Category: Military History
MICHAEL COENRAAD BOTHA: MISSING SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE (SAAF) PILOT’S REMAINS FOUND IN KOREA
The remains of a South African Air Force pilot who died in Korea during 1953 has been located and positively been identified by using DNA.
Read MoreBOEK: AMPER MY MENSE (Dot Serfontein)
In her book “Amper my Mense” (Almost My People) the Afrikaans Author, Dot Serfontein, wrote that some views held by the Boers after the war about the police in the Free State was that former Tommies (British troops) were not welcome nor invited into their homes.
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Disinformation, Propaganda and Other Lies
Bertus Steenkamp, SADF, Disinformation and Propaganda, Misinformation Discrediting the SADF...
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NANCY THE SPRINGBOK the SA Scottish mascot during WW1
The story of Nancy the Springbok the antelope from the OFS in South Africa that became a famous military mascot during WW1 with the men of the SA Scottish
Read More1973: LETTERBOMBS | BRIEFBOMME
Tydens die 1970’s en 1980’s was briefbomme ‘n werklikheid en die SAP(V) se bomopruimingsafdeling het die SAW en NI ingelig van die jongste tegnieke. Hierdie dokumente kom uit ide SANW-argief.
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SA se (eens magtige) lugmag vier 105 jaar
Die SA Lugmag is 105 jaar oud. Petronel Fourie gee ‘n terugblik na die SA Lugmag se geskiedenis.
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Dr LD (NIëL) BARNARD – AN APPRECIATION
Appreciation of the contribution made by the late Dr Niël Barnard, former head of South Africa’s then National Intelligence Service, to the peaceful transition to a negotiated non-racial new constitution.
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Comrades Marathon honours Anglo-Boer War and Great War veterans
The oldest ultra-marathon in the World, the Comrades Marathon, founded by Sergeant Vic Clapham in 1921, will be run for the 98th time on June 8 this year.
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BRANDEWYN OP PARADE
Sebastiaan Jakobus Paulus van der Merwe vertel ‘n Brandewyn op Parade-storie aan Chris Botha.
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Dirk Kriel – the Impact of Parkinson’s Disease on My Life
Dirk Kriel, former member of 6 SA Infantry in Grahamstown tells a deeply personal story about his battle with Parkinson’s Disease
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