for those Zulus not wishing to be ruled by him in

future, a Resident Commissioner would be appointed to act as his advisor and he

would have to sign a declaration similar to those signed by the thirteen chieftains.

Cetshwayo agreed to these conditions except for the one reserving land. He did not

want his territory reduced further. Some of his land, the Disputed Territory given

him by the Bulwer Commission, had been given to the Boers by Wolseley as a

reward for their support in the Anglo-Zulu War. Kimberley advised the king to

remain within his borders and to keep the peace and he could rest assured that the

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British were his friends. The king left for South Africa, trusting in the fairness of the

British Government. He had been presented with a silver cup and a photograph of

the Queen with the inscription “I respect you as a brave enemy who will, I trust,

become a firm future friend”. But colonial fidelity is not that easily assured!

He arrived back in Cape Town on 24 September 1882 and returned to Oude Molen.

He expected to stay there for only a short time. But weeks passed. The Natal

Government did not want him back at all and certainly not on Lord Kimberley’s

terms. The Natalians reported that most of the Zulus did not want him back but the

Colonial Secretary was receiving other information from Bishop Colenso. The reality

was that Wolseley’s divide and rule plan was unworkable as brother increasingly

turned against brother. Open rebellion broke out in different parts of Zululand and

the British Resident was powerless. Two factions began to crystallize into a hard core

of support for those who wanted Cetshwayo back as their leader and those who

wanted Zibhebhu of the Mandlakazi as their leader.

The Natal government saw an opportunity in this situation and proposed to the

British Government that only two of the chiefs should be retained – Zibhebhu in the

north and John Dunn with his already large district, which they wanted, extended

right up to the Buffalo River, in the west. Cetshwayo could return and be

sandwiched between the two with the White Umfolozi River as his southern border.

The colonial Secretary moved this to the Umhlatuze River. The area was to be the

Zulu Native Reserve for those Zulus who did not want to be ruled by Cetshwayo.

The king was given no choice but to accept these conditions or remain in Cape Town

in permanent exile. He returned to Port Durnford on 10 February 1883.

He was met by his old friend and new enemy Sir Theophilus Shepstone who was to

install him as chief of the uSuthu. The installation took place on a gloomy day on the

emThonajeni Heights overlooking Ulundi in an atmosphere of distrust and mutual

animosity. Expedience, couched in threats and false hopes were made into

intolerable law. The Natal plan would leave the Zulu kingdom emasculated and in

danger from its increasingly powerful neighbours. As implemented, three

competing, separate and mutually antagonistic entities were created. There was no

chance for peace.

Cetswayo’s kingdom was strife-torn and impoverished – hunger was prevalent,

crops had not been planted for three years, the cattle were vulnerable and rustling

common with Zulu wealth exhausted. His kingdom was surrounded by enemies –

Zibebhu’s Mandlakazi to the north-east, uHamu’s Ngenetsheni to the north-west

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and the Zululand Native Reserve to the south. The Resident Commissioner was a

Natalian, Melmouth Osborn, and no friend of the king.

Sporadic raids took place in the area between the Mkuzi and Pongola rivers, newly

granted to the Mandlakazi, an area populated by many uSuthu. Zibhebhu was

evicting everyone who did not recognize his authority, regardless of their rank or

status. Cetshwayo realized that the time for talking had passed and the time to

invade Zibhebhu’s territory had come.

Cetshwayo decided to attack while the situation was still fluid. He had 5,000 men

and Zibhebhu only 1,500 but Zibhebhu was a very shrewd man who had learnt

much from the Zulu war. He had obtained many rifles from his white trader friends

and had trained his men in their use. He also had mounted tribesmen and no longer

fought in the traditional Zulu way. His spies were well-placed.

By 28 March 1883, Cetshwayo’s army had penetrated deep into Zibhebhu’s territory.

Small parties of Mandlakazi horsemen were seen. The uSuthu chased these into the

umSebe River valley into a well-laid ambush. Mounted warriors attacked the left

flank and rifle fire poured into the uSuthu ranks. A slaughter began to take place,

they tried to retreat but they were soon cut off by Zibhebhu’s infantry. By evening

the Mandhlakazi withdrew and a ragged bunch of uSuthu survivors managed to

reach Nongoma, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. Zibhebhu emerged

victorious and was considered the most powerful leader in the land. He had lost

only a few men and Natalians regarded him as loyal ally, championing the cause of

civilization and order. Alas, an overstatement.

While the uSuthu Royalists in the North had been routed, Cetshwayo had remained

in Ulundi rallying his people and preparing another all-out attack. Thousands of

soldiers were training and undergoing military purification ceremonies. The drums

of war began to roll across the Mahlabathini plains.

In June 1883 Cetshwayo suffered another irreparable loss when his irreplaceable ally

Bishop Colenso died of overwork and a broken heart. He had tried so hard to

promote understanding, truth, justice and compassion among the peoples of Natal.

For this he was rebuked, vilified and rejected. He had grieved for the dead of all

sides and could see no future peace and understanding between the people of Natal

and Zululand unless they listened to one another and adjusted their aspirations

accordingly. He did not die in peace. In later years, Africans spoke of Sobantu (his

Zulu name) as “the last of the race of true white friends”.

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Zibhebhu knew that war was approaching. His spies had told him of the

preparations for war and that Cetshwayo’s troops were already advancing into

Mandlakazi territory. So he decided to take the initiative and move against

Cetshwayo at Ondini. On 20 July Zibhebhu led his forces along the flank of the

Nqonqo hills towards the Black Umfolozi River where uHamu’s Ngenetsheni joined

him. They began a 50km/30 mile night march to Ondini and arrived just as it was

getting light. The hapless uSuthu were caught totally off-guard. The capital was

lightly defended as the main uSuthu army was 80 kms/50 miles away seeking a

battle against Zibhebhu’s forces in his own backyard.

The defenders of Ondini were few and while he tried to hold back the advancing

Mandlikazi with rifle fire this proved ineffectual. The command structure was not

effective and was caught off-guard by Zibhebhu’s unstoppable forces. No stand

against the attackers was possible. The remaining uSuthu fled towards the Umfolozi

River and the rugged country beyond. Ondini was put to the torch and Zibhebhu’s

men began to slaughter every uSuthu they could find.

Cetshwayo had escaped with a small entourage. They were cornered and he was

wounded in the right side. His group managed to escape and made their way to the

Nkandla forest where they found refuge and the king had time to think. The uSuthu

cause was in total disarray as most of the leadership had been slaughtered, their

capital burnt and large numbers of ordinary tribesmen slaughtered.

The historian Jeff Guy notes that the attack on Ondini in 1883 did what Chelmsford

failed to do at Ulundi in 1879 – Zibhebhu destroyed the old order – the Zulu empire.

The British had left the political hierarchy virtually intact but Zibhebhu killed all of

the great men of the uSuthus. There was no leadership structure left.

After the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879 the vanquished Zulus were able to return to their

home kraals and prepare their lands for the sowing of crops, tending to their cattle

and were able to go back to their old way of life. In 1883, the situation was totally

different. They had lost their cattle and could not return to their normal agricultural

cycle in time for the spring rains. They were forced to seek refuge beyond their

borders or were driven further into the forests, caves and mountain strongholds.

Throughout Zululand the uSuthu were in retreat and those associated with

Zibhebhu and uHamu as well as those who had co-operated with the authorities in

the Zulu Native Reserve, such as Dunn and Hlubi, emerged as the heirs to the

ravaged kingdom. This suited the colonial settlers as the smoking embers of the Old

Order were steadily dying out and the homeless Zulus had little alternative but to

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seek work on the farms of Natal. Zibhebhu had completed the job started by Frere.

Cetshwayo and his bedraggled entourage sought refuge deep in the recesses of the

Nkandla forest. From here he sent messages to “his mother” Queen Victoria to no

avail. He also sent messages of hope to his followers and tried to rally support for

the uSuthu cause. But the noose was tightening and, if his people were to survive, a

solution had to be reached. So, on 17 October 1883 he placed himself under the

protection of the Resident Commissioner at Eshowe. He was lodged in a small

homestead near the Residency. Access to him was severely restricted so he was

visited only by family and close friends. His time there was wretched with only bad

news and the knowledge that he was now powerless. In February 1884, he collapsed

in his house and died. The actual cause of death was never established but the Zulus

believe that he was poisoned by Zibhebhu’s agents. After a long dispute between the

British Resident, Melmoth Osborn, and the Abantwana (Princes of the Royal House)

his body was buried in accordance with Zulu custom deep in the Nkandla forest.

With him died the last flicker of the Old Zulu Order.

The burial site is today an important Zulu Heritage site. Our speaker explained some

of the effects of the events of 1879 to 1884 on contemporary South Africa. The Zulus

are divided between traditionalists (those living in the tribal areas of Zululand) and

the non-traditionalists (descended from those who moved into “white” Natal to

work on farms and in the towns. After 1994, the two groupings owed allegiance to

different parties, which led to strife. The Zulu population comprises about one

quarter of South Africa’s total indigenous population.

The Treasurer, Mr Bob Buser, thanked Mr Mountain for another fascinating and

thought-provoking talk and presented him with the customary gift.

• LECTURE ON 11 APRIL 2013: THE WESTERN FRONT: A FAMILY

ODYSSEY by Dr James Tunnicliffe.

Dr Tunnicliffe will present an illustrated talk on the results of his research into the

military career of his great-uncle who participated in the “Great War” of 1914-1918.

Our speaker only recently discovered that his great-uncle served with distinction on

the Western Front and participated in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He has visited

the battlefield to follow in his relative’s footsteps and will illustrate his talk with

some vivid and evocative pictures of the battlefields as it was then, and now. Being a

medical doctor, he is greatly interested in the medical aspects of the First World War.

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Indiër-staaltjies uit my polisieloopbaan - HBH

(Ek is nie rassisties nie; net etnies korrek en ‘n bietjie histories-humoristies. Maar glo

my, so was dit in Durban circa 1960.)

Die Indiër is volop in Durban. Die Zulus wou nie suikerriet kap nie - toe voer die

Engelse die Indiërs in. Hulle is van verskillende rasse en tale - daar is Hindu's,

Tamils, Parsies en Gudjarati's. Daar is swartes en wittes en mooies en lelikes. Ek het

hulle al met blou oë gesien en met rooi hare. Dit sal ‘n oordrywing wees as ek sê van

hulle is skelm, maar soos met enige ras of geslag is daar wel skelms onder hulle. Ek

hou van die SKOTTE se kilts en van die Indiërs se kleurvolle SARI’s.

Lyfstraf deur polisie

Ons moes op die middagskof ons bandiete terugvat tronk toe en dan die

hofordonnans en sy gevolg by Durban Sentraal oplaai. Dan gooi ek sommer petrol

by Durban Sentraal in. Naby die petrolpomp was die selle. Die ouens wat pak kry,

kry daar pak. Latjies. Nou druk hulle die ou vas en almal luister. Die sersant gooi die

eerste hou en sê: "ONE!" die slagoffer skree sommer: "TWO" en so lieg hy voort

onder slae. Ander ou skree weer onder die tellery: “One” “I am dying, “Two” “I am

dying ....” “Three!” “I am dead!"

Een Indiërseuntjie gooi SAP “Somtsue Rd” se speurderkar met klippe. Hy word

gevang en kry net daar ‘n pak – sonder die geregtelike goedkeuring – hy huil en met

elke houtjie wat val skree hy: “Sorry Uncle, Sorry Uncle!”

Aanklagkantoorsersant

Die Indiër destyds het in faksies aanklagtekantoor toe gestroom. Hulle het geglo dat

die eerste ou se storie aanvaar sou word en hoe meer in die groep, hoe sterker die

saak en hoe beter sal die SAP die storie glo.

Afgesien van jou rang word jy as “sergeant” aangespreek, of jy nou net uit die

kollege gekom het, of nie! So van lieg het ek nog nooit gesien nie. (Ek het net met die

leuenaars in aanraking gekom.)

Dit is altyd lekker om ‘n Indiërlid in die AK te hê – hulle is goeie klerke en skryf

netjies in die registers. Hy is nie goed op buitewerk nie – veral nie alleen nie! Oor die

algemeen maar bang. Moet hom ook nie aan die staatsgeld laat vat nie! Dit was my

ervaring.

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Ons het een Indiërkonstabel op die stasie gehad. Hy was die hofordonnans. Ons 2

I/B was No 30320P sers Van der Westhuisen. Die lid het hom as “Sergeant Van da

Hoestysen” aangespreek.

Hy het later van die ou J70’s in die stoor in die hande gekry en die ou hof kwitansies

daarin gesteel. As hy bv R100 moes inbetaal het hy die geld gesteel en dan ‘n “ou”

kwitansie in die nuwe J70 ingeplak – die SB het dit nie dadelik gesien nie en later is

hy uitgeloop.

Stock Theft: Ek werk as junior wit konstabel in die AK. Daardie dae was die wit lid:

Diè senior man. Die AK is vol aangeklaagdes en dronkies en daar is ‘n geroesemoes

van stemme en klanke.

Dis warm en die vlieë hang onderstbo teen die plafon; hulle wag geduldig – soos die

ambulansmanne - vir ‘n “Assault GBH” of as hulle gelukkig is; vir ‘n moord.

Snaaks die lokasie-honde het ook altyd in die omgewing van die stasie rond gehang.

En die stasiekat. As ons die “van” uitspoel lek hulle die bloed op. (My eerste

“moord” was in die Wentworth polisiekamp voor die SAP Dry Goods Canteen;

daardie oggend het ek gesien hoe die lyf opswel en die steekwonde ooppeul; die

brommers was al teenwoordig! Dit was die eerste keer dat ek die brommers

opgemerk het. Dit moes in die nag gebeur het want rigour mortis het al ingetree.)

Nou kom ‘n Zulu kla oor ‘n groot bobbejaan-“spanner” wat gesteel is. Die Zulu

konstabel neem die verklaring af en skree: “Theft of a Bobbejaan”. Die wyse

Indiërkonstabel skree: “Stock Theft”. Die dossier word opgeskryf en ekke skryf die

VB en die ROM. (Of het ek ook die ROM opgeskryf? Ek weet nie meer nie.)

Maar alle hel het losgebars toe “Oom Oppies”, die sao, my kom uittrap – maar so het

ons geleer!

Dis Sondagmiddag, gewoonlik ons besigste dag. Indiër kla van rusverstoring:

“Sergeant! (In ‘n hoë nasale stem.) The man is using all “F’s” and “B’s” and

swearing by my mother-in-law’s private parts!” (Jy moet lag en ‘n sin vir humeur

hê!”)

Een klaer beskryf ‘n laspos as: “Sergeant he has a half-pint mind! He is jumping

around like cut-fowl” (‘n Geslagte hoender wat se kop afgekap is.)

Hindi

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My vader, sers AF Heymans, was redelik vlot in Hindi. So het ek ook ‘n paar woorde

geleer. Mens leer ook gou al die vloekwoorde. Drank is “DA-ROE” en omkoop is

“DA-LAAL” en water is “PANI”. Sommige Indiërs eet nie beesvleis nie, hulle drink

wel melk. Die Indiërlid vertel my pa dat hulle die koei as heilig beskou – ‘n soort

van ‘n moedergod, daarom mag hulle net die melk drink. Die Indiërlid was erg

bekommerd toe my pa hom skynheilig noem. Waarom vra die lid: “Jy trap dan op

jou ma!” “Hoe so?” “Jy het dan leersole van beesvel onder jou skoene!” Dit het die

ou vreeslik bekommer.

Geskenke

Ek het nooit ‘n geskenk aanvaar nie. Sodra jy iets aanvaar het, is jy in sy sak. Dan sê

hy vir jou, as hy jou sien, indien hy iets verkeerd gedoen het of op de punt staan om

iets verkeerd te doen: “ Hallo Bossy, you know me, Bossy. You know me!?”

Ryk Indiërs

Daar was werklik ryk Indiërs in die SAP Wentworth-wyk. Wanneer mens daar

klagtes bygewoon het, het hulle jou gevra wil jy tee, koffie of koeldrank hê? Indien jy

koeldrank wil hê vra die man “in the bottle or in a glas?”

Ons het ‘n baie ryk Indiër-verdagte in die selle te King’s Rest gehad. Hy was maar

tussen die ander lede van die publiek aangehou en dan pleit hy om uit te kom en

bietjie in die AK agter die toonbank te staan. Om menslikheidsredes het ek dit

toegelaat en dan skakel hy sy vrou en diè bring dan heerlike kerrie op nagdiens. Die

probleem is: Hy raak mak en jy raak mak. Hy help in die AK en net-nou vergeet jy

van hom! Dan is dit maar weer terug selle toe.

[As kind het ek my verwonder aan die selle. Dik mure, een staal deur en geen

omheining nie. Ons het nooit ontsnappings gehad nie. Maar Boetie, as jy daardie

deur oopmaak!!! Dis warm en vogtig in Durban, u kan dink hoe die mikroklimaat in

die selle was – met ‘n emmer. Soms sonder toiletpapier. Ons het met uurlikse

besoeke die emmer uitgespoel. Ek het gedink dis wreed om mense so aan te hou –

maar aan die anderkant het jy ook maar gemaai waar jy gesaai het.]

Indiërs in die SAP

Baie Indiërlede het net een naam gehad – geen familienaam nie. Indiërs is

aantreklike mense. Hulle kan ook wel ter tale wees en het baie seuns uit die Kalahari

die Engelse taal geleer.

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Nou is dit onvermydelik dat ons by seks sal kom. Een maal woon ek ‘n

“verkragting”-saak by. Die klaagster beweer sy is verkrag. Neem beëdigde

verklaring en toe met J88 na DG. Geen verkragting! Toe kom ek eers later agter –

seker maar bietjie stout gewees en toe as voorsorgmaatreël van verkragting gekla,

indien iets moes gebeur.

Ons was nie baie mense op skofte nie en gewoonlik een wit konstabel op die “wa”

en die sersant in die AK. Nou eendag in die V-tak werk ek saam met ‘n bekende

Indiërlid – geen name of range nie om onskuldige mense te beskerm. Dit is Saterdag

en daardie jare het ons een Saterdag in elke vier gewerk. Ek vra hom uit oor baie

dinge en toe kom ek agter hoe dinge werk. Hy het jare te vore saam met ‘n sersant

gewerk. Die nag is die sersant af en die sersant se skelmpie skakel en vra na die

sersant. Die lid vertel die sersant is “af” en soos dit in die lewe gebeur, die man

probeer sy geluk en hy slaag met seks oor die kleurgrens. Hy het later in die V-Tak

wit bronne gehad wat vir hom baie goeie inligting gegee het. Ek moet sê die man

was sjarmant. (Hy vertel baie Indiërkelners was ook baie gelukkig!)

As jong konstabel stap ek eendag in ‘n Indiërwinkel om iets te koop. ‘n Pragtige

Indiërdame - regtig baie aantreklik – bedien my en ... iets wat ek nie kan beskryf, of

verklaar nie, vind tussen ons plaas. Ons is albei jonk en bloos! Ek is daar uit; voor ek

toegesluit word. Was nooit weer terug nie! Dit was ‘n misdaad om vir iemand oor

die kleurgrens “lief” te wees.

Een nag neem ek die lede van Wentworth en King’s Rest na die Sandown Barracks. ‘n

Jong konstabel vra my of ek hom in die stad sal aflaai – hy wil die stad verken, hy

kom van die plaas af. Later die nag arresteer my vriend (Drank, Dobbel en Ontug)

die lid vir ontug met ‘n Indiërdame. Lid word vrygelaat. Hy woon by ‘n sersant in ‘n

buitekamer. Hy stap na ‘n bushalte en sny beide sy polse by die bushokkie af – die

slagter kom vroeg werk en red die konstabel se lewe. ‘n Lewe is verwoes.

Daar was baie swart prostitute op die Bluff maar ek het baie min Indiër prostitute

daar gesien – miskien was hulle meer in die stad bedrywig. So het ‘n ander

konstabel ‘n Indiër dame gesoen en is hy ook gevang en uit die mag uit.

Mag ek die woord Koelie gebruik?

Ek gebruik dit in ‘n ironiese konteks; nie neerhalend of kwetsend nie: ‘n Paar lede

van die SAP raak in ‘n stryery met Indiërs betrokke. Die woord “koelie” word

gebruik en hulle gaan kla by die SB. Hy kom in die AK en vra voor die klaers: “Wie

het hierdie Koelies “koelies” genoem.

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SAP-lede was die oggend strand toe voor hulle “op diens” gegaan het. Hulle stap

kaserne toe en raak ook in ‘n geveg met Indiërs betrokke. Die Indiërs gaan stasie toe

en intussen trek die lede aan vir diens. Hulle kry die klaers in die AK en neem toe

hul verklarings af. Toe een lid vra: “Please describe your assailants” toe antwoord

hy: “Sergeant, the one looks just like you!”

Te Welkom is 35 myners aangekla vir moord op ‘n blanke. Ek besoek die dag die

selle en kry twee Indiërs in die selle en ek praat met hulle. Een is ‘n prokureur en die

ander ‘n advokaat. Albei van Natal af. Die advokaat vra my, toe hy my naamplaatjie

sien, of ek van Van Reenen af kom. Toe vertel ek hom my Oupa Heymans het daar

gebly. Toe vra hy: “Are you Fred’s son or Abraham’s son?” So klein is die wêreld.

As matriekseun in Desember 1963 woon ek SAP “Somtsue Rd” se jaarlikse

geselligheid in die Cumerland Hotel by. Dis ‘n middagete met kerrie en rys. Ek sit

langs konstabel Boer van Westhuizen. Hy roep die kelner en vra: “What’s this?”

Indiër kelner sê: “Curry and Rice Sir!”

Soos ‘n kwaai polisieman sê Boer: “This is not Curry and Rice! This is an Irish Stew

with an oriental influence!”

(Nou die dag herken “Ou Boer” my te Jakaranda Sentrum. Boer het afgetree as sers-

maj van die Militêre Polisie. Ek moet sê ek lyk die naaste na 50 jaar terug – Ou Boer

sou ek nooit herken het nie!)

Ons het die berugte Indiërmark in Durban gehad. Daar was “runners” wat bykans

enige dinge vir verkoop aangebied het. Die inleiding het so verloop: “Hallo Bossy,

what you like? Flick knife, Blue Movies and ... and ... and ...”

Kom ons sê u wil ‘n “flick knife” koop neem hulle jou deposito (of nie) hy kom terug

met ‘n pakkie, ‘n voorafbepaalde drama bou intussen op. Sodra die Vrystater sy geld

oorhandig en die pakkie ontvang skree almal: “Police, Police” en almal hardloop

weg en die klaer het dan ipv ‘n mes ‘n stuk besemstok in ‘n gepaste dosie ontvang.

Die ou mark het afgebrand. My pa het altyd vir ons piesangs gekoop op die

Indiërmark: Ses sjielings vir ‘n tros van 100 piesangs!

Dis nou maar die lewe en dis Durban met sy eie Durban humor, Bunny Chow “and

all”. Soos nou vertel die klaer: “The fist shot he hit me, I duck, second shot; same

place!”

“Do you have a witness”

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“No Sir, but how many do you want?”

Ons ry in ‘n Studebaker Lark, M61. Konst Sarel Naude bestuur – en hy kan! Dis

nagdiens; dis 02:00 daar is geen misdaad! (Kan u dit glo?) Dis in die dae van die ou

Suidkuspad – voor die nuwe snelweg. Twee Indiërs in ‘n warmgemaakte kar hou

langs ons stil. Hulle “ref” en daag ons uit vir ‘n reisies na die bult daar bo by ‘Toti.

Ons spring daar weg en toe ons by ‘Toti kom maak ou Sarel ‘n draai sodat ons

terugkyk Durban toe en hy sy: “Sit regop en vou jou arms.” Die Indiërs hou ‘n

minuut later stil en prys ons vreeslik!”

[Terloops: Konst Heymans was die bestuurder van SAP 10881 (M67) en eerste

voertuig om op die Suidelike Snelweg te ry van Suid na Noord. Die eerste ongeluk

op die suid na noord-roete was ‘n polisie-ongeluk. Nogal ‘n offisier! Dit was in

oggend spitsverkeer aan die einde van die snelweg, net voor Durban, naby Albert

Park.]

As sersant in volle uniform is ek eendag in Isipingo-wyk en ‘n Indiër gesels met my:

“You know Sergeant we Indians like you Boere, we know where we stand with you!

You look good after us! But, you take no nonsense!”

Eendag ry ek op die nuwe snelweg met ‘n ongemerkte polisievoertuig en hier

hardloop ‘n hondjie. Ek is in uniform en keer die hondjie aan. So pragtige wollerige

dingetjie. Die volgende dag kyk ek onder “Lost & Found” en ja, so waar, hier

adverteer hulle diè hondjie wat weggehardloop het toe die eienaar op die snelweg

stilgehou het.

Ek skakel die nommer. Dis ‘n Indiër wat antwoord. Ons gesels en ek vra hy moet die

hondjie beskryf: “ Oh, Sergeant you know, a real bedroom-dog!”

Later is ek in die V-Tak, Port Natal, een van die verdagtes aldaar bedrywig was

familie van die beroemde Mahatma Ghandi. Ek het ‘n paar vergaderings gemonitor

en hy het een kenmerkende sinsnede oor Dr Malan en sy aanvaarding as NP eerste

minister gehad.

Tydens die 10 jarige herdenking van die Republiekfees was talle studente bedrywig

om die feesvieringe te ontwrig. So is ek op 31 Mei 1971 , ‘n ao in ‘n safaripak (sonder

kam in die kous) aan diens by die Indiers se “R-10 fees”. Indiër studente (Indiër

Universiteit te Salisburyeiland) word aangekeer. Die manne sing gou en lt-kol FMA

Steenkamp stuur my en ‘n Indiërlid om ‘n verdagte te gaan aankeer.

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Ons spoor die verdagte by sy woning in Chatsworth op. Die mense is baie ryk. Ons

dink eers koeldrank en toe vertrek ons na die V-tak se kantore in Fischer-straat.

Tydens die rit na ons kantore skeer ek die gek en maak die verdagte bang. Toe ons

by die kantore kom sê ek jy is in groot moeilikheid. Sy mond het so droog geword

dat die droë vel letterlik van sy lippe afgespring het. Genl Frans Steenkamp vertel

dis die eerste keer dat hy so iets beleef. (Ek het al gesien dat ‘n swart persoon “wit”

kan word van skok!)

Hoe verlang ek terug na my jeug, lekker ou dae in die ou Mag so ongekompliseerd

en so onskuldig! So diensvaardig en nie-polities!

News articles of security interest / Nuusberigte van

veiligheidsbelang

Paramount selected to supply police vehicles to Brazil

Written by defenceWebTuesday, 09 April 2013 16:13

The State of Rio de Janeiro has awarded Paramount Group a tender for the supply of

its Maverick Internal Security Vehicle. These vehicles will be used by the Special

Police Operations Battalion (BOPE) and the Shock Police Battalion (CHOQUE)

within the Military Police, as well as by the Co-ordination of Special Resources

(CORE) battalion of the Civil Police.

"Brazil is one of the largest and most dynamic economies in the world, and in order

to achieve its potential the Government has realised that it has to equip its security

forces with the most advanced equipment in order to protect significant investment

in its infrastructure and citizens,” said Ivor Ichikowitz, the Executive Chairman of

Paramount Group. “Paramount is very proud to have been selected to support the

Government in this important role and is looking forward to being part of the

growth of this dynamic country.”

Paramount said the Maverick won the international tender after a lengthy and

vigorous set of technical evaluations, practical field testing and a competitive and

transparent procurement process that was open to both domestic and international

manufacturers.

Rio de Janeiro will host the World Cup and Olympics over the next few years. The

equipment to be supplied by Paramount will play a critical role in the security

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infrastructure for both these events, the company said in a statement.

“Brazil is an inspiration to the world and more specifically to other BRICS nations,

and Paramount is very excited to be a part of the remarkable vision of the Brazilian

leadership and pleased to be giving economic substance to the very positive political

relationships that have been developed between Brazil and South Africa both

through BRICS and bilaterally,” Ichikowitz said.

“This award is a very important step in consolidating Paramount’s focus on the

Latin America market and will lead to a growth in business for both Paramount and

South Africa in this region,” Paramount said. The company is currently exhibiting at

the LAAD defence exhibition in Brazil.

The 10 000 kg Maverick vehicle

completed development in 2008. It has a

payload of 5 000 kg and can carry ten

people in addition to the two

crewmembers. Various turret and

weapon system options are available,

such as a water cannon or machinegun

turret, as well as banks of electrically

operated grenade launchers. Paramount

offers the Maverick in a variety of models,

including Command, Surveillance, Explosive Ordnance, Armoured Ambulance and

VIP Transporter. A 221 kW Cummins diesel engine provides the 4x4 vehicle with a

top speed of 100-120 km/h.

The vehicle features a double-skin monocoque welded steel hull and is protected

against 7.62x51 mm bullets and 155 mm high explosive air bursts (at 60 m). The floor

is protected against shrapnel munitions such as M26 hand grenades and firebombs

and can be fitted with an external fire extinguisher system.

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HMS Ambush (S120) Nuclear Submarine: Submitted by Dr van der Merwe and compiled by Johan Jacobs

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HMS Ambush is an Astute-class nuclear fleet submarine of the Royal Navy, the second boat of her class, and is currently on sea trials. Ambush is the third vessel, and the second submarine to bear the name in Royal Naval service. She was ordered from GEC's Marconi Marine (now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions) on 17 March 1997. She was laid down at Barrow-in-Furness on 22 October 2003, officially named on 16 December 2010, launched on 6 January 2011, completed her initial dive test on 30 September 2011, and departed Barrow for sea trials on 15 September 2012.

Ambush was commissioned in a ceremony at HM Naval Base Clyde on 1 March 2013.

Awesome: HMS Ambush, which was built by BAE Systems is believed to be the

world's most powerful nuclear attack submarine.

She carries dozens of cruise missiles capable of hitting targets 1,200 miles away Her sonar can detect vessels moving on the other side of the ocean. Powerful nuclear reactor allows her to cruise non-stop for 25 years. HMS Ambush is so hi-tech the giant submarine doesn't even need a periscope. She cost around £1billion to build, has sonar so sensitive it can hear other vessels 3,000 miles away and carries a giant payload of 38 deadly Tomahawk cruise missiles. HMS Ambush, the Royal Navy's newest nuclear attack submarine, is one of the most sophisticated and powerful

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vessels of her type ever built. The giant Astute-class sub is so hi-tech she doesn't even need a periscope.

HMS Ambush was fitted out with her sophisticated technology at Devonshire dock

hall in Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria. She contains some of the most hi-tech weapons

and sonar systems ever created

Super sophisticated: A cross-section of the sub shows the complexity of her design

and the need to fit as much technology in as possible.

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Her powerful nuclear reactor allows her to travel around the world without

stopping. She can cruise for up to 500 miles in a day

Foreign forces will find it almost impossible to sneak up undetected by her incredibly powerful sonar equipment that can hear halfway around the world. Her Tomahawk missiles are capable of hitting targets up to 1,200 miles away – making her a vital weapon for Britain’s armed forces. The sub’s commander Peter Green, 47, said the vessel’s capabilities are ‘unparalleled.’ This sub is a huge step forward in underwater operations,’ he told the Daily Mirror. ‘Her listening ability is quite awesome. She has a sonar system with the processing power of 2,000 laptop computers.

The sub’s captain, commander Peter Green, 47

Ambush was commissioned in a

ceremony at HM Naval Base

Clyde on 1 March 2013.

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Feeding the crew: The

submarine’s kitchen will be

staffed by five chefs

providing food 24-hours a

day for her officers and crew

Technology: Leading

engineering technician

Andrew Gee tests out the

sub’s steering system in the

control room

‘It is possible this class of submarine is the most advanced in the world.’ Another Astute Class sub is currently undergoing sea trials – and could be operational within a year. Many details of HMS Ambush’s weapons systems cannot be revealed for security reasons. Most of her 103-strong crew live in bunk-beds measuring two metres by one metre, with up to 18 submariners sharing one room. After today’s launch HMS Ambush will begin sea trials before eventually beginning operations.

HMS Ambush on sea trails

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The World's Largest Plane: The Antonov 225: Sub-

mitted by Rudie Venter and compiled by Johan Jacobs

The World's Biggest Airplane, the Russian Antonov 225. Attached pics are of the Russian behemoth. It is amazing something this huge can stay in the air. The Wright brothers would never have dreamed it. This airplane was at the Niagara falls airport recently to load transformers to fly directly to Saudi Arabia .

At the airport ready to be loaded!

32 wheels! -- Costs more than my house to rotate the tires!

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She opens her big mouth to feed her inside!

“Feed me Seymour”

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The huge loading bay

The flight deck and engineer position

“Rotate”

Airport Security:

(Tiny) Nortje; compiled by Johan Jacobs

Cell phone GUNS have arrived. Beneath the digital phone face is a .22 calibre handgun capable of firing four rounds in rapid succession telephone keypad. European law enforcement officials are stunned by the discovery of these deadly decoys.

“Rotate” On her way to Saudi Arabia

Gun in a Cell Phone: Submitted by PF

compiled by Johan Jacobs

have arrived. Beneath the digital phone face is a .22 calibre handgun capable of firing four rounds in rapid succession – using the standard

keypad. European law enforcement officials are stunned by the discovery

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: Submitted by PF

have arrived. Beneath the digital phone face is a .22 calibre using the standard

keypad. European law enforcement officials are stunned by the discovery

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Only

when you

have one

in your

hand do

you

realize

that they

are

heavier

than a

regular

cell

phone.

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Be patient – If security asks to look at your cell phone OR turn it on to show that it works. They have a good reason!

Wake up to our NEW WORLD!!

A Comparison of two similar battles: William Marshall

The comparison of two very similar battles on the African continent and their

outcomes which show such different results. The one acceptance of responsibilities

and decisive actions the other has a clear lack of judgement, no responsibility for

actions and no poor decisive actions.

Battle of Mogadishu (USA) Battle of Bangui (South Africa)

3 and 4 October 1993 23 March 2013

Blue Forces: United States supported by

UNOSOM II. of U.S. Army Rangers from

3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment;

Bravo Company, 1st Special Forces

Operational Detachment-Delta and

Blue Forces: SA Paratroops and Special

Forces deployment took place in terms of

a memorandum of understanding

between South Africa and the Central

African Republic to build capacity for the

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helicopters from 1st Battalion, 160th

Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

defence forces of that country.

Red Forces: Somali militiamen loyal to

the self-proclaimed president-to-be

Mohamed Farrah Aidid who had

support from armed civilian fighters.

Red Forces: Seleka – a loose alliance of

three rebel movements in the Central

African Republic. Reports give figures

ranging from 1000 to 3000.

The Battle: Assault and attempted to

seize two of Aidid's high-echelon

lieutenants during a meeting in the city.

Shortly after the assault began, Somali

militia and armed civilian fighters

managed to shoot down two UH-60

Black Hawk helicopters. The subsequent

rescue operation to secure and recover

the crews of both helicopters drew the

raid, intended to last no more than an

hour, into an overnight standoff in the

city.

The Battle: The main clash occurred at an

SANDF base on the outskirts Bangui and

was coupled with other isolated

incidents around the Central African

Republic capital. The rebel alliance

reached the outskirts of Bangui late on

Saturday and the fighters seized the

presidential palace on Sunday.

Casualties

Blue Forces: 18 deaths, 80 wounded, and

one helicopter pilot captured among the

U.S. raid party and rescue forces. One

Pakistani soldier and one Malaysian

soldier was killed as part of the rescue

forces.

Casualties

Blue Forces: 13 deaths, 27 wounded.

That 200 paratroopers and Special Forces

troops faced off against 3 000 advancing

rebels, according to the chief of the

SANDF, General Solly Shoke, on a 1km-

wide front is no laughing matter. That

our soldiers were able to hold their

ground against a numerically-superior

force armed with large-calibre machine

guns, mortars, rocket-propelled

grenades, and all other manner of

weapons, is an impressive feat

Casualties

Red Forces: Estimate between 1,500 and

3,000 Somali casualties, including

Casualties

Red Forces: That we were able to inflict

an estimated 500 casualties on the enemy

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civilians; SNA forces claim only 315

casualties, with 812 wounded.

is an excellent outcome.

The Blame: On 15 December 1993, U.S.

Secretary of Defense Les Aspin stepped

down, taking much of the blame for his

decision to refuse requests for tanks and

armored vehicles in support of the

mission.

The Blame: President Zuma simply paid

his respects and left it to the Chief of the

SANDF to deal with “operational

matters”.

Political Actions: U.S. Preside U.S.

President Bill Clinton directed the Acting

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

Admiral David E. Jeremiah, to stop all

actions by U.S. forces against Aidid

except those required in self-defense.

Political Actions: On Monday, Zuma said

the South African government had not

taken any decision to withdraw the army

from the CAR. "There has been no reason

for us to leave. What we've been looking

at is how do we enforce our forces, how

do we ensure that there are no further

casualties," said Zuma. "In the end,

President Zuma's decision to deploy the

SANDF in the CAR – effectively to

support President Francois Bozize – has

been a complete disaster," said Maynier

'Ons is nie bang vir oorlog nie'

DINSDAG, 09 APRIL 2013 06:46 SAPA

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag (SANW) staan gereed om die M23-

rebellegroep in die ooste van die Demokratiese Republiek van die Kongo aan te vat

het 'n woordvoerder Maandag gesê.

"Ons is nie bang om oorlog te voer nie," het Xolani Mabanga, woordvoerder van die

SANDF, aan SAfm gesê.

"As hulle [M23] oorlog verklaar teen personeel van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale

Weermag, is ons gereed om hulle aan te vat. Ons, as die SANW, sal nooit van koers

af gebring word deur enige omstandighede terwyl ons dít najaag wat die regering

van Suid-Afrika ons gevra het om te doen nie."

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Mabanga het gesê die situasie in die ooste van die DRK verskil van die ontplooiing

van Suid-Afrikaanse soldate in die Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek. Altesaam 13

soldate is in dié land dood.

"Ons weet wat die konflik is [in die DRK], terwyl ons nie dieselfde kan sê oor die

situasie in die SAR nie."

Mabanga wou nie sê hoeveel soldate in die DRK ontplooi sal word as deel van 'n

ingrypingsmag van die Verenigde Nasies nie.

"Toe ons by die SANW aangesluit het, het ons gesê ons is bereid om te sterf en ons is

bereid om enigiets te doen en daarom is dít die opoffering wat ons vir die land

maak.

"Ons is nie bang om oorlog te voer nie. Ons is nie bang om enige plek te gaan waar

ons gevra word om te wees nie," het Mabanga gesê.

Die VN se Veiligheidsraad het verlede week 'n resolusie aanvaar wat die ontplooiing

van 'n ingrypingsmag in die DRK goedkeur.

Verskeie gewapende groepe, insluitend M23-rebelle, is in die ooste van die DRK

aktief, waar hulle probeer om beheer oor die land se minerale rykdom te kry.

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VF Plus dien privaatlid-wetsontwerp in oor sekuri-teitsdienste – vra belastingkrediet vir individue

Mnr. Pieter Groenewald: VF Plus-LP en parlementêre leier

Suid-Afrika se polisiediens kom nie meer sy grondwetlike plig na om die publiek te

beskerm nie en mense wat van private sekuriteitsdienste gebruik maak, is daarom

geregtig op ‘n belastingkorting.

Dit is die wese van ‘n konsepwet wat ingedien is deur mnr. Pieter Groenewald,

parlementslid en die Vryheidsfront Plus se hoofwoordvoerder oor polisie, waarin hy

onder meer vra dat die Inkomstebelastingwet (58 van 1962) gewysig word om

hiervoor voorsiening te maak.

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Mnr. Groenewald het vanoggend op ‘n nuuskonferensie in Kaapstad ‘n skokkende

prentjie geskets van stygende misdaadsyfers en die al hoe groter wordende rol wat

die privaat-sekuriteitsindustrie speel in die beveiliging van landsburgers en hul

eiendom.

Van die skokfeite wat mnr. Groenewald genoem het is:

· Daar is tans meer as twee miljoen geregistreerde (aktiewe en nie-aktiewe)

privaat-sekuriteitswagte in Suid-Afrika teenoor die 195 000 lede van die polisie. Dit

beteken drie aktiewe sekuriteitswagte vir elke polisielid;

· Suid-Afrika het die grootste privaat-sekuriteitsindustrie in die wêreld met meer

as negeduisend geregistreerde sekuriteitsmaatskappye;

· Daar was in 2011/2012 reeds byna drieduisend gewapende reaksie-

ondernemings in Suid-Afrika. Dit verteenwoordig ‘n toename van 263,5% teenoor

2005;

· Luidens syfers van die Privaat Veiligheidsbedryf Reguleringsowerheid (PSIRA)

beloop die jaarlikse omset van die industrie meer as R50 miljard. Selfs die polisie het

in 2009/2010 R161,5 miljoen vir private sekuriteitsdienste betaal;

· Vanaf 2004/2005 tot 2011/2012 was daar ‘n toename van 78,5% in rooftogte by

private wonings. In 2010/2012 is 247 630 voorvalle van huisbraak aangemeld. Dit is

‘n toename van 7% sedert 1994/1995.

Volgens mnr. Groenewald is dit uit die syfers duidelik dat die polisie nie meer sy

primêre rol kan vervul om misdaad te bekamp nie en dat die plig al hoe swaarder op

die belastingbetaler se skouers rus om self vir sy sekuriteit te betaal.

“Dit is ‘n dubbele las, aangesien belastingbydraes reeds gemaak word om onder

meer tot die polisie se begroting by te dra. Nou word daar ook van mense verwag

om ‘n baie hoë premie vir die beveiliging van hul huishoudings te betaal en dit

beloop miljarde rande.

“Waar die publiek bydra tot mediese en ander gesondheidsdienste, staan die

regering ‘n belastingkorting aan die betrokke persone toe. Dit verlig die las van die

regering om mediese dienste aan alle burgers te verskaf.

“In die lig hiervan behoort dieselfde beginsel van toepassing te wees op

huishoudings wat self vir sekuriteit en veiligheid moet betaal deur gebruik te maak

van private sekuriteitsondernemings,” sê mnr. Groenewald.

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Hy sê in terme van die Grondwet van Suid-Afrika word ‘n regsverpligting op die

regering geplaas om die inwoners van die land en hul eiendom te beskerm en te

beveilig.

Die polisie ontvang miljarde rande om die taak te verrig. In 2010/2011 het die

regering R83,9 miljard aan openbare orde en veiligheid bestee waarvan die polisie

66,7% van die bedrag ontvang het.

Die jaarlikse begroting vir openbare orde en veiligheid het sedert 1994/95 tot 2012

toegeneem vanaf R13,8 miljard tot R98 miljard, ‘n toename van 610%.

Mnr. Groenewald sê die wetsontwerp is reeds ingedien by die kantoor van die

Speaker waar dit deur die prosedure sal gaan om in die Gazette (Staatskoerant)

gepubliseer te word.

Die mite van Cuito Cuanavale

Die groot leuen word voortgesit. Na nog 25, 250 of selfs 2500 jaar sal dit steeds 'n

leuen bly. Cuito Cuanavale2 is 'n mite - daar was nie 'n "slag" nie. Die slag was dae

tevore by die Lomba rivier toe duisende Kubane en Angolese sodate deur die SAW

verpletter was. Die ou kommunistiese strategie word steeds toegepas - hou aan om

'n leuen te herhaal todat mense glo wat verkondig word is die waarheid.

Omdat sekere mense in 'n leuen lewe en glo dis die waarheid, sit SA en die SANDF

vandag in die gemors van Bangui, CAR vas. Soveel so dat ons nie eers ons soldate

veilig kan uitbring nie. Nou word daar gemaak asof 'n oormag ons te Bangui, CAR

aangeval het terwyl die waarheid is dat ons 'n hinderlaag gelê het vir die Seleka

rebelle - onopgeleide en swakker bewapende rebelle.

In 'n hinderlaag moes ons 'n groot voorsprong geniet het en moes honderde rebelle

gesneuwel het. So sal ons binnekort hoor van die "Slag van Bangui" toe ons 'n

oormag van duisende verslaan het. Die waarheid behoort uit te kom in geregtelike

doodsondersoeke wat in PTA gehou behoort te word want mense het buite die

landsgrense gesterf aan onnatuurlike oorsake.

Tans beleef ons selfgemaakte krississe op elke terein - in elke staatsdepartement,

organisasie of semi-staats onderneming. Noem dit - SAUK, SAP, SARS, SANDF,

SAL, Krygkor, Openbare Werke, Howe, Onderwys en so kan mens aangaan. Waar is

die problem? – Anoniem.

2 Nalv ‘n koerantberig oor die “Slag van Cuito Cuanavale”.

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Beide genl Jannie Geldenhuys en AP Stemmet (oud HTSK) konstateer dat een slag

ooit by Cuito Cuanavale plaasgevind het nie – HBH.

SA Navy hit by copper thieves

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‘Copper thieves hit Silvermine’

March 17 2013 at 12:18pm : SAPA :Copper cable thieves in court

Johannesburg - Copper thieves have stripped the country's coastal military nerve

centre and destroyed equipment used to communicate with fleets, the Sunday Times

reports.

Two large antenna farms at the Silvermine base outside Cape Town had been

dismantled in a series of raids since February last year, the paper reported, quoting

unnamed sources.

The base had been unable to communicate with the fleet since January and contact

was being handled by a back-up base in Durban.

Defence department spokesman Brigadier-General Xolani Mabanga told the

newspaper it could only respond in the coming week.

The newspaper said three independent sources, who could not be named because

they were linked to the facility, had confirmed the thefts.

SA National Defence Force Union spokesman Pikkie Greeff said:

“Union members have confirmed it to me. There are no communications from the

Silvermine facility. Durban relay station is being used in the interim. The main thing

here is copper theft.”

According to the newspaper Silvermine was designed as a military nerve centre to

transmit and receive radio signals. It also serves maritime patrol aircraft, foreign

communication services, and helps with search and rescue operations. - Sapa

The Gruesome Reality of Racist South Africa

FrontPage Magazine-USA: By Arnold Ahlert: March 11, 2013

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For decades, the country of South Africa was the focus of an international rallying

cry against the injustices of apartheid. On June 17, 1991, South Africa’s

Parliament abolished the legal framework for the practice of racial persecution. In

1994, Nelson Mandela and his Marxist African National Congress (ANC) assumed

the reins of power. The international community looked away, satisfied that

justice had prevailed. They continue to look away, even as South Africa has

degenerated into another racist pit, best described by an Afrikaner farm owner: “It’s

politically correct to kill whites these days.”

In July of 2012, Dr. Gregory Stanton, head of the nonprofit group Genocide

Watch, conducted a fact-finding mission in South Africa. He concluded that there is

a coordinated campaign of genocide being conducted against white farmers, known

as Boers. “The farm murders, we have become convinced, are not accidental,”

Stanton contended. “It was very clear that the massacres were not common crimes,”

he added — especially because of the absolute barbarity used against the victims.

“We don’t know exactly who is planning them yet, but what we are calling for is an

international investigation,” he added.

The number of farm murders, or “plaasmoorde” as it is called in Afrikaans, is

staggering. Over the last decade, it is estimated that at least 3000 Boers have been

killed. Estimating the number of murders is necessary because the ANC

has banned crime statistics from being compiled, claiming they scare off foreign

investment. Moreover, the world knows little about the savagery that accompanies

those killings. Many victims, including women and infant children, are raped or

tortured before they are killed. Some have boiling water poured down their throats,

some are burned with hot pokers, and some are hacked to death with machetes, or

disemboweled. Several others have been tied to their own cars and dragged for

miles.

The ANC, whose leader Jacob Zuma was reelected with over 75 per cent of the total

voting delegates at the ANC National Conference held in Bloemfontein last

December, denies that genocide is occurring, insisting that such attacks are part of

the larger crime problem. Yet a report filed by the South African Institute of Race

Relations notes that while crime has ostensibly declined between 1994 and 2011,

“substantial numbers” of police stations have manipulated their crime statistics. The

report sub-headline underscores the corrupt nature of crime statistics in the country:

“Is this a true reflection of the crime statistics in South Africa? Who knows!” it states.

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What is known is that the ANC celebrated in 100th year anniversary with a

song led by President Zuma himself. “Dubula iBhunu” or “Shoot the Boer” was a

line in the lyrics of an apartheid-era song, “Ayesaba Amagwala” (“the cowards are

scared”) that violates the South Africa constitution prohibiting the “advocacy of

hatred that is based on race … and that constitutes incitement to cause harm.” Yet

Zuma apparently felt no compunction to refrain from singing it, because the ANC

considers it an integral part of the anti-apartheid movement that is part of their

heritage.

In 2010, Julius Malema, then leader of the ANC Youth League, revived the practice

of singing the song after many years. After the South Africa High Court ruled it was

hate speech, the ANC appealed. Last October, the ANC and AfriForum, a lobby

group that wanted the song banned from public performance, reached an out-of-

court settlement.

Dr. Stanton concluded that Malema’s revival of a song advocating murder moved

South Africa from the fifth stage on his genocidal scale to stage six. When the South

African judiciary ruled it to be unlawful hate speech, Genocide Watch put South

Africa back at stage five. When President Zuma was caught on tape January 2012

singing, “We are going to shoot them with the machine gun, they are going to

run/You are a Boer, we are going to hit them, and you are going to run/shoot the

Boer…” South Africa was raised to stage six once again.

Stage six is known as Preparation: “Victims are identified and separated out because

of their ethnic or religious identity. Death lists are drawn up. Members of victim

groups are forced to wear identifying symbols. Their property is expropriated. They

are often segregated into ghettoes, deported into concentration camps, or confined to

a famine-struck region and starved.”

The sixth stage is followed by stage seven: Extermination.

In December, more than 200 protesters of the Afrikaner civil rights group AfriForum,

which included families of murdered farmers and survivors of farm

attacks, marched in the capital city of Pretoria. They were commemorating the

second anniversary of the murders of farm caretaker Attie Potgieter and his family.

Potgieter was stabbed and hacked 151 times with a knife, a fork, and a machete,

while his wife and two-year-old daughter were forced to watch. They were then

executed with shots to the head. ”If you kill a rhinoceros in South Africa, you get

more time in jail then if you kill a person,” said Susan Nortje, 26, Mrs. Potgieter’s

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younger sister. “I don’t think people understand. We must show people what’s

really happening.”

The group is calling for attacks on South Africa’s mostly white farmers to be

designated a crime of national priority. They delivered a memorandum to the

country’s police minister, Nathi Mthethwa, urging him to give the murder of

farmers the same level of urgency aimed at rhinoceros poachers and copper cable

thieves. Mthethwa was not present at the time, but police spokesman Zweli Mnisi

accused the protesters of “grandstanding.” “They are only representing people

based on their color,” he contended. “For us, racializing crime is problematic. You

can’t have a separate category that says, farmers are the special golden boys and

girls. You end up saying the life of a white person is more important. You cannot do

this,” he added.

Yet according to Johan Burger, a senior researcher with the Pretoria-based Institute

for Security Studies’ crime and justice program, white farmers’

concerns are legitimately “special.” He reveals that it is now twice as dangerous to be

a farmer in South Africa than a police officer. The overall murder rate in the nation

is 31.9 per 100,000 people, 30 times that of Great Britain. For police it’s 51 out of

100,000. For farmers, who are overwhelmingly white, the rate soars to 99 out 100,000.

Burger rejects the notion that such a rate constitutes genocide–even as he concedes

that many murderers ”take out their hatred for all those past wrongs, and show

who’s in control now.”

Like so many societies where demonstrating who’s in control becomes a necessity,

disarming the population becomes a priority. In 2010, the ANC-led

regime changed the Firearms Registration Act, demanding that all legal guns be re-

registered by July 31, 2011. In the process of re-registration, more than half the

applicants were turned down, and 90 percent were turned down again on appeal.

Thus, white farm families were forced to relinquish their last line of defense against

the tens of thousands of criminal gangs roaming the countryside–armed with AK47s.

and as Genocide Watch noted on its website last July one more step was taken as

well. “The government has disbanded the commando units of white farmers that

once protected their farms, and has passed laws to confiscate the farmers’ weapons,”

it reported. “Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning

signs of future genocidal killings.”

There is also a movement, much like the one that occurred in Zimbabwe, to

confiscate white farmers’ land. Julius Malema led the charge, saying all whites are

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criminals, and that his ANC Youth League members were going to take all the land

back without compensation, unless farmers relinquish 80 percent of it. At

a conference in 2011, Malema reiterated his plans, contending that the

nation’s ”willing buyer, willing seller” program, aimed at redistributing 30 percent

of white-owned land to blacks within the first five years of the country’s democracy

(a deadline later shifted to 2014, and then to 2025), wasn’t working. ”You can never

be diplomatic about willing-buyer, willing-seller. It has failed. You have not come

with an alternative,” said Mr. Malema at the time. “We are giving you an alternative;

we must take the land without payment.”

That is a recipe for famine, as revealed by Rural Development and Land Reform

Minister Gugile Nkwinti. In 2009, he told Parliament that more than half of the

farms purchased for black farmers, at a cost of $891 million in government

outlays, had either failed or were “declining.”

Yet ANC president Zuma remains undeterred. “The structure of the apartheid

economy has remained largely intact,” Mr. Zuma said, in a speech given June 26,

2012 to thousands of delegates at ANC’s policy conference, held every five years,

where the party’s pre-presidential election platform is discussed. “The ownership of

the economy is still primarily in the hands of white males, as it has always been.”

Embedded in that platform is the idea that making peace with white South Africans

following the end of apartheid has “hampered” the transfer of wealth to black South

Africans. Thus, a “second transition,” was proposed, which even the see-no-

progressive-evil New York Times was forced to concede represents a ”sharp leftward

shift for the A.N.C., which despite its roots has largely backed a free-market

economy with minimal state intervention.”

Stanton sees a bigger picture. In a speech in Pretoria, organized by the Transvaal

Agricultural Union, Stanton claimed the ANC was demonizing white farmers, who

have been in South Africa since the 1600s, by calling them “settlers.” A Genocide

Watch reports reveals the strategy behind those efforts. “High-ranking ANC

government officials who continuously refer to Whites as ‘settlers’ and ‘colonialists

of a special type’ are using racial epithets in a campaign of state-sponsored

dehumanization of the White population as a whole,” it stated. “They sanction gang-

organized hate crimes against Whites, with the goal of terrorizing Whites through

fear of genocidal annihilation.”

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ANC President Jacob Zuma continues to fan the flames of racial division. Last

December, he admonished black South Africans for being dog owners, saying that

doing so amounts to copying white culture. Zuma’s office contended the message

was aimed at”the need to decolonize the African mind post-liberation.”

It is a post-liberation effort that remains alarmingly on track to emulate all the other

historically blood-soaked efforts by Marxists, who invariably need an enemy at

whom to direct their anger. White African farmers are that enemy. Pieter Mulder,

leader of political party FF Plus and South Africa’s deputy agriculture minister, who

was focused on the excesses of Julius Malema a year and a half ago, nevertheless

offered an inadvertently prescient statement about his country’s future. After noting

that Malema and his ilk were attempting to take the country “back to the period

before 1994 when violence and even the possibility of a civil war was part of the

South African debate” he revealed why such forces remain seemingly

unstoppable. ”We don’t have a Mandela that stands up and says: ‘This is wrong,’”

he warned.

[Ingestuur deur ‘n oud-ambassadeur]

SA Today: The Real Story behind the Western Cape's

Farm Violence From years of experience, I know that when I am in a political pressure cooker, it is

best to allow the heat to subside and some steam to escape before analysing what

happened.

At the height of a crisis, when perceptions are sharply polarised, people aren’t

prepared to question their pre-conceptions. They only see the “evidence” that

supports their prejudices.

The recent “farm strikes” that shook the Western Cape for most of December and

January (with a short Christmas break) was a case in point.

Let’s look at what really happened, not because the crisis is behind us, but because

we are in a lull between storms. By all accounts, Mr Noseyman (Nosey) Pieterse,

who emerged as a key figure behind the “strikes”, is mobilising for the next round of

the “rural struggle” he claims to lead. Mr Pieterse wears several hats. He is

simultaneously a farmer, the President of an association of BEE farmers in the wine

and spirit industry, as well as a trade union leader, organising workers in the

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industry.

We should, in the weeks ahead, be prepared for the possibility of further rural

“strikes”. In this context, it would help to have a better understanding of the crisis

from which we have just emerged.

Before I begin, let me be clear: the life of a seasonal farm labourer is a very difficult

one. Thousands of poverty stricken people come to the Western Cape from across

Southern Africa (particularly Zimbabwe, Lesotho and the Eastern Cape) for the fruit-

picking season, desperately seeking work in one of the few remaining sectors that

employ unskilled labour. Many of these migrants have remained in the Province

permanently and have set up “home” in shack settlements on the outskirts of rural

towns. Unemployed for most of the year, they rely on the short fruit-picking season

to earn some income, much of which disappears immediately into the coffers of loan

sharks on whom they depend to keep their families alive. And as growing numbers

of desperate work-seekers arrive, the competition intensifies between them for the

shrinking number of jobs available, a result of the consolidation of farms and

escalating mechanisation. As tough as it is to survive on the daily minimum wage, it

is far tougher to earn nothing at all. And, as happens world-wide in situations of

conflict over scarce resources, individuals band together in groups to protect and

advance their interests. In divided societies, the fault line between groups is often

determined by ethnicity. Here there are four distinct groups of seasonal work-

seekers on the Province’s deciduous fruit and grape farms: Zimbabweans, Basotho,

amaXhosa and traditional Western Cape farm workers, who would (in terms of the

old apartheid designations) have been classified Coloured.

This is fertile ground for exploitation. And so it is easy to see how the dominant (but

entirely misleading) narrative arose: “heartless white farmers and labour brokers

make ‘super profits’ by using ‘divide-and-rule’ tactics to drive down workers’ wages

as their lives deteriorate”.

It is easy to see how this narrative fuelled the anger and rage that led to the

destruction of tens of millions of Rands worth of farm infrastructure (packing sheds,

cooling stores, tractors, orchards and vineyards) in an orgy of violence lasting

several weeks.

And one can discern the ANC’s interest in fuelling this narrative. It was a golden

opportunity to drive a wedge between two strong sectors of DA support -- farmers

and farm workers -- while seeking to position the DA on the side of “heartless

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farmers” and the ANC as the “champion of exploited workers”.

Unsurprisingly, this narrative was parroted by many observers, reinforcing

stereotypes and creating conditions conducive to disinvestment and job losses in a

sector that is the backbone of the Western Cape’s economy.

Except that the truth was the exact opposite.

I have rarely come across a case study that so graphically illustrates the disjuncture

between perception and reality.

Some of the key facts (that explode this narrative) are as follows:

The workers’ protests started on a farm called Keurboschkloof, previously a model

farm in the Western Cape where workers were paid far above the minimum wage.

When the farmer, Pierre Smit, died, his farm was taken over by a Black Economic

Empowerment (BEE) consortium that immediately CUT WORKERS’ WAGES from

an average of R14.51 to R10.60 per hour.

This, understandably, elicited protests by workers, further aggravated by the fact

that a former ANC Councillor, who is also a labour broker, tried to bring in “scab

labour” at the behest of this BEE consortium to replace the protesting workers.

Braam Hanekom (nephew of an ANC Cabinet member) and his organisation

“Passop” sought to unionise the workers for the COSATU affiliate, the Food and

Allied Workers Union (FAWU).

He was challenged by Nosey Pieterse, a rival unionist, who claimed sole right to

organise workers in the area.

When the protests spread to the Royal Mushroom Farm and Normandy Farm in

mid-October, I was tipped off about an ANC strategy to “bring Marikana to the

farms of the Western Cape” -- a phrase used repeatedly by the ANC, and

particularly Tony Ehrenreich, who combines a role as COSATU provincial general

secretary and the ANC caucus leader in the City of Cape Town.

And as the protests spread, ANC Western Cape Leader Marius Fransman made his

presence felt, announcing “die Boere gaan k.k”, while the Minister of Agriculture,

Tina Joemat-Petterrson also visited the area and used inflammatory language.

But the one Minister actually responsible for labour matters, Mildred Oliphant,

remained abroad for weeks, and did not bother to cut her trip short despite the

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protest against the minimum wage SHE HAD SET. All the while, the ANC sought

to blame the farmers.

So the truth is exactly the opposite of the prevailing narrative.

In fact, the best option available for unskilled, seasonal farm workers in South Africa

is to secure a job with a farmer like Pierre Smit, who is not a rare exception in the

Western Cape. In fact, research by Ben Stanwix of UCT’s Development Policy Unit

shows that on average farmers pay significantly higher wages in the Western Cape

than other provinces. This is one of the reasons why tens of thousands of desperately

poor people leave their homes in far more fertile regions across Southern Africa to

seek work on the rocky mountain slopes of De Doorns and other farms in the

Western Cape.

The truth also reveals a number of profound ironies.

Irony number one: while the ANC was slamming “heartless white farmers”, many

of them were actually paying their workers more than the minimum wage that had

been set by the ANC Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, in consultation with

COSATU.

Irony number two: When the workers went on strike in protest, and the ANC was

slamming labour brokers for playing a role in the exploitation of workers, a former

ANC councillor, Nelie Barends, who is also a labour broker, tried to provide the BEE

farming consortium that took over Keurboschkloof farm with scab labour. In fact,

throughout the period that the ANC was slamming labour brokers’ in the Hex River

Valley, their own members (including ANC councillor Pat Marran and his wife)

were playing a key role as brokers supplying seasonal labour to farms.

Irony number three: as the ANC, Passop, FAWU and Nosey Pieterse claimed to be

representing the interest of the workers they were actually at war with each other, a

conflict which seriously jeopardised worker interests, causing serious divisions and

infighting between different groups of workers, usually divided on an ethnic

basis. But they all shared one common goal: to convince workers that their “war”

was actually with the farmers. All the while, ANC politicians sought to spread the

unrest across the province for their political advantage.

Irony number four: While the ANC accused farmers of fanning xenophobia, it has

actually been driven by labour brokers representing differing groups of workers,

and exploiting the fault lines caused by ANC policy. While Zimbabweans were

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legalised through a special amnesty of the Department of Home Affairs (with the

support of the farmers), workers from Lesotho were excluded from the amnesty and

their employment was deemed illegal and penalised through heavy fines. This

meant that thousands of Basotho who had been previously employed, were now

unemployed due to ANC policies, while the ANC sought to fan and exploit their

anger to spread the unrest.

Irony number five: While the ANC claims to be against labour brokers, it was the

farmers, together with the Zimbabwean workers who really fought to get rid of

these broker intermediaries. The Zimbabweans, in particular, resisted a consortium

or labour brokers (including those with ANC links) who sought to extract from

farmers R10 per day for every worker the brokers placed in a job. Zimbabweans

wanted to contract directly with farmers, without an intermediary role of labour

brokers. This was vehemently opposed by the labour brokers, dominated by ANC

public representatives, who were determined to defend the “super profits” they

earned from placing workers.

Irony number six: The ANC and its various allied organisations, were happy to

drive the conflict between the Basotho, Zimbabweans, and local labour to extend the

unrest throughout rural areas, in their attempts to present the Western Cape as being

exploitative, racist, and ungovernable.

Why should anyone believe me? Go and read the primary academic research such as

Ben Stanwix’s article “Minimum wages and compliance in South African

agriculture” as well as a discussion document by Jan Theron (co-ordinator of the

Labour and Enterprise Policy Research Group at UCT) titled “Changing

employment trends on farms in the Hex and Breede River valleys” and the research

paper “Violence, Labour and the Displacement of Zimbabweans in De Doorns,

Western Cape” written by Jean Pierre Misago of the University of the

Witwatersrand’s Forced Migration Studies Programme that contain some in-depth

interviews on this matter (over and above my direct discussions with farm workers

and farmers).

There is much priceless information out there if one is prepared to join the dots.

The best of all of these is an article titled “Oogsten in Afrika” published in the

magazine Quote in October 2012, which quotes Anton de Vries, the Dutch co-founder

of the BEE consortium that took over Keurboschkloof farm (that cut worker wages as

soon as they took over) saying he had set up a venture to “profit” from land reform.

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He boasted that it was an official partner of the ANC national government and has

contacts in the highest levels, which is its greatest asset.

It is time we woke up and saw what is really happening in our platteland, instead of

continuing to bow before the ANC’s warped and deliberately distorted version of

events.

The reality is that while most farmers pay significantly higher than the minimum

wage they are struggling to make ends meet because of the low return on their

product. For example, a “Capturing Gains” research project revealed that when it

comes to the final retail price for table grapes from Hex River Valley imported to the

United Kingdom, 42% goes to supermarkets, 32% to distributors, while only 18% is

retained by the farmers, who must cover all their costs from this return.

Instead, of falling prey to the ANC’s ‘divide - and - rule’ tactics, farmers, farm

workers, civil society and government need to work together to address this highly

distorted value chain and increase profitability on farms so that the individuals

putting in the hard work start reaping the benefits.

Helen Zille

Lugmag se Gripens geberg, maar helikopters vir Zuma

op vakansie beskikbaar

Mnr. Pieter Groenewald: VF Plus-LP en parlementêre leier “Dit wil voorkom of die lugmag operasioneel aan die gang gehou word om die president en ander BBP’s rond te vlieg. Die minister van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane, me. Mapisa-Nqakula , se erkenning dat byna die helfte van die lugmag se nuwe Gripen-vegvliegtuie (12 van 26) geberg gaan word omdat daar nie genoeg geld is om dit operasioneel te hou nie, beteken belastinggeld is vermors met die aankope daarvan. Verlede maand is aangekondig dat die lugmag se begroting met ‘n drastiese R1 miljard besnoei gaan word. Helikopter- en vegvliegtuigeskaders gaan die ergste deur die besnoeiing geraak word, maar daar is genoeg geld dat helikopters aangewend word om pres. Zuma op vakansie te neem. Duidelik is die prioriteite van die regering verkeerd”, sê mnr Pieter Groenewald, hoofwoordvoerder vir Verdediging van die Vryheidsfront Plus. “Miljarde rande van die belastingbetaler is gebruik om nuwe wapentuig vir Suid-Afrika aan te koop, maar kan dit nie operasioneel aanwend nie, weens te min geld en mannekrag. Hoogs gesofistikeerde wapentuig soos die Gripen-vegvliegtuie is

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aangekoop, maar daar is nie geld om bestaande vegvliegtuie te laat vlieg nie en vlieëniers verlaat die lugmag. Ons het duikbote aangekoop, maar net een is operasioneel en een is sedert 2006 in die droëdok vir onderhoud tot 2013. Dit is duidelik dat die publiek nie waarde vir hulle belastinggeld ontvang nie en dat die wapenaankope ‘n vermorsing van belastingbetalersgeld was”, sê Groenewald. Eskom en Transnet spandeer miljoene aan advertensies

Blaming militarisation for police brutality misses the

point: Johan Burger

21 March 2013

Blaming militarisation for police brutality is aiming at the wrong target The death of Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia after being dragged behind a police van in Daveyton has again focused attention on the problem of police brutality. Questions are being asked about whether this misconduct can be linked to the recent ‘militarisation' of the South African Police Service (SAPS). For example, former Minister of Intelligence, Ronnie Kasrils, in a letter to the Mail & Guardian on 6 March 2013, blames the ‘banana-state militarisation of the police' for police brutality. Jenny Schreiner, Director-General in the Department of Economic Development, is quoted in the IOL of 8 March 2013 as having called for ‘the urgent demilitarisation of the police force'. The Daveyton incident happened on 26 February 2013 in full view of a large group of onlookers, some of whom captured it on video. This came in the wake of a number of other widely publicised cases involving excessive use of force by the police and similar exposure through video footage. The most pertinent of these were the killing of Andries Tatane during a service delivery protest march in Ficksburg on 13 April 2011 and the killing of 34 striking mineworkers at Marikana's Lonmin mine on 16 August 2012. The shocking video images of these incidents of police brutality sparked a renewed debate on whether these abuses can be linked to the militarisation of the police. While the prevalence of unacceptable levels of police brutality is not in dispute, arguments about police militarisation as the cause of the problem are less convincing. It is necessary to consider what is meant by police militarism and how it relates to the functions and powers of the police. When trying to understand the causes of police brutality, it is also necessary to look objectively at statistics and other information before simply blaming it on police militarisation. All police agencies, in varying degrees, exhibit elements of militarism as discussed in ISS Today on 14 September 2010 (see here). Where police agencies such as that of the

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United Kingdom sought to change this in the 1980s by, for example, replacing the term ‘force' with ‘service', the result was largely superficial and has had very little practical value. The police in South Africa, like the military, are armed and legally authorised to use coercive force when justified. The police are also authorised by law, in particular circumstances, to limit the free movement of people and to arrest and detain and, like the military, normally perform their duties in uniform with a visible display of rank. The formidable powers of the police and the often extremely dangerous and unpredictable situations they face require that they align themselves with the kind of strict discipline, training, and command and control practices that are normally associated with the military. Alignment with some of the desired practices of the military, as with good practices in any other institution, does not in any way suggest that the police should duplicate the military, which has a completely different mandate. If it is accepted that elements of militarism are inherent in all police agencies, what exactly do politicians mean when they refer to ‘militarisation' and to what extent has the SAPS in fact become militarised? This question is dealt with in detail in ISS Today on 6 December 2012 (see here). Statements by the President, the Minister of Police and the National Commissioner over the past few years made it clear that the intended militarisation process was about much more than re-establishing these inherent elements. In fact, militarisation in this context bordered dangerously close on establishing an alternative military institution. However, except for the ranks, none of the other intended changes materialised. It is, however, instructive to note one of the stated reasons given by politicians for wanting to militarise the police. The Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, in a press statement on 12 March 2010 said that this was about ‘instilling command and control' within the police. This was repeated by the then SAPS National Commissioner, Bheki Cele, in a letter dated 31 March 2010 to SAPS commanders, in which he said that the new rank structure ‘should facilitate the enhancement of discipline, instilling public confidence and the upliftment of morale within the police ranks'. These statements appear to acknowledge findings from internal police reports that poor command and control and discipline is at the heart of most of the problems. For example, in its report to the National Commissioner in 2008, the SAPS' Policy Advisory Council found that ‘many of the problems of the police are the direct result

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of a breakdown in command and control and a lack of supervision ... In most instances poor service delivery, maladministration, ill discipline and corruption have at its core the lack of supervision and control'. Police agencies across the world generally share similar responsibilities and legal powers. In most cases they are armed and trained in the use of force, including deadly force. When command and control systems are weak, chances are that these powers will be abused. However, even in countries where control systems are generally well established, incidents of police brutality still happen. For example, in Australia between 2007 and 2012 there was a 21% increase in complaints of police brutality (from 175 to 212). There is also an array of video material and other examples of police brutality in developed countries available on the Internet. A case in point is the infamous 1991 police brutality incident involving Rodney King in Los Angeles, where the eventual acquittal of the police officers sparked riots. It is difficult to accurately measure police brutality in South Africa. Claims, such as that by the Democratic Alliance's Dianne Kohler-Barnard (reported in News24 on 12 March 2013) that ‘civil claims against the police ... [can be] directly linked to the militarisation of the police' or that police brutality is a result of the tough talk by Cele, are not supported by the available facts. According to the annual reports of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), the number of deaths as a result of police action or in police custody decreased by 10% in the past year and by 21% (from 912 to 720) since 2009, when Cele became National Commissioner. Unfortunately, the IPID reports do not distinguish between deaths as a result of lawful or unlawful acts. Criminal cases opened against members of the police by the IPID rose by 363% from 531 in 2001/02 to 2 462 in 2009/10. However, the situation appeared to have stabilised in 2010/11, when there was a 1,3% increase, before criminal cases against the police decreased by 7% to 2 320 in 2011/12. As much as ‘militarisation' was not the answer to the problems facing the SAPS in 2010, so too will ‘demilitarisation' or another change in the police rank system miss the fundamental issues. These include weak command and control and a lack of proper internal oversight structures that ultimately result in poor discipline. What is needed is the appointment of capable officers to senior positions as well as internal structures that can hold them accountable. As Gareth Newham points out in his analysis of the crisis facing the SAPS in ISS Today on 7 March 2013 (seehere), the foundation for addressing these problems is already provided in government's 2011 National Development Plan (NDP). All that is now needed is the political will to implement.

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Johan Burger, Senior Researcher, Governance, Crime and Justice Division, Institute for

Security Studies Pretoria. This article first appeared in the Institute's online journal ISS

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Judicial inquiry needed into police brutality - Helen Zille

Helen Zille: 21 March 2013 DA leader calls on President Jacob Zuma to move beyond party politics Human Rights Day: We need a judicial commission of inquiry into police

brutality Note to Editors: This extract is based on a speech delivered by the DA leader at a Human

Rights Day celebration in Sharpeville. We are in Sharpeville today to make sure that the men, women and children who paid the ultimate price in the struggle for freedom and equality are never forgotten. This includes the 69 people who lost their lives fifty-three years ago, only a few kilometres from where we are standing, after police opened fire on protestors who were marching against the pass laws imposed by the apartheid government. Many regard this day as the first major turning point in the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa. But this day also has a different meaning for members of the Sharpeville community who witnessed the brutal violence carried out by police officers against unarmed civilians. We are honoured to be joined by one of these community members today, Mrs Mampinga Ndamane, who is 96 years old and has 14 great grandchildren. She vividly remembers this tragic event and I would like to share her story with all of you here today. Mrs Ndamane participated in a march in the area the night before the massacre and can recall that she didn't sleep that night. Early the following morning, the municipal police who were called "Green Beans" by the community because of their green uniforms demanded that everyone who had participated in the march must report to the Sharpeville police station. Mrs Ndamane's husband, cousin and two sons headed to the station and she followed and stood on the outskirts of the crowd that had already gathered and included small children.

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All of a sudden she heard guns firing and water cannons being used on the crowd and she immediately started looking for her family members. Once she had located her cousin and sons she went home to cook food for her children but did not know the whereabouts of her husband. She saw three tanks entering the area and heard more shooting. Mrs Ndamane returned to the police station and found a gruesome scene. Bodies littered the ground and she witnessed a policeman walking between them fatally shooting survivors. She could not find her husband but thankfully, he returned home a little while later. While Mrs Ndamane and her loved ones were lucky to escape with their lives, they and hundreds of others still carry with them the gruesome images they witnessed on that fateful day. It is critical, however, that these memories are passed down to future generations so that we ensure that we honour the victims and the survivors by doing everything we can to uphold and protect the human rights they fought for and which are enshrined in the Constitution. Crucially, our Bill of Rights states that everyone has the right to freedom and security, which includes the right to be free from all forms of violence from either public or private sources. The Constitution also lays down that the South Africa Police has a responsibility to protect and secure citizens and to prevent anything that may threaten the safety and security of any community. It is clear that our Constitutional negotiators wanted to make sure that a massacre like the one that took place here in Sharpeville never happened again. It is therefore tragic that we now face an equally serious problem of increasing incidents of police brutality across our country. Many have compared the Marikana tragedy last August, where 34 protestors were shot dead by the police, to what happened here 53 years ago. Most of us here today also read about the brutal assault by police officers of Emidio Macia that took place in Daveyton and which, resulted in his death in a police cell. Less than a week ago, the press reported on another incident in Lomanyaneng in the North West Province, where a police officer in a vehicle allegedly grabbed a court interpreter by the neck and dragged 100m down the road. But these cases represent only a handful of the hundreds of citizens who are killed each year at the hands of the police. In 2011/2012, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) received 4 923 against the SAPS. Of these, 720 were deaths.

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The increasing brutal acts committed by the police and the high crime rates across the country have resulted in many South Africans losing faith in the SAPS. This is why the Democratic Alliance has called on President Jacob Zuma to establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into pervasive police brutality. We have already taken a similar step where we govern in the Western Cape. I, in my capacity as Premier of the province, established a Commission of Inquiry into allegations of police inefficiency in Khayelitsha and of a breakdown in relations between the community and the police in the area at the end of last year following a request I received from a group of civil organisations representing community members. Sadly, instead of seeing it as an opportunity to work with us to improve policing, the National Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa has stated that he will go all the way to the Constitutional Court to stop the work of the Commission. I can only hope that while commemorating the events that took place over 50 years ago and hearing the stories of survivors including, Mrs Ndamane, President Zuma will recognise the importance of moving beyond party politics and doing everything possible to protect citizens from police brutality and the abuse of power. I therefore urge President Zuma to immediately establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into policing countrywide, so that we protect and uphold the rights that the 69 victims of the Sharpeville massacre fought and lost their lives for. Issued by the DA, March 21 2013 http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=365442&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389

Mthethwa must table list of National Key Points in parliament - DA

Dianne Kohler Barnard: 11 March 2013 The stand-in Minister of Police, Siyabonga Cwele, has refused access to the list of National Key Points citing security concerns. It is vital that this list is provided to the Portfolio Committee on Police so that Members of Parliament may conduct their mandated oversight role and hold the government accountable. To date, National Key Points, dealt with under Apartheid-era legislation, have not been scrutinised by the portfolio committee, despite a budget being made available for their protection. We know that the money is being used and personnel are being

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paid but we cannot hold government accountable for the use of this money unless we are given the full details. This includes the exorbitant expenditure of R206-million on President Zuma's private residence in Nkandla, which includes a number of non-security related expenses. Why a person's private residence has been declared a "National Key Point" has never been explained, nor has the exorbitant expenditure on that private residence. The 2013/2014 SAPS budget indicates that there will be 197 national key points by 2015/16, an increase of 15 from 2012/13. The National Key Points fall under the Police budget line item Government Security Regulator which will receive R91.5 million this year. In terms of section 56 (a) of the Constitution and rule 138 of the National Assembly, the National Assembly or any of its committees may summon any person to appear before it to give evidence on oath or affirmation, or to produce documents. I will therefore request at the next meeting of the portfolio committee that Minister Mthethwa be summoned to the committee to produce the list of national key points. The government can no longer hide this list from scrutiny behind this unconstitutional, apartheid-era legislation. The DA will do everything possible to ensure that the Minister of Police is held to account for these expenses. Anything less would be to undermine Parliament's powers to hold the executive to account. Statement issued by Dianne Kohler Barnard MP, DA Shadow Minister of Police, March 11

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Spy Bill: Spooks won’t have as much power as feared

REBECCA DAVIS: 28 MARCH 2013 01:07 (SOUTH AFRICA) In February, we said you should be worried about the potential scope of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, colloquially known as the Spy Bill. Critics – including the DA and the Right2Know Campaign – argued that the bill would give far too much power to spies in a very vaguely-defined way. But an amended version of the bill has now been finalised by the ad hoc parliamentary committee responsible for considering it, and while not problem-free, it’s better than first seemed the case. By REBECCA DAVIS.

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Opponents of the Spy Bill – which the Right2Know Campaign dubbed “the Secrecy Bill’s ugly cousin” – maintained that it would give powers to South African intelligence organisations in a frighteningly broad way. The bill proposes to centralise South African security by merging the National Intelligence Agency, the Secret Service and other bodies dealing with intelligence into one State Security Agency (SSA).

Critics argued that these agencies had been rightly split since Apartheid in order to ensure a separation of powers: the White Paper on Intelligence (1995), made specific provision for at least two separate intelligence services to mark its departure “from the old dispensation”. In February, DA shadow defence minister David Maynier suggested that “the establishment of the SSA therefore takes us backwards to a national intelligence structure similar to the Apartheid-era National Intelligence Service and the Bureau of State Security.” The fact that part of the bill’s specified new mandate was to ensure “national stability” was also cause for alarm, as this seemed to suggest that measures like surveillance could be wielded at the will of those in power, rather than used strictly to ensure national security. The bill also bolstered the powers of the minister of state security, in terms of the ability to make appointments and issue security clearances, and it was particularly vague on the matter of “foreign” communications, which it gave intelligence officials sweeping powers to intercept without needing to seek the permission of a judge. Right2Know was particularly concerned with this issue of “foreign signals” because it seemed to allow the SSA the right to snoop on any communications coming off a foreign service. The exact wording was: “the interception of… signals, including… any communication that emanates from outside the borders of the Republic, or passes through or ends in the Republic”. In other words, there seemed every

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possibility that this could technically apply to emails, Facebook messages and Skype calls: all of which might be able to be intercepted without a warrant. This vagueness of language was held to be a problem in numerous places. For example, the bill defined “counter-intelligence” as “measures and activities

conducted…to protect intelligence and any classified information, to conduct vetting

investigations and to counter subversion, sedition, treason and terrorist and related

activities”. In particular, what was worrisome about this definition was the inclusion of the word “sedition”, which is generally held to mean something along the lines of “conduct or speech which incites resistance against authority”. Right2Know also took issue with the broadness of the phrase “related activities”, without any further specification as to what might fall under that. The DA wanted a number of amendments written into the bill. It sought to ensure that the SSA’s mandate did not extend to spying on or hindering legitimate political activity or protest; that any official who was found to be unlawfully gathering information on such political activity or advocacy could be fined or imprisoned; and that any interception of foreign communications could only be carried out with the authorisation of a judge. The version of the Spy Bill which has now been finalised by the ad hoc National Assembly committee considering it, does not address all the concerns of either the DA or Right2Know. But there seemed to be consensus after Wednesday’s committee meeting that this finalised version – which has not yet been released – was substantially tighter in both its language and mandate than previous drafts. “On the one hand we’re happy that the state domestic intelligence mandate has been limited, and defined in terms of national security,” the DA’s Maynier said after the meeting. “But the committee lost an opportunity to regulate the collection of foreign signals. A judge should have to authorise any such interception of communications.” Maynier also repeated his reservations about the centralisation of intelligence bodies into the SSA. “In a constitutional democracy, we prefer divided power rather than centralised power.” R2K’s Hunter also expressed a mixed response. “The issues around monitoring sedition and threats to national interest have been addressed very well in the last week,” he said. “So that’s a big victory, but there’s a big opportunity missed.” He, too, was referring here to the provisions relating to the interception of foreign communication. “While Rica [the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication Related Information Act] regulates domestic communication and requires you to get the permission of a judge if you want to bug someone, the spooks

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have taken this to mean that ‘foreign’ communications don’t fall under Rica and don’t require a judge’s permission to bug them,” explained Hunter. “We called for ‘foreign signals intelligence gathering’ to be subject to the same requirements at Rica. But Parliament’s failed on this one. Instead of introducing these regulations, they’ve just kicked it into touch – they’ve removed all provisions pertaining to ‘foreign signals intelligence’. In other words, instead of improving regulations to recognise that this [surveillance] activity is illegal, they have refused to acknowledge that such activity exists.” Meanwhile, the Department of State Security’s acting director general, Dennis Dlomo, gave a seductively reassuring account of the bill’s purpose. “We wanted to make sure that there was certainty around the legislative framework that intelligence officers operate under,” he said, having mentioned previously that they were eager to dispel “public disquiet” around the bill. He laughed off the notion that the bill would allow state security to, for instance, tap into your Facebook profile. “Paranoia has always been there, but it is unfounded,” Dlomo said. “No operations can get off the ground without Cabinet approval and the following of due process.” Through the bill, he said, tighter regulation of state security measures would actually be achieved. “People can sleep well at night knowing there’s effective infrastructure that regulates our work,” Dlomo concluded. These days, that kind of assurance from government isn’t likely to help insomniacs all that much – particularly when the Spy Bill is considered in the context of the Secrecy Bill, the National Key Points Act, and other recent measures which seem designed to control and silence. DM Read more: The Spy Bill, cousin to the Secrecy Bill, in the Daily Maverick Photo: Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele (Reuters) http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-03-28-spy-bill-spooks-wont-have-as-much-power-as-feared/#.UVgTnpPLqZA

Little known about R4bn State Security Agency

expenditure - DA

Theo Coetzee: 18 March 2013 What is R4 billion State Security Agency budget being spent on? 18 March 2013

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The State Security Agency (SSA) will this financial year be given almost R4 billion by Treasury but Parliament has little knowledge of what this money is being spent on. As a result of this budget being kept a secret, MPs are unable to properly monitor spending and ensure that irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure is minimized. Furthermore, there is no ability to measure whether the programmes to which this funding is being allocated are necessary and acceptable in a constitutional democracy. I will write to the Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, Cecil Burgess, to request that the full budget is tabled and discussed before the committee. This request is in line with the recommendations of the Matthews Commission which stated that State Security should present their annual budgets, financial and audit reports to Parliament but this should exclude any information that would endanger security or compromise intelligence operations, methods or sources. This would increase accountability and transparency within state security but not put national security at risk. South Africa is increasingly moving towards a ‘secret state' mentality. The State Security Agency has invested more time and energy into legislation such as the Secrecy and Spy Bills than ensuring that they are appropriately and well managed. Indeed, there remain key vacancies within the department that need to be filled permanently. The acting Director-General of the State Security Agency has been in this position for almost 16 months. The head of domestic intelligence, Gibson Njenje, resigned over a year ago as did head of foreign intelligence, Moe Shaik. There has been no effort made to appoint someone in these positions permanently. South Africa has the right to know that this R4 billion is being used properly and not to promote a secretive state. The State Security Agency must make details of its budget known to the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence. We need more transparency and less secrecy to make our constitutional democracy a success.

Statement issued by Theo Coetzee MP, DA Shadow Minister of State Security, March 18

2013

Supply Chain Mismanagement: SAPS bungle essential

tenders

A massive backlog in the analysis of rape and sexual assault DNA is building up as a R75-million machine lies idle at the South African Police Service forensic laboratory in Pretoria. The SAPS has once again failed to order key forensic items for sample analysis. The DA has been informed that the Genetic Sample Processing System

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(GSPS) at the SAPS Forensic Science Laboratory is gathering dust because they have run out of the necessary consumables to use it. These consumables are, for example, various kits, such as DNA primer kits, as well as sample holders and chemicals. Once again, the current National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega, brought into her position as a management expert, must answer for this. The DA expects her to report to Parliament on why key resources are not being ordered timeously. The GSPS is a fully automated DNA profiling system and is the only system of its kind in the world. It has been in use since 2006 and can process up to 1200 samples a week compared to a semi-automated system which can only process around 400 a week. It deals primarily with rape and sexual assault samples. The fact that this machine is lying idle is leading to massive backlogs in processing DNA samples. This will particularly hamper rape and sexual assault cases as detectives wait for the results of the analysis. This is most certainly not the first supply chain management problem this year. Indeed this is a perennial problem in a crucial SAPS division, that not only this National Police Commissioner has failed to attend to, but one which her now disgraced predecessor simply ignored. Earlier this week it was reported that stations across the country were running out of rape kits and that the new kits would only be available by the end of March. In January, it was discovered that it had taken the police five months to receive riot shields and pepper spray. What is going on in supply chain management at the SAPS that they are constantly running out of key resources and why hasn't the National Police Commissioner noticed that there's a problem? I will be writing to the acting chairperson of the Police Portfolio Committee today to request that National Police Commissioner Phiyega report to Parliament on why the SAPS have failed to order key resources on time and how she plans to fix the problem. For a rape survivor to realise that her attacker may go undetected, or even be let off scot-free because of these SAPS bungles, must be heartbreaking. That the SAPS must be properly equipped and resourced is non-negotiable. It's past time that the SAPS took their jobs seriously - and stopped undermining the fight against crime through their own mismanagement. Statement issued by Dianne Kohler Barnard MP, DA Shadow Minister of Police, March 10

2013 http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=363317&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the UK

RCMP in Hyde Park on a practice run.

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Photos: http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/index.php?topic=105976.0

During 2012, as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, the Canadian Mounties

were given the rare honour of providing the Queen's Life Guard. The RCMP are one

of the most iconic symbols of Canada. During her Diamond Jubilee in London the

Queen made sure that the famed Mounties had a strong presence at the celebrations.

A detachment of the RCMP was given the rare honour of acting as the Queen's

personal bodyguard. This task is usually handled by the Household Cavalry.

(Received by email – source unknown)

Military has an HIV prevalence rate of 8.5% - SANDF

Media statement by the Surgeon General of the South African National Defence

Force (SANDF): Lieutenant General VI Ramlakan - Dramatic reduction in HIV

prevalence among members of the SANDF [19 Mar 2013] Speculation and other malicious statements by critics of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) concerning the HIV and AIDS rate in the SANDF have been refuted by the publication of the results of the latest Clinical Records Study into the prevalence of HIV and AIDS among soldiers. The study was done among Regular Force and the Military Skills Development System members and showed a HIV prevalence rate of 8.5 percent compared to the national prevalence rate of about 19 percent. This figure was obtained from the SANDF health status report of September 2011 and was reconfirmed in a HIV prevalence study done during August 2012. This is in stark contrast to claims by some academics the last few years that the HIV and AIDS infection rate among soldiers is as high as 28 percent. The SANDF has always objected to the mere translation of available national statistics obtained from antenatal clinics as these are scientifically unfounded. A practice that was also questioned by independent researchers. Another Cross Sectional Cohort Study is planned for 2013 to continue the monitoring of HIV and AIDS management in the SANDF. From the above it can be concluded that the SANDF programme on the management of HIV and AIDS is working and bearing fruit and is validation of the successes of the Masibambisane awareness campaign and the Phidisa research project.

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While this study justified the stance of the SANDF, the South African Military Health Service will continue the fight against HIV and AIDS to ensure a HIV and AIDS free generation. The results of this study are merely one step in that direction. Statement issued by Colonel Louis Kirstein, Defence Corporate Communication, Department

of Defence, March 19 2013 http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=365340&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389

Persepsie van veiligheid en onveiligheid - HBH

Inteenstelling met my buurman, “voel ons veilig” in Russel-straat. Behalwe die

sekuriteitswagte sien ons SAPD Moot gereeld patroleer. Ja, ons woon naby pres

Zuma, hy het R90M draadheining om sy reuse landgoed plek. Ons was nog net twee

keer teikens van misdaad – dankbaar met geen beserings!

Grensstories

Middag Brigadier,

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Ek kon van die foto’s spaar, die manne wat so mal is oor Casspirs in operasionele omstandighede was vernaam die manne wat foto's wou hê. Maar nou ja ek was deel van “Juliet Komp” wat gestuur was met voertuie en voorrade na verskillende basisse in SWA in 1983. Ek het nie eens 'n swaarvoertuig lisensie gehad nie maar my bevelvoerder by Pretoria Sentraal Bedrogtak het die middag 4 uur vir my 'n roetevorm gegee en beveel om 7 uur in die Kollege te wees. So gemaak, die oggend 'n splinternuwe Casspir (turbo) in ontvangs geneem wat gepak was van die ammo ... ek verstaan toe daar dat ons "uitgesoekte" manne (seuns) was want ons het die kombinasie van swaarvoertuig en mortier opgeleide materiaal, dit het nie eens gehelp om te probeer verduidelik dat ek nie een van die twee gehad het nie, so het ons op Mariental agtergekom daar is baie min wat swaarvoertuiglisensies gehad het en dit was duidelik dat die mortier opleiding was beslis in iemand se drome.... Net voor Windhoek het een Casspir in die konvooi se remme onklaar geraak, onervare drywer, maar ek dink die liewe Vader het na ons baie mooi gekyk, ons het daardie Casspir met twee Casspirs aan albei van die kante van die pad gekeer dat dit nie buite beheer kon raak nie, al drie Casspirs het ammo op gehad....tot stilstand gebring 'n ent van Windhoek af, die skade was min en die Casspir is herstel. Van Windhoek het ons nie veel van konvooi gehou nie want die voertuie het versprei oor na die verskillende basisse... Aangekom op Opuwa saam met 'n konvooi .... die roetevorm oorhandig en ek vra nogal vir die manne daar: “Nou hoe gaan 'n man terug” .... geen idee of spraak van enige iemand af nie .... so al asof hulle iets weet wat ek graag wil weet. Ok verstaan die aand dat 'n DC3 aandoen by Opuwa om voorrade af te laai, nou ja, dog is 'n lelike ding, ek dog toe nou ja die vliegmasjien sal my seker terug vlieg en op 'n manier op Grootfontein sal ek die Flossie (C130) terug Republiek toe vat.... Nou ja ek was die volgende dag ingedeel by Henk Botha (en Rieme) se spanne .... uitgereik met alles wat ek nodig sal hê, dis waar ek vir Tubby ontmoet het, ek het toe besef al die nuwe camoes en toerusting was nie 'n dankie sê geskenkie vir my om terug te neem nie ..... hulle was so gaaf om aan te bied om deur die kanale vir my ou Moeder in Pretoria te laat weet dat haar seuntjie nie vermis is nie en dat ek later sal kontak .... die ou sersant rangetjie is baie diplomaties vir my gesê in die kroeg die aand hoort in my kamer en ek kan dit loop bêre .... so gemaak ... die aand was ek behoorlik bedank vir my "moeite", dit was baie seer....

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Ons eetplek was so entjie van die basis af, ek dink die vrou se naam was Katrien (praat onder korreksie) wat die kos gemaak het, "mince balls" was haar spesialiteit, en sy was ook die een wat met die vriendin gereël het om die pype en moue van die camoes af te sny en dan sommer vir jou 'n "swallow tail" hoed te maak ... (ek het steeds myne). Nou ja .... so het die dae en maande verby gegaan en Februarie 1984 het ek terug gekom. Alhoewel ek seker nooit as "lid" van Koevoet beskou sal word nie want ek moes 'n permanente verplasing gehad het, was dit seker een van die tye in my lewe waar ek dankbaar was vir die opneuk en dissipline wat ek gekry het in die Kollege. Een van die skietinstrukteurs wat ek laas in die kollege gesien het, Tommie, was ook daar 'n permanente lid. Ek lees en hoor baie hoe van die manne gepraat word, wat ek ondervind het was diep, baie diep mense, ja mense, nie die monsters wat hulle voorgestel was nie. Mense wat daardie dissipline besit het om aan die lewe te bly, en deur dik en dun bymekaar gestaan het. Ek sal nooit spyt wees dat ek daar geland het nie. Baie van die foto’s was nie deur my geneem nie, inteendeel ek het nie eens 'n kamera saam gehad nie, dit was foto’s wat ander geneem het en gegee het gedurende die tyd, ek het ongelukkig van hulle verloor met die tyd.

• Wie het vir ons die storie gestuur? • Foto’s en nog ‘n storie deur die skrywer sal, Dv, in die volgende uitgarwe

geplaas word.

Polisie erken ‘gemors’ ná miljarde vir konsultante

2013-03-19 21:21/ Philda Essop /Kaapstad. Die polisie het gister erken hy het ook reusebedrae aan konsultante bestee. ’n Lid van die polisie se topbestuur het gesê die diens is “in ’n gemors”. Hulle het in drie boekjare meer as R4?miljard aan konsultante bestee. Nege kontrakte wat deur die ouditeur-generaal (OG) geoudit is, was gister onder die mikroskoop van die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor polisie. Jennifer Irish-Qobosheane, sekretaris van die polisie, het gesê die spesiale ondersoekeenheid en die Valke ondersoek die kontrakte. Chrisna Janse van Rensburg van die OG se kantoor het besonderhede van die kontrakte verskaf. Dit sluit in die ontwikkeling en instandhouding van ’n vuurwapenbeheerstelsel deur ’n IT-maatskappy waarvan die oorspronklike kontrak van R92?miljoen tot R341?miljoen gestyg het. “Die beheerstelsel is 70 maande nadat

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dit geskeduleer is om aan die departement oorhandig te word steeds nie in gebruik nie.” LP’s se wenkbroue het veral gelig oor ’n kontrak aan twee maatskappye vir die restourasie van 200 Njala-voertuie. “Die koste van die werk is in die behoefte-ontleding onderskat. Die departement het nog nooit voorheen Njalas gerestoureer nie en hulle het nie die kundigheid gehad om ’n akkurate ontleding te doen nie. “Gevolglik het die departement R176,7 miljoen betaal, wat 122% meer is as die aanvanklike kontrakwaarde van R79,5 miljoen.” Die restourasie van die Njalas moes voor die begin van die Wêreldbeker-sokkertoernooi in 2010 afgehandel wees, maar 44 is ná die sperdatum afgelewer. LP’s het antwoorde geëis. Annelizé van Wyk, waarnemende komiteevoorsitter, het gesê die polisie het twee stelle dokumente aan die komitee gegee wat aanvanklik aangedui het dat hulle dit oorweeg het om die Njalas te vervang. “Waarop was dit gegrond? Die departement het tien generaals hier om die gemors te verduidelik – ’n volslae gemors! R200 miljoen het soos R2 vir die departement geword.” Met verwysing na ’n kontrak aan ’n IT-maatskappy het Van Wyk gesê as dié kontrak in ’n gemors is, is al die ander. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Polisie-erken-gemors-na-miljarde-vir-

konsultante-20130319 (Marius Avenant.)

Of Historical Interest

Old Cape Town Photos: Submitted by Sandy van den

Berg and compiled by Johan Jacobs

Cape Town has seen many changes since it was inhabited by the native Khoi and was first visited by Bartholomew Dias in 1488. The town was a Dutch trading post under Jan Van Riebeeck from 1652, and then came under British rule from 1806. Since then it has seen a lot of change and become a unique town with its own unique mix of culture.

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I have compiled a series of historical photos, showing the growth of this town. It's amazing to see how things have changed and developed into the town we know affectionately as the Mother City. Enjoy this journey back in history.

Orange Street, Cape Town in 1870

Sea Point in 1890

The beach that used to be in Woodstock. This photo was taken in 1899

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The naval base at Simonstown in 1900

Welgemeend is one of the

oldest surviving houses in

Cape Town and was built in Gardens in

1700. This photo was

taken in 1901.

The Old Pier was

completed in 1910 and became a

popular spot for

Caledonians. This picture was taken in

1911.

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The USS Huntington arrives to a very desolate foreshore in 1948. The foreshore was

built in 1945, but due to the economic climate after the war, it took a while to be properly utilized

The first Cape Argus took place in 1978, with 525 people taking part.

'Extraordinary courage' of soldier killed in Afghani-stan earns Victoria Cross

Lance Corporal James Ashworth, 23, died in a grenade explosion as he tried to protect his men in Helmand

• guardian.co.uk, Saturday 16 March 2013 09.55 GMT

A British soldier who died as he protected the lives of his comrades in Afghanistan is to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

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The medal recognises Lance Corporal James Ashworth's "extraordinary courage" while serving with the 1st Battalion The Grenadier Guards in Helmand province last year.

The Victoria Cross, the country's highest award for gallantry, has been awarded just 10 times to UK soldiers since the second world war.

The posthumous award to Ashworth is the second Victoria Cross to be awarded to a soldier from the UK from the 12-year conflict in Afghanistan. A Victoria Cross was awarded to Corporal Bryan Budd of 3 Para, who died fighting the Taliban in 2006.

Ashworth, a 23-year-old from Kettering, Northamptonshire, was killed in the Nahr-e-Siraj district on 13 June when his reconnaissance platoon became involved in a battle with the Taliban inside enemy-held compounds.

He fought against huge odds, deliberately exposing himself to enemy fire, and died from a grenade blast as he tried to protect his men. Officials said he also took care to ensure there were no civilians in the line of fire.

Ashworth's comrades spoke of their pride in his bravery, and told how the death of such an "outstanding soldier" would leave a gaping hole in the battalion.

His company commander, Captain Mike Dobbin, said at the time of his death: "Lance Corporal Ashworth was killed while fighting his way through compounds; leading his fire team from the front, whilst trying to protect his men; and he showed extraordinary courage to close on a determined enemy.

"My thoughts and prayers are with his family and his girlfriend, who should be extremely proud of the courage he displayed and the life that he led. I am humbled by what I saw of Lance Corporal Ashworth's actions and will never forget him."

Guardsman Jordan Loftus said: "Selfless, brave, courageous - words like these don't come close to what Ash demonstrated that day."

Ashworth was a soldier for five years and came from a family with strongmilitary links. His father, Duane, was also a Grenadier Guard, while his younger brother Coran is also a soldier. He also left behind his mother, Kerryann, sisters Lauren and Paige, brother Karl and four-year-old niece Darcy, as well as his girlfriend, Emily.

His family paid tribute to him after his death, saying: "We are devastated by the loss of our son, brother, uncle and boyfriend. He meant the world to everyone and has left an irreplaceable hole in our hearts."

Sergeant Vandell McLean, his platoon sergeant, wrote at the time: "My sorrow is with his family at this time of loss. Please take comfort in knowing that Lance Corporal Ashworth died protecting me, his mates and the rest of the platoon."

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Lieutenant-Commander James Bowder, MBE, commander of the 1st Battalion The Grenadier Guards, called him "an outstanding soldier".

The award will be officially confirmed by the Ministry of Defence next week.

The Victoria Cross is the Commonwealth's highest award for gallantry. Instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856, it is awarded for "most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy".

The bronze cross, which has a crimson ribbon, bears the inscription "For Valour", is cast from the metal of Russian guns captured at the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean war, the campaign in which the first medals were awarded.

The Victoria Cross may be awarded to all ranks of the services – and also to civilians – to recognise gallantry in the presence of the enemy.

The medal has been awarded 1,356 times, the most recent of which was the posthumous award to Budd, of the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, for acts of "inspirational leadership and the greatest valour" in southern Afghanistan in 2006.

Only 13 Victoria Cross medals have been awarded since the second world war, nine to members of the British army and four to the Australian army. Ashworth's is just the fifth to have been awarded since the Falklands war, and all but one have been posthumous.

Private Johnson Beharry, from 1st Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, was awarded the honour for two separate acts of outstanding gallantry to rescue his comrades in Iraq in 2004, during which he suffered serious head injuries.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/16/soldier-killed-afghanistan-victoria-cross

From our Legal Eagles

THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

MEDIA SUMMARY – JUDGMENT DELIVERED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL

From: The Registrar, Supreme Court of Appeal Date: 15 March 2013 Status: Immediate

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Please note that the media summary is intended for the benefit of the media and does not

form part of the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal.

GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE BAR V URMILLA ROSHNEE DEVI MANSINGH The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) today held, unanimously, that s 84(2)(k) of the Constitution authorises the President of the Republic to confer the status of senior counsel on practising advocates. In consequence, the court set aside an order of the North Gauteng High Court declaring the contrary. The case arose in the North Gauteng High Court, where Ms Mansingh, a practising advocate and member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates, brought an application for a declaratory that s 84(2)(k) of the Constitution does not include the prerogative power to confer the status of senior counsel (or ‘silk’, as it is commonly known) on practising advocates. Ms Mansingh’s case was based the ground that the Constitution is intended to sever relations with the past, and as such the past practice of conferral of silk status as a prerogative power is of diminished importance and the court should look to indications, in broader context, which compel a meaning of honours which deviates from the historical background of the provision. Her contentions found favour with Patudi J, who granted the declaratory sought. In upholding the appeal against the decision of the court a quo, the SCA found that the task of the interpretation of s84(2)(k) does include a view to the historical context of ‘honours’. From this perspective it was held to be clear that the institution of senior counsel is part of our heritage as a former British colony, where it was generally accepted that the Queen would appoint silks in the exercise of her prerogative powers. Insofar as the intention of the drafters of the Constitution, the court held, was not to abolish prerogative powers or to diminish the function of the head of State previously derived from the royal prerogative, but rather to codify these and render them subject to the Constitution, s84(2)(k) must be afforded its traditional content, which included the power to appoint silks. The judgment further determines that nothing in the broader context compels a meaning of honours that deviates from the one clearly indicated in the historical background of the provision.

Militaria, medals, uniforms,

As each Service Cross is numbered, it will only be issued, after recipients’ service

records are entered into the Nominal Role during the checkout process.

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Service Cross instituted as recognition by ex-SADF veterans to our "Brothers in

Arms" As we are all well aware, the vast majority of our conscript National Servicemen, numerous Reserve Force "Campers & Commando's" and many longer serving ex SADF PF brothers did not get the recognition for their honourable services rendered prior to 1994.

Unlike many countries including Australia, Norway, Malaysia and others, South Africa never issued a National Service Medal and it is highly unlikely that the current government ever will. To correct this injustice, we the Veterans have taken action. Initially this Commemorative Medal was to be called the National Service Cross. However, it was felt that this would exclude others, like the SA Police, SA Prison Services, SADF Permanent Force members, SWA Territorial Force personnel who, whilst serving South Africa never did National Service. So, the name was changed to the SA Service Cross to recognise all those that served

South Africa between the period 1957 to 1994, and who never received any or very little recognition for that service.

Since this date, almost 20 years have gone by and still many ex-serviceman find it almost impossible to get their well deserved recognition for past services to the Republic. This is a problem felt by so many ex-SADF Veterans, that if formal recognition was never to be forthcoming, we the Veterans would redressed this wrong by issuing a Commemorative Medal.

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Therefore, it was proposed in early 2012 that we Veterans would mint our own Commemoration Medal, "initiated by the veterans for fellow veterans" so as to recognise those we still proudly call, our "Brothers in Arms" being either ex-SADF, ex-SWA Territorial Forces and or allied forces Veterans. This Commemorative Medal is available to all Veterans and supporting services personnel who meet the eligibility criteria, irrespective of their current affiliations, race or sex.

Instituted The South African Service Cross was instituted by the Executive Committee of the South African Military Veterans Organisation of Australasia (SAMVOA) and the legenadry Colonel Jan Breytenbach DVR,SD, SM, MMM (Ret) of 32 Battalion and 44 Parachute Brigade fame who was present at the annual AGM in Melbourne, Australia on 6th of October 2012. The cross was established to recognise those men and women who have given

valued service to the Republic of South Africa between 1957 and 1994 during

hostilities and in peacetime, and whose services in many cases have gone

unrecognised. On the reverse we thus have the very poignant extract from the then National Anthem (Die Stem) where, at thy nations call, many answered that call, we have "Op

jou roepstem / At thy call" 1957 - 1994

Eligibility For all ex-SADF personnel and our allies who provided combat support or services to the South African Security Forces. Be they conscript National Servicemen, Permanent Force or Volunteer short term service persons or even seconded SAP members during Township duty and or served as civilian members of the arms / defence industries like Armscor, Atlas Air or supported the SADF through contractor logistics / manufacturing enterprises, eligibility for this medal is ensured.

Also known as the "Suid Afrikaanse Dienskruis", this medal is therefore available for those NSM's, PF's, Campers and allied forces who were involved in the "Grensoorlog"or Border War, Township duties or fought to ensure peace during the periods of unrest leading to free democratic elections in 1994 when the SADF which we are proud to have served, was transfromed into the current SANDF.

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1. The ribbon colours represent the old SA flag,

2. The medal “jump-ring” connecting the medal and the ribbon represents the South African national flower, the King Protea,

3. Miniature crossed swords, eagle, anchor and caduceus, representing Army, Air Force, Navy and Medical Services (eligible for SADF members only),

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4. The four arms of the cross represent the four “Arms of Service” namely Army, Air Force, Navy and Medical Services converging into the "joint arms" of the SADF,

5. The parallel lines on each arm represent the individuals personal sacrifice as they undertook their 2 years of compulsory National Service,

6. Gold laurel wreath with old SADF logo in the centre symbolised the SADF's honourable and distinguished service across numerous theatres of Operation and on the battlefields of Southern Africa,

7. On the reverse is the old South African Coat of Arms with the dates 1957 – 1994 and contain the patriotic words from the old South African National Anthem, “ At thy Call – Op jou Roepstem.”

8. The cross comes in a dark blue leatherette box with silver wording embossed on the exterior; "South African Service Cross - Suid Afrikaanse Dienskruis", framing the insignia of the SADF,

9. Each medal is numbered at the base of the cross and is recorded in the Nominal Role with the recipients' detail.

10. This is a Commemorative Medal and must be placed last in the order of

precedence of any officially issued SADF medals.

http://www.saservicecross.com/

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Goeie dag Ek het die twee kentekens (embleme) in die inligting daaroor kan gee. Groete Gerhard Claasen

• Help asb vir Gerhard Claasen

Nice to Know

Am I a Fireman yet? Compiled by Johan Jacobs

Many a young boy dream of becoming a fireman. policeman or even a soldier! This

boy dreamed of becoming a fireman one day but his dreams were chattered by

sickness...the frigthning big K...he was diagnose with terminal

Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a strong feeling of

determination. Like any parent, she wanted her son to grow up & fulfil all his

dreams. Now this was no longer possible. The leukaemia would see to that, but she

still wanted her son's dream to come true. She took her son's hand and asked, “Billy,

did you ever think about what you wanted to be once you grew up? Did you ever

dream and wish what you would

(embleme) in die hande gekry en wil weet of u dalk meer

vir Gerhard Claasen - HBH.


This is a true story Many a young boy dream of becoming a fireman. policeman or even a soldier! This


sickness...the frigthning big K...he was diagnose with terminal leukaemia.

In Calgary, Canada, Alberta

old mother stared down at her 6 year old

son, who was dying.



s no longer possible. The leukaemia would see to that, but she



dream and wish what you would do with your life?”

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hande gekry en wil weet of u dalk meer


Many a young boy dream of becoming a fireman. policeman or even a soldier! This


leukaemia.

Alberta a 26-year-

old mother stared down at her 6 year old



s no longer possible. The leukaemia would see to that, but she



“Mommy, 'I always wanted to be a

fireman when I grew up.”

Mom smiled back and said, “Let's see if we can make your wish come true.”

She explained her son's final wish and asked if it might be possible to give her 6

year-old son a ride around the block on a fire engine.

can do better than that. If you'll have your son rea

morning, we'll make him an honorary fireman for the whole day. He can come down

to the fire station, eat with us, go out on all the fire calls, the whole nine yards!”

And if you'll give us his sizes, we'll get a real fire unif

- not a toy - one-with the emblem of the Calgary Fire Department on it, and a yellow

slicker like we wear and rubber boots.' 'They're all manufactured right here

in Calgary, so we can get them fast.”

dressed him in his uniform and escorted him from his hospital bed to the waiting

hook and ladder truck. Billy got to sit on the back of the truck and help steer it back

to the fire station.

“Mommy, 'I always wanted to be a


Later that day she went to her local fire

Department in Calgary, where she met

fireman Bob, who had a heart as big

as Alberta.


old son a ride around the block on a fire engine. Fireman Bob said, “Look, we

can do better than that. If you'll have your son ready at seven o'clock Wednesday



And if you'll give us his sizes, we'll get a real fire uniform for him, with a real fire hat

with the emblem of the Calgary Fire Department on it, and a yellow


Calgary, so we can get them fast.” Three days later fireman Bob picked up Billy



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Later that day she went to her local fire

Calgary, where she met

who had a heart as big


Fireman Bob said, “Look, we

dy at seven o'clock Wednesday



orm for him, with a real fire hat

with the emblem of the Calgary Fire Department on it, and a yellow


an Bob picked up Billy



He rode in the different fire engines, the Paramedic's' van, and even the fire chief's

car. He was also videotaped for the local news program having his dream come true.

With all the love and attention that was lavished upon him, so deeply touched Billy,

that he lived three months longer than any doctor thought possible. One night all of

his vital signs began to drop dramatically and the head nurse, who believed in the

hospice concept - that no one should die alone, began to call the family members to

the hospital. Then she remembered the day Billy had spent as a fireman, so she

called the fire Chief and asked if it would be possible to send a fireman in uniform to

the hospital to be with Billy as he made his transition. The chief replied, “We can do

better than that. We'll be there in five minutes. Will you please do me a favour?

When you hear the sirens screaming and see the lights flashing, will you announce

over the PA system that there is no fire? It's the department coming to see one of its

finest members one more time. And will you open the window to his room?”

About five minutes later a Hook and

ladder truck arrived at the hospital and

extended its ladder up to Billy's third

floor open window...16 fire

climbed up the ladder into Billy's room.

With his mother's permission, they hugged him and held him and told him how

much they LOVED him. With his dying breath, Billy looked up at the fire chief and

said, “Chief am I really a fireman now?'' Billy, you are, and The Head Chief

holding your hand,” the chief said. With those words, Billy smiled and said, “I

He was in heaven, there were three

calls in Calgary that day and Billy got to

go out on all three calls.



he love and attention that was lavished upon him, so deeply touched Billy,



that no one should die alone, began to call the family members to

Then she remembered the day Billy had spent as a fireman, so she


with Billy as he made his transition. The chief replied, “We can do



there is no fire? It's the department coming to see one of its


About five minutes later a Hook and

ladder truck arrived at the hospital and

extended its ladder up to Billy's third

floor open window...16 fire-fighters

climbed up the ladder into Billy's room.


With his dying breath, Billy looked up at the fire chief and

“Chief am I really a fireman now?'' Billy, you are, and The Head Chief


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He was in heaven, there were three fire

that day and Billy got to



he love and attention that was lavished upon him, so deeply touched Billy,



that no one should die alone, began to call the family members to

Then she remembered the day Billy had spent as a fireman, so she


with Billy as he made his transition. The chief replied, “We can do



there is no fire? It's the department coming to see one of its



With his dying breath, Billy looked up at the fire chief and

“Chief am I really a fireman now?'' Billy, you are, and The Head Chief Jesus, is


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know, He's been holding my hand all day, and the angels have been singing.” He

closed his eyes one last time.

Dreams can come true...so if you want to become a fireman, a policeman, soldier or

anything in life...GO FOR IT! This story is powerful and there is nothing attached!

A Love Story to melt your heart!

In 2003, police in Warwickshire, England, opened a garden shed and found a

whimpering, cowering dog. The dog had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It

was dirty and malnourished, and had quite clearly been abused.

In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a female greyhound, to the

Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, which is run by a man named Geoff

Grewcock, and known as a haven for animals abandoned, orphaned, or otherwise in

need.

Geoff and the other sanctuary staff went to work

with two aims: to restore the dog to full health,

and to win her trust. It took several weeks, but

eventually both goals were achieved. They named

her Jasmine, and they started to think about

finding her an adoptive home.

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Jasmine, however, had other ideas. No one

quite remembers how it came about, but

Jasmine started welcoming all animal arrivals

at the sanctuary. It would not matter if it

were a puppy, a fox cub, a rabbit or, any

other lost or hurting animal. Jasmine would

just peer into the box or cage and, when and

where possible, deliver a welcoming lick.

Geoff relates one of the early incidents. "We had two puppies that had been

abandoned by a nearby railway line. One was a Lakeland terrier cross and another

was a Jack Russell Doberman cross. They were tiny when they arrived at the centre,

and Jasmine approached them and grabbed one by the scruff of the neck in her

mouth and put him on the settee. Then she fetched the other one and sat down with

them, cuddling them."

"But she is like that with all of our animals, even the rabbits. She takes all the stress

out of them, and it helps them to not only feel close to her, but to settle into their

new surroundings. She has done the same with the fox and badger cubs; she licks

the rabbits and guinea pigs, and even lets the birds perch on the bridge of her nose."

Jasmine, the timid, abused, deserted waif, became the animal sanctuary's resident

surrogate mother, a role for which she might have been born. The list of orphaned

and abandoned youngsters she has cared for comprises five fox cubs, four badger

cubs, fifteen chicks, eight guinea pigs, two stray puppies and fifteen rabbits - and

one roe deer fawn. Tiny Bramble, eleven weeks old, was found semi-conscious in a

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field. Upon arrival at the sanctuary, Jasmine cuddled up to her to keep her warm,

and then went into the full foster-mum role. Jasmine the greyhound showers

Bramble the roe deer with affection, and makes sure nothing is matted.

"They are inseparable," says Geoff.

"Bramble walks between her legs, and

they keep kissing each other. They walk

together round the sanctuary. It's a real

treat to see them."

Jasmine will continue to care for Bramble until she is old enough to be returned to

woodland life. When that happens, Jasmine will not be lonely. She will be too busy

showering love and affection on the next orphan or victim of abuse.

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Pictured from the left are: "Toby," a stray Lakeland dog; "Bramble," orphaned

roe deer; "Buster," a stray Jack Russell; a dumped rabbit; "Sky," an injured barn owl;

and "Jasmine," with a mother's heart doing best what a caring mother would

do...and such is the order of God's Creation....

Resep vir Polisiemanne: Japie Erasmus

Hier kom ‘n resep.

Goed, ek weet hierdie is nie ‘n kookboek nie, maar hierdie plan is vir gesondheid.

Jy sal dankbaar wees. Moet my nie nou misverstaan nie. Ek weet niks van kosmaak

af nie, maar hierdie ding sal jy ook regkry. As ek kan, kan jy ook. Dit is pap met die

mikrogolf. Nee, wag eers. Lees eers klaar. Bly stil en lees. Ek het ook eers geglo, of

eintlik geweet, die mikrogolf bestaan net om melk warm te maak vir Post Toasties.

‘n Vrou het my die ding vertel kort nadat ek alleen geraak het. Toe sy net mikrogolf

noem by pap, het ek klaar gesê nee-dankie. Sy vertel toe haar man is ook ‘n

papvreter, en nou wil hy nie ander pap hê nie. Die storie word toe aan my

verduidelik. Onthou, hierdie resep word verduidelik, nie net gegee nie. Ek het haar

storie ook later maar so langtand probeer, en daar ontdek ek toe die beste, vinnigste,

lekkerste pap wat jy kan kry.

Lees nou so stukkie vir stukkie. Dit sal werk op mates, jy weet, hierdie hoeveelhede

is vir my. Ek praat nou vir een mens, vir twee etes. Alles wat ek maak, werk op

helfte vir nou se eet, en die res vir more se ete. As jy groot eet, is dit dan natuurlik

alles vir nou. Hier begin ons. -- Skep een koppie meel en gooi dit net so droog in ‘n

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bak wat jy in die mikrogolf kan sit. Die deksel moet los opgesit word sodat die meel

se klammigheid kan ontsnap. Daar moet so gapinkie wees. Die meel bly so droog, en

sit die mikrogolf aan vir omtrent tussen twee en drie minute. As jy nader aan drie

minute sit, sal die meel effens bietjie bruin brand. Dit is niks. So ‘n lekker reuk.

Goed, terwyl die meel in die mikrogolf is, sit jou ketel aan vir kookwater. Gooi

solank sommer ‘n halwe teelepel sout in die koppie.

Mikrogolf klaar en water gekook. Hang af hoe styf jy die pap wil hê, maar ek dink

vir medium styfheid, gooi nou stadig twee koppies kookwater by die meel. Roer

baie goed met ‘n vurk. Sit nou weer die pap in mikrogolf vir vyf minute. Daar het jy

dit. Na alles en alles kan jy sê binne tien minute behoorlike bord pap gemaak.

Net om iets nog by te sit, ek ontdek later as daar ‘n klein blikkie soetmielies, of soos

hulle sê ‘sweetcorn’ in die pap gegooi word, lek jy ook jou vingers af. Daardie

soetmielies gooi ek eers in en roer dit nadat ek die meel geroer het met kookwater.

So kom die brousel dan in die mikrogolf vir daardie vyf minute.

Wanneer daardie pap nou voor jou lê, kan jy nog ‘n plan maak. Gooi net ‘n bietjie

melk oor, en strooi ‘n handvol droeë gesnyde biltong daaroor. Jy sal eet todat jy

skaam is vir jouself.

Onthou nou, ek dwing jou om die resep te doen. Wil terugvoer hê, en stuur sommer

R10 om dankie te sê.

BOOKS / BOEKE

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vrykorps Van Duits-Suidwes-

Afrika: Gordon McGregor

Hennie,

Attached is a Word Doc and a JPEG.

It would be great if you could put it into the magazine.

Regards,

Gordon McGregor

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Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vrykorps Van Duits-Suidwes-

Afrika: Gordon McGregor

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vrykorps van Duits-Suidwes-Afrika handel oor ’n unieke stuk

geskiedenis wat afspeel tydens die Eerste Wêreldoorlog. ’n Vegseenheid bestaande

uit Boere wat die Vrykorps genoem is, is met die aanvang van die oorlog in Duits-

Suidwes-Afrika gevorm. Hulle was ’n onafhanklike vegeenheid binne die Duitse

Imperiale Koloniale Troepe en het die Rebellie in Suid-Afrika ondersteun deur teen

die Unie-Verdedigingsmag te veg.

Die Duitse Koloniale Troepe het die Duitse keiser se goedkeuring gehad om militêre

ondersteuning aan die Rebellie te bied wat opgevlam het in die Unie van Suid-

Afrika. Op hul beurt het die Unie-Verdedigingsmag die Aktiewe Burgermag en

Boerekommando’s opgeroep om die Rebellie te onderdruk.

Dit was die eerste en enigste keer dat Boere hul vaderland, Suid-Afrika, binnegeval

het en Boer teen Boer geveg het. Hierdie boek vertel die Vrykorps se storie vanaf hul

ontstaan tot hul ontbinding en word toegelig met ’n lys van al die Vrykorpslede, die

wapens wat hulle gebruik het, hul range en gedetailleerde inligting oor hul

aktiwiteite en die veldslae waaraan hulle deelgeneem het.

Oor die Outeur

Gordon McGregor se belangstelling in die Duitse Imperiale Koloniale Troepe het

gelei tot die versameling en navorsing van medaljes, wapens en ordetekens uit

daardie tydvak. Hy is ’n stigterslid, voormalige president en lewenslange erelid van

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die Militaria Collectors’ Society of Namibia, sowel as ’n lid van die Bund Deutscher

Ordensammler, die South African Medal Collectors’ Society en die Orders and

Medals Society of America. Hy het heelwat publikasies oor medaljes, wapens en

ordetekens vanaf pre-koloniale tye tot vandag die lig laat sien, en menige toekenning

vir sy werk op hierdie gebied ontvang.

152 x 222 mm, 99 bladsye, sagteband, 2 kleurfotoseksies ISBN 9781869199173 Protea Boekhuis WEB: http://www.proteaboekhuis.com/

Koevoet: Spoor van die heuningby

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Military Author: Steve Corbett

Hello Hennie,

I live in Warrington in Cheshire .... I stayed in the army until November 1974. I did

two tours in Northern Ireland. The first was in Andersonstown from November 1971

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until March 1972. In that time we had over 400 shootings, bombings and major riots.

It was around the time of the infamous 'Bloody Sunday.'

In June 1974 I was posted to New Lodge in Belfast. We had two soldiers killed in the

first two weeks. I kept detailed diaries on both my tours. I had to retire from work

when I was just 49. I used to work in a chemical factory, but I contracted a serious

kidney disease and had to retire on health grounds.

I have always had a passion for military history. And at one time I had a very large

collection of WW1 artefact's - although I disposed of all that a few years ago to save

my wife the bother if things didn't go well for me. In the past couple of years I have

gradually started getting the odd item I have come across at local flea markets and

that is where some of my best finds have been.

Call Sign: M0CRN

I am also a licenced radio amateur - my call sign is M0CRN. And I also have a large

astronomical telescope through which I started doing the odd bit of astro-

photography last year. I have not had the scope out for several months now though,

as I found out last June that my lower back has started to give in. It gets too painful

being out in the cold!

I have included a few scans of my original diaries from 40 years ago. There is a

picture of me when I was selling poppies for the RBL last November, and also a b/w

picture taken of me in October 1974 after a very stressful foot patrol.

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The large Zulu shield is the one that arrived last Sunday. It is supposed to be from

the 1920's, but I very much doubt it. The (mgobo?) pole is not original to it - it is

merely a shaft off a yard brush. I will have to see if I can get something more

authentic. My eldest daughter loves Zulu items, so I will be keeping them for her

to have when I am gone. What is your opinion on the shape of the shield? It seems a

bit more pointed than I have seen in pictures of other shields - or perhaps this is

correct for the iSilanghu? The hide measures 51 X 22 inches.

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I agree with you about the spiral of violence. But it isn't just in SA. This is something

that is now world-wide. People seem to have lost all respect for the sanctity of

human life. Each murder seems more dreadful than the last.

You see the way very young children behave at school, and you know how they are

going to turn out. There is no discipline in the home. They are not taught to respect

their elders or even the law. When they are at school they cannot be punished if they

do anything wrong, so it is hardly surprising that they grow up to be thugs.

Even our police force is no longer the force it used to be. The armed police seem too

keen to kill. If I had carried on like that as a soldier I would have ended up in prison.

We had strict rules which we had to follow before we could open fire. Our police

only have to 'think' they are in danger before they can open fire. There are too many

unarmed people being shot dead by them - and they get away with it! I am not

being anti-police, as I know they have a very difficult job to do. But at the same time

you cannot have a situation where innocent civilians can be shot dead and no one is

prosecuted for it. They seem to behave more like a paramilitary force than anything.

I dare say you have noticed in your own force that the standards of discipline are not

what they were.

What would you like me to contribute to the magazine?

Best wishes,

Steve.

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Humour in Uniform

Received via Piet-Patu van Zyl

A Perfect Husband

Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cellular phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands-free speaker function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen. MAN: "Hello WOMAN: "Hi Honey, it's me. Are you at the club? MAN: "Yes WOMAN: "I'm at the shops now and found this beautiful leather coat. It's only £2,000. Is it OK if I buy it? MAN: "Sure, go ahead if you like it that much. WOMAN: "I also stopped by the Lexus dealership and saw the new models. I saw one I really liked. MAN: "How much? WOMAN: "£90,000. MAN: "OK, but for that price I want it with all the options. WOMAN: "Great! Oh, and one more thing. I was just talking to Janie and found out that the house I wanted last year is back on the market. They're asking £980,000. MAN: "Well, then go ahead and make an offer of £900,000.They'll probably take it. If not, we can go the extra eighty-thousand if it's what you really want. WOMAN: "OK. I'll see you later! I love you so much! MAN: "Bye! I love you, too. The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are staring at him in astonishment, mouths wide open. He turns and asks, "Anyone know whose phone this is?”

SA Revenue Service

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Cross Examnation (Martie Maartens)

Attorney: this myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? Witness: yes. Attorney: and in what ways does it affect your memory? Witness: I forget. Attorney: you forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot? __________________________________________ Attorney: now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? Witness: did you actually pass the bar exam? ________________________ ___________ Attorney: the youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he? Witness: he's twenty, much like your IQ. ___________________________________________ Attorney: were you present when your picture was taken? Witness: are you shitting me? _________________________________________ Attorney: so the date of conception (of the baby) was august 8th? Witness: yes. Attorney: and what were you doing at that time? Witness: getting laid. ____________________________________________ Attorney: she had three children, right? Witness: yes. Attorney: how many were boys? Witness: none. Attorney: were there any girls?

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Witness: your honour, i think i need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney? ____________________________________________ Attorney: how was your first marriage terminated? Witness: by death. Attorney: and by whose death was it terminated? Witness: take a guess. ____________________________________________ Attorney: can you describe the individual? Witness: he was about medium height and had a beard. Attorney: was this a male or a female? Witness: unless the circus was in town i'm going with male. _____________________________________ Attorney: is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? Witness: no, this is how I dress when I go to work. ______________________________________ Attorney: doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? Witness: all of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight. _________________________________________ Attorney: all your responses must be oral, ok? What school did you go to? Witness: oral. _________________________________________ Attorney: do you recall the time that you examined the body? Witness: the autopsy started around 8:30 p.m. Attorney: and mr. Denton was dead at the time? Witness: if not, he was by the time I finished. ____________________________________________ Attorney: are you qualified to give a urine sample? Witness: are you qualified to ask that question? ______________________________________ Attorney: doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? Witness: no. Attorney: did you check for blood pressure? Witness: no. Attorney: did you check for breathing? Witness: no. Attorney: so, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? Witness: no. Attorney: how can you be so sure, doctor? Witness: because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

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Attorney: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? Witness: yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law..

Sir, we are surrounded!

Indemity / Vrywaring

Die e-Nongqai bevat die uiteenlopende en diverse persoonlike menings van

verskillende korrespondente en die opsteller van e-Nongqai kan nie vir enige deel

van die inhoud daarvan in sy persoonlike hoedanigheid verantwoordelik gehou

word nie.

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The e-Nongqai contains various and sundry personal opinions of different

correspondents and the compiler of e-Nongqai cannot be held responsible for any of

their comments.

Enige advertensies of enige sake voortspruitend is tussen u en die ander party.

Next Edition / Volgende Uitgawe Next edition some time, Deo Volenti, during March 2013.

Conclusion / Slot

Thank you to all our correspondents.

Dankie aan almal wat gehelp het om hierdie uitgawe ’n sukses te maak!

Kontak besonderhede: “Hennie Heymans” <heymanshb@ gmail.com>, tel 012-329-

4229.

Greetings - Groete Salute! Saluut!

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