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Contents Wie is ons? / Who are we? ....................................................................................... 52

Administration .......................................................................................................... 63

Legalities .................................................................................................................. 63

Welcome / Welkom .................................................................................................. 63

Voorblad/ Frontpage................................................................................................. 74

Editorial: National Security History ........................................................................... 85

Kersfeeswense ....................................................................................................... 118

1838 Die Gelofte .................................................................................................. 1411

SAP-Kuiergroep: Maandelikse Braai .................................................................... 1512

Marius Morland – die gedwonge seremoniemeester ........................................ 1512

SAP-kollege-personeel en Adriaan Vlok ........................................................... 1613

Erkenning aan Boetie Strampe: Skietkuns: SAP Kollege ................................. 1714

Dawn Kellerman: Geskenk vir Peet Snyman .................................................... 1815

Soweto se Manne ............................................................................................. 1815

SAP-dissipline .................................................................................................. 1815

Noodleniging ..................................................................................................... 1815

UK Outpost: BSAP-elektroniese tydskrif .............................................................. 1916

Craig Stuart Brown ............................................................................................... 1916

Col JH Fuller [BSAP] & Sonja Dressel .............................................................. 1916

Brig LK Knox & Mrs LT Knox ............................................................................ 2017

SA Railways Police: Slagboom ......................................................................... 2219

South African Navy Ranks and Insignia: Part One Junior and Senior Ratings:

Captain (SAN) (Retd) Charles Ross ..................................................................... 2219

Plumstead Cemetery Cape Town: Captain (SAN) (Retd) Charles Ross .............. 2522

Dr Johan Burger: Shooting back: the crisis of police killings in South Africa .... 3027

Shooting back: the crisis of police killings in South Africa ................................. 3128

1989: Nasionale Vaandel: SA Polisie / National Colour: SA Police ...................... 3431

SAP Salariskoeverte / SAP Envelopes for Salary Advice..................................... 4037

Staan bymekaar, Dankie Span, Aanpasbaar & Diensgerig .............................. 4138

Service Delivery: Centurion: Pretoria ................................................................... 4643

Maj G Bestford, DSO: Peter Digby ....................................................................... 4744

Maj G Bestford, DSO: HBH .............................................................................. 4845

Retirement: Maj George Bestford, DSO ........................................................... 4946

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The SAP Royal Mounted Escort ....................................................................... 5047

UK Report: Peter Gillat ......................................................................................... 5148

SA Legion attends Festival of Remembrance ...................................................... 5148

SA Legion-UK attend Association Of Jewish Ex-Services (AJEX) parade 2015 .. 5350

SA Legion-UK 2015 AGM Chairman’s speech; Peter Dickens ............................. 5451

SAP Veteran: Peter Gillatt .................................................................................... 5855

Of Spies and Agterryers....... Jennifer Bosch ....................................................... 6057

‘n Bul van ‘n Miesies! ........................................................................................ 6158

A Dangerous job: Jennifer Bosch ..................................................................... 6158

San community: Chrissiesmeer: Jennifer Bosch .............................................. 6259

Art 49 Strafproseswet ........................................................................................... 6259

Nota aan dr Johan Burger ................................................................................ 6360

Nota ontvang van dr Burger .............................................................................. 6360

Dr Len Els – Militêre Regter en oud-PG ........................................................... 6461

Genl Johan van der Merwe ............................................................................... 6461

Wurstbude Hillbrow: Patrick Coetzee ................................................................... 6461

SA Constabulary Police Post / Polisiepos ......................................................... 6663

Polisie van Vergange se dae / Police of Days gone Past: Nico Moolman ............ 6764

ZARP Heidelberg 1891 .................................................................................... 6764

ZARP Johannesburg ........................................................................................ 6764

ZARP Pretoria .................................................................................................. 6865

Bokburg Zarps ...................................................................................................... 7168

Vrystaatse Polisie / Free State Police: OVSRDM: Nico Moolman .................... 7269

OVSRDM: Kommentaar deur HBH: OVSRDM ................................................. 7471

OVS Rijdende Dienstmacht : Bethlehem .......................................................... 7471

Konstabel J P Fourie en die Klaas-bende ............................................................ 7572

Die Mostert-moord: JP Fourie, OVSRDM [Bethlehem] ..................................... 7976

Graf: JP Fourie (1875 – 1963) Pretoria-Wes .................................................... 8178

Hensoppers & Joiners: Tyd heel alle wonde ..................................................... 8178

Voorlopige Naamlys: OVSRDM 1893 - 1900 .................................................... 8279

OVSRDM: GJ Joubert ...................................................................................... 8380

OVSRDM: Tylden ............................................................................................. 8481

Bloemfontein se Polisiediens in die Ou Dae ..................................................... 8582

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The Bomb: Anna-Mart Van Wyk ........................................................................... 8683

Anglo Boer War: The First Modern Total War? .................................................... 9188

Polisieperd: Trou tot die Dood / Police Horse: Until Death us Part ....................... 9289

Affiliation ceremony: SA Legion-UK Branch and 133 CAF London Cadet squad:

Graeme Scott ....................................................................................................... 9289

SA Legion-UK Branch & Army Cadet Force affiliation - Signing ceremony between

133 CAF and RBL South African Branch in Wandsworth: Graeme Scott ......... 9289

Of Bowler Hats & Brollies ................................................................................. 9693

Medalje & skets: No 22074 genl Johann Coetzee ................................................ 9794

Boek: Dr Danie Craven (Lt-kol UVM) ................................................................... 9895

Uiters Geheim: Buro vir Staatsveiligheid, die SAW en die SAP ........................... 9996

Repliek: SAW ................................................................................................. 10299

Uitkenning van Persone en kommentaar: HBH ............................................ 103100

Murder: Admiral Weston: Gillis van Schalkwyk ................................................ 105102

John Weston (pioneer aviator and motor caravanner) .................................. 105102

Det/Sgt Oscar Zungu: Investigation officer: Murder of Admiral Weston ........ 109106

Abraham (Apie) Marais: Ria Marais ................................................................. 112109

Stratkom/Komops: AP Stemmet ....................................................................... 113110

As Kleynhans: SAW ......................................................................................... 119116

Manskap Edna Mildenhall: UVM: Nico Moolman .......................................... 119116

Die rebelle van Slagtersnek (1815): Dr JC van der Walt .................................. 120117

Kantlyn aantekeninge ................................................................................... 123120

ABO Ceylon: Die Venters was Bulle: Nico Moolman .................................... 124121

SAP 75: Oos-Tvl: Meraai de Wet ..................................................................... 124121

SWA/N Samesprekings: Spesiale Diens te Sanbonani ................................ 131128

Virtuele Polisiemuseum en –argief ................................................................... 134131

Slot ................................................................................................................... 134131

Contact details / kontakbesonderhede ............................................................. 134131

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Your national security history magazine without malice.

U nasionale veiligheidsgeskiedenistydskrifsonder kwaadwilligheid. Om die verlede te bewaar sonder om in die verlede te leef.

To preserve the past without living the past.

Wie is ons? / Who are we? We are an informal group of police and defence veterans who would like to foster an interest in South Africa’s police, defence and national security history from 1652 with cut-off-date 1994; when the new South Africa came into being. We only tell and explain what we did; for we were the “on the spot” eyewitnesses! In fact we are the ones you saw on TV and in the news reels of the time following orders from parlia-ment. However we have to debate the incidents because our memory is fallible as we grow older. In the terms of the day "we earned the T-shirt and right to tell our stories for you to enjoy with malice towards none." We all can learn from the past.

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Administration We are mainly a “one-man-show”, so if we do not respond immediately to your email

– please send a reminder to heymanshb@gmail.com or phone Hennie Heymans at

012-329-4229. We are mainly “writers” and very bad “clerks” – history is such an all

absorbing subject; we have do much reading, research, scanning, liaison and other

tasks - so sometimes we tend to forget, however that’s one of the bonuses or plights

when we get old. We always have vacancies for volunteers, editorial contributors

and the like.

Please also visit: http://issuu.com/hennieheymans/docs/nongqai_vol_6_no_11 and

http://www.enongqaipublications.com/

Legalities This publication is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all developments in

policing/ national security or to cover all aspects of those referred to. Readers should

take legal and other advice before applying the information contained in this

publication to specific issues or transactions.

The eNongqai contains various and sundry personal opinions of different

correspondents and neither the compiler of eNongqai nor eNongqai will be held

responsible for any of their comments which is entirely their own and not necessarily

that of eNongqai or its publishers.

This is not a literary magazine, but a magazine by and for veterans of the SA Security Forces; we want to capture the words and moods as written by our former veterans.

Our languages are Afrikaans and English

Welcome / Welkom If you love South African National Security History this is the place for you! Welcome

indeed. This is not a literary magazine but rather a receptacle for history, old

stories, anecdotes, historical photographs, old and new military, naval and aero art

and humour. We are too young to interpret recent history; we leave the interpretation

of history to the learned people.

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Voorblad/ Frontpage

During the “good times” of 1941/42 - but before the Fall of Tobruk on 21 June 1942 - this card was issued by 1 SAP “Up North”. The Police Brigade did a good job – and Gen Schmidt surrendered to them. However “Fortress Tobruk” fell and for most policemen the war was over ... except for a few. Card: Nico Moolman

Let op die “ou” Afrikaans; sien “Middel Ooste” ipv Midde-Ooste & Kers Fees ipv Kersfees. Die SAP-kenteken is nog in Nederlands vgl “Zuid Afrikaanse Politie”.

The Battle of Gazala The Battle of Gazala (near modern town of Ayn al Ghazālah) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, around the port of Tobruk in Libya from 26 May to 21 June 1942. The combatants on the Axis side were the Panzerarmee Afrika (Colonel-General Erwin Rommel), consisting of German and Italian units and the Allied forces of the Eighth Army (Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie) under the supervision of the Commander-in-Chief Middle East, General Sir Claude Auchinleck. The Axis distracted the British with a decoy attack in the north and made the main attack round the southern flank of the Gazala position. The advance succeeded but the defence of the French garrison of Bir Hakeim at the southern end of the line left the Axis with a long and vulnerable supply route behind the British line. Rommel retired to the Cauldron, a defensive position backing onto the British minefields, forming a base in the midst of the British defences and created a route through to the Axis side to receive supplies. When the Eighth Army counter-attacked the operation was poorly co-ordinated and was defeated in detail, many tanks were lost and the Axis were able to regain the initiative. The British withdrew from the Gazala line and the Axis troops overran Tobruk in a day; the battle is considered the greatest victory of Rommel's career. Rommel exploited the success by pursuing the British into Egypt, denying them time to recover from the defeat. As both sides neared exhaustion, the Eighth Army managed to check the Axis advance at the First battle of El Alamein.1

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gazala

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SA 2nd Infantry Division Commanders The South African 2nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the army of the Union of South Africa during World War II. The Division was formed on 23 October 1940 and served in the Western Desert Campaign and was captured (save for one brigade) by German and Italian forces at Tobruk on 21 June 1942. The remaining brigade was re-allocated to the South African 1st Infantry Division.2

First From 23 Oct 1940: Major General IP de Villiers

Second From 26 Jul 1941: Brigadier FH Theron (acting)

Final From 5 Sep 1941: Major General IP de Villiers and from 14 May 1942: Major General HB Klopper

Vlnr / Fltr: Gen IP de Villiers, Brig FW Cooper (OC SAP Brigade) & Genl HB Klopper

Editorial: National Security History History is a fascinating subject, even more so: National Security History of country

like South Africa. The National Security History of a country is far more complex

than ordinary history or even military history or the political/diplomatic history.

The History of National Security is the history of optimization of all available

resources available to the people and the state in order to survive the threats real

and imagined. The vast important role of intelligence is vital in this study, because

intelligence is knowledge that leads to power. This form of history includes the use of

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(South_Africa)

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military who dealt with defence and the external threat, the national police who dealt

with the internal dimension of national security, the internal and foreign intelligence

gathering agencies who not only gather intelligence but create national threat

perceptions and perform counter-intelligence duties. They are the people who give

us in the interests of national security “early warnings”. The politicians have to take

cognisance of these important role players and their intelligence that is of vital

importance to the country. (A question that arises from our past: Did Mr FW de Klerk

speak to his chiefs of police and defence? Did he use intelligence interpreted by a

joint-intelligence body like the former Branch National Interpretation?3 Did he consult

the Chief of the SADF or the Commissioner of Police?)

The war economy, the preparation for war or defence, physiological aspects, the

intangibles like belief in God, the will to succeed and to defeat the enemy against all

odds, the use of propaganda, covert action and deterrence. The role of the atom

bomb; both as a diplomatic and military tool is important in this study, the use of

propaganda to various defined targets, and subterfuge and the use of the population

in Civil Defence.

History is a difficult subject because of our human emotions; we may describe it

objectively, subjectively or even use propaganda fed to us in the past. All emotions

come to play and are part of the “truth” as we perceive it. We may even undergo and

pass lie detector tests, but the national security history is so multi-dimensional and

may be best described as an accident of one or between two passenger trains. Each

passenger from each “compartment” tells the truth differently or has experienced the

accident in a unique way. Not all for e.g. would have heard the locomotives whistle,

others did not survive the accident. The passengers in front did not experience what

the passengers at the end of the train experienced. Their view was different or

obscured.

We as investigators have to sit down and reach consensus as to what happened i.e.

depending on our prejudices we decide what happened. Therefore it is crucial to

speak to various role-players in society and in the national. All truthful witnesses

have a crucial role to play in order to help and establish the truth as far as National

Security History is concerned!

To say the victor writes history is devoid of all truth! A hundred years after the Anglo

Boer War the world – including academicians are unaffected by jingoistic history –

today the bare facts count! A hundred years from now we as former members of the

South African Security Forces will be judged. I am sure we pass the “test”.

The National Security History of South Africa must also be viewed against our

culture, policies and previous history. There is also a duty on us to explain how we

perceived out past from 6th of April 1652 and to explain our culture, our fears and

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perceived threats. This is comparatively easy if we know our history and think

honestly about the past and how things developed.

The following dates in the calendar of the South African National Security History are

important:

6th of April 1652 up to 16th December 1961 has been well quite documented.

From the 16th December 1961 to the 2nd of February 1990 needs careful

study. The full picture has not been told.

From 2nd of February 1990 and from there on to 27 April 1994 also need

careful study. A lot of questions marks arise.

And from 27 April 1994 to the present date is a different kettle of fish. This

fortunately does not fall under the ambit of our study.

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Kersfeeswense Koot Swanepoel En dan is dit winter... Jy weet....tyd het 'n manier om vinnig te beweeg en dan vang hy jou onverwags met die verlede. Dit voel soos gister wat ek jonk was. Pas getroud en ontluikend in my nuwe lewe met my lewensmaat. Tog in 'n mate, lyk dit na jare gelede, en ek wonder waar al die jare heen is. Ek weet dat ek almal geleef het. Ek het glimpse van hoe dit daardie tyd was en van al my verwagtinge en drome. Maar, hier is dit …. die “winter” van my lewe en dit vang my onverhoeds .... hoe het ek so vinnig hier gekom? Waar is die jare heen en waar is my jeug heen? Ek onthou egter goed hoe ek ouer mense gesien het deur die jare, en gedink het hoe hierdie ou mense jare van my en daardie winter is, dat ek nie kon begryp of my indink hoe dit sal wees nie. Maar, hier is dit …. my vriende is op pensioen en word grys …. hulle beweeg stadiger en ek sien 'n ouer persoon nou. Sommige in 'n beter en ander in 'n slegter toestand as ek … maar, ek sien die groot verandering … Nie soos die wat ek onthou wat jonk en energiek was nie …. maar, soos ek, hulle ouderdom begin wys en ons is nou daardie ouer geslag wat ons gesien het, maar nooit gedink het ons sou wees nie. Nou elke dag, vind ek uit om net 'n stort te neem, is alleenlik 'n mylpaal vir die dag! En om 'n uiltjie te knip is nie meer 'n genietinkie nie …. dit is 'n mandaat! Nie uit my vrye wil nie …. val ek net aan die slaap waar ek sit! En so betree ek nou hierdie nuwe seisoen van my lewe onvoorbereid. Al die skete en pyne en die swakhede en die onvermoë om te gaan en dinge te doen wat ek wens ek gedoen het, maar nooit gedoen het nie!! Maar gelukkig weet ek alhoewel die winter gekom het, ek nie seker is hoe lank dit sal duur nie …. maar dit weet ek dat wanneer dit oor is op hierdie aarde … is dit oor. 'n Nuwe avontuur begin. Ja, ek is oor dinge spyt. Daar is dinge wat ek wens ek nooit gedoen het nie …. dinge wat ek moes gedoen het, maar inderdaad, daar is baie dinge wat ek bly is ek het gedoen. Dit alles in 'n leeftyd.

Kersboodskap: Dr Leon Wessels "Die Kersboodskap strek veel verder (en dieper) as "White Christmas" in die inkopie-sentrum. Mag die Kersboodskap van die Christusvrede (en vreugde) al die lesers in hierdie feestyd omvou. Wens julle net die beste." Leon & Tertia Wessels

Kersboodskap: Genl. JJ Geldenhuys

Mag julle Feesgety gevul wees met liefde, lag en saam wees en mag elke dag vir

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julle vreugde bring in die jaar wat voorlê. Beste wense, Genl en mev JJ Geldenhuys en gesin.

Kersboodskap: Genl. Johan van der Merwe Met die einde van nog 'n jaar in sig besef ons hoe die jare verbysnel. Die wysheid van Langenhoven se woorde “met die water wat verby is sal jou meule nooit weer maal” dring opnuut tot ons deur. Geleenthede wat verby is kom nie weer nie. Wat ons gedoen en wat ons gesê het staan onherroeplik vas. Oor die jare heen was Kersfees die tyd wat met vrede, vreugde en geluk vereen-selwig is. ‘n Tyd vir familiebyeenkomste en geleentheid om vriendskapsbande te verstewig. As oudlede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiemag het ons oor die jare ‘n samehorigheid en kameraadskapsgees gevestig, ‘n Esprit de Corps wat ook oudlede van die weermag en korrektiewe dienste wat saam met ons, ons land teen die rewolusionêre aanslag verdedig het, insluit. Dit is daarom vir my ‘n voorreg om aan alle oudlede van die polisiemag, die weermag en korrektiewedienste ‘n geseënde Kersfees toe te wens. Mag hulle hierdie Kersfees waarlik die vreugde en blydskap ervaar wat die Christuskind se geboorte gebring het. Mag ons Hemelse Vader ons in die nuwe jaar geloof en krag gee dat ons ondanks die donkerwolke oor ons land die toekoms met ons oë en verwagtinge op Hom gerig sal aandurf. Met die oog op Kersfees en al die seëninge wat ons die afgelope jaar geniet het, is dit paslik dat ons die Here loof en nie een van Sy weldade vergeet nie. Johan en Ans van der Merwe

Kersboodskap: Genl MCW Geldenhuys Geagte vriende en oud- kollegas. Die jaar 2015 was in talle opsigte wêreldwyd ‘n moeilike jaar. Op internasionale vlak was daar weer lafhartige terreurdade van terrorisme wat die lewens van onskuldige burgerlikes geëis het en optrede van verskillende lande tot gevolg gehad het. Daar was ook die rampspoed wat aardbewings en vloede in verskeie lande veroorsaak het, en wankelende ekonomieë ‘n land soos Griekeland tot bankrotskap gedryf het. Dan is daar die vlugtelingkrisis wat Europa soos ‘n vloedgolf getref het en steeds voortduur en wat die gevaar van die insypeling van terroriste kommerwekkend verhoog. Hier in ons eie land ervaar ons die gevolg van klimaatsverandering erger as ooit, met die voortslepende droogte en versengende hitte. Hiermee saam eis stakings en betogings wat gepaardgaan met die vandalistiese vernietiging van nie net staatseiendom nie maar ook die eiendom van individue hulle tol. Dit alles veroorsaak dat die ekonomie net verder verswak en ons nie net steier onder hoër voedselpryse

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nie maar ook moontlik in die komende jaar met voedsel- en water tekorte die mas sal moet probeer opkom. En intussen word ons boere steeds vermoor. ‘n Somber prentjie inderdaad, maar ons moet onthou dat daar altyd ‘n reënboog na die storm op die horison verskyn. En in die gees van hierdie tyd waar ons die geboorte van ons Verlosser en Saligmaker herdenk, moet ons ons hoop opnuut in Hom vestig en in geloof die uitdagings wat ‘n nuwe jaar bied, aanpak. Ons Suid-Afrikaners het immers met God se hulp al die gevare van ‘n groot trek, twee Anglo-Boereoorloë, ‘n runderpes, die Spaanse griep epidemie, die rebellie, die groot depressie en twee wêreldoorloë oorleef. As ons op ons knieë bly, sal dit met ons goedgaan. God seën u. Mike en Annatjie Geldenhuys

Gideon Serfontein

Die einde van die jaar lê voor die deur. Ek wil almal van u ‘n geseënde Kersfees en voorspoedige 2016 toewens. Baie dankie aan ‘n ieder en elk vir u volgehoue ondersteuning gedurende 2015 en wil ek graag van die geleentheid gebruik maak om u te verseker dat ek steeds in 2016 as Trustee van Polmed u beste belange op die Raad sal bevorder. As Polmed Trustee wil ek u graag die versekering gee dat die fonds volhoubaar is, dat die Trustees die belange van lede eerste stel, en besparing met verandering van Administateur na Medscheme ten volle aan lede deurgegee word. Daarom wil ek u weereens gerusstel dat Polmed volhoubaar is, die derde agtereenvolgende jaar aangewys is as die volhoubaarste geslote mediese fonds. Die RWPF se bates is tans 1,3 triljoen rand wat volgens ‘n beleggingsbeleid belê word en is die RWPF grootste belegger in die Johannesburg aandelemark. Graag wil ek u almal ‘n geseënde Christusfees en voorspoedige 2016 toewens en u verseker van my volgehoue ondersteuning.

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1838 Die Gelofte

Ons hou, DV, Geloftedag ‘n kort vlaghysingsdiens by “Rus en Vrede” waar die

Gelofte gelees gaan word gevolg deur ‘n stigtelike Voortrekker-“bring en

braai” – HBH.

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SAP-Kuiergroep: Maandelikse Braai

Marius Morland – die gedwonge seremoniemeester

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Marius Morland – die gedwonge seremoniemeester en “armdraaier”! Hy heet almal

welkom en sorg dat die manne hul beursies oopmaak – altyd vir ‘n goeie saak!

Namens al die dames en here, baie dankie vir u onbaatsugtige diens.

SAP-kollege-personeel en Adriaan Vlok

Vlnr: Oom Alwyn Lesch, Adriaan Vlok, Herr Goepel4 en Marius Morland.

Oudlede van ons alma mater en hul gades onder die skaduryke bome by “Rus en

Vrede” – links agter staan Kobie Kitson.

4 Sy magnommer is aan my bekend (43330) – ons was saam in die kollege – maar sy familienaam

kan ek nie spel nie - HBH

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Oom Alwyn, Dawn Kellerman, Oom Boetie Strampe en Herr Goepel.

Erkenning aan Boetie Strampe: Skietkuns: SAP Kollege

Na al die jare was dit so lekker om Boetie Strampe weer te sien. Vergun my ‘n kort

anekdote: Na jare as ‘n lapbaadjie word ek weer lid van die uniformtak en die

kwartiermeester reik my met ‘n 9 mm parabellum uit. Wat nou gemaak? As kolonel

ken alles van die Webley en die Smith & Wesson – maar hierdie “nine-mill”; ek ken

hom nie! Ek skakel die kollege se skietkuns afdeling en reël om op ‘n bepaalde dag

‘n spesiale kursus by skietkuns in die wapen te ondergaan. Maklik – geen stories

nie! My “instrukteur: is toe niemand as Boetie Strampe nie. In die stilligheid sonder

basuingeklank – mooi stil en rustig stel hy my toe aan my nuwe wapen voor. Dadelik

is daar ‘n hegte band tussen die wapen en ekself. Eers het ek die handeling van die

wapen onder die knie gekry, toe die praktiese skiet en Boetie het weer met my art 49

van die wet bespreek en weer ingeskerp wanneer en wanneer om nie te skiet nie.

Daarna het die instandhouding gevolg. Na al die jare weet ek nog presies hoe om te

skiet, wanneer om te skiet want dit is ‘n kuns (en ‘n wetenskap) om te skiet! Die

afdeling is nie verniet die skietkuns afdeling genoem nie! (Die woord “musketry”

beteken nie soveel soos skietkuns nie! Afrikaans is darem beskrywend.) Elke dag op

die Goudveld en in Soweto was die wapen my metgesel wat ek met vertroue gedra

het.

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Dawn Kellerman: Geskenk vir Peet Snyman

‘n Pragtige kunswerk is deur Dawn Kellerman gedoen en deur Danielle aan Peet

geskenk.

Soweto se Manne

Soweto se manne was ook daar: Genl Viktor (ASO & AK), Gideon Serfontein (KOD)

en Willie du Plessis (SB & DK-klerk). Gideon was so lank daar in Soweto, hy het met

beide gedien.

SAP-dissipline

Opvallend, na al die jare, is die ou polisiedissipline. Ons handhaaf geen range nie

maar slegs onderlinge dissipline en goeie maniere. Ons het besluit genl Viktor is die

enigste persoon met ‘n rang – die res is maar net: Gewone oudpolisiemanne.

Kollegas het vir HBH geroep toe mnr Vlok, genl Viktor en Gideon Serfontein (Polmed

& Pensioene) aangekom het. Dis mooi! Dankie wat dit betoon eerbied aan ons gaste

en aan uself.

Noodleniging

Ons leef maar in ongenaakbare tye. Die tyd toe ons toegang, in die algemeen gehad

het, tot ons “ou” ledefondse is verby! Verskillende ledefondse het vandag ander

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reëls wat streng toegepas word. Ons is nie ʼn weldadigheidsfonds nie, maar ons help

waar ons kan. Ook het ons, nie net ons vriende in nood bygestaan, maar het ons

ook ons fondse vir die Maleoskop-beeldefonds. Wat anders kan ons doen?

Dankie Marius Morland

UK Outpost: BSAP-elektroniese tydskrif Terry Schwartz verstrek die skakel na die BSAP se tydskrif waarop u kan klik:

http://www.bsap.org/pdfbin/UKOutpostIssue90Summer2015.pdf

Die arme oud-Rhodesiërs (veral die “oues van dae”) is, nadat Rhodesië in Zimbabwe

verander het, werklik in die finansiële knyp! Die oudlede van die BSAP help ook om

na hul oudlede om te sien. Ons moet nou al begin dink om ons eie oudlede by te

staan. Sommige oudlede het skeidingspakkette aanvaar en party het vandag slegs

die Polmed-voordele oor. Ons moet eenvoudig net help waar ons kan.

Craig Stuart Brown Sgt-Maj Craig Stuart Brown from the Eastern Cape stems from a police and military

family.

Col JH Fuller [BSAP] & Sonja Dressel

Craig Stuart Brown says: “Col JH Fuller Commissioner, BSAP, married to my

Grandpa Brown’s 1st Cousin. In the Second photo my friend, Ms Sonja Dressel and

myself. She was decorated with the SAP Medal for Combating Terrorism.”

Readers will remember that Sonja Dressel appeared on the front page of the Servamus after she was decorated. Their farm in the former SWA was attacked and she defended her family.

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Brig LK Knox & Mrs LT Knox

Craig Stuart Brown says: “Uncle Knox and Aunt Lorna”.

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Sgt-Maj Craig Stuart Brown also sent the following photographs of the old South

African Railways Police training at Slagboom under Ronnie Beyl – later a brigadier in

the SA Police.

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SA Railways Police: Slagboom

Brig Ronnie Beyl – in khaki - adressing the men on course

South African Navy Ranks and Insignia: Part One Junior and Senior

Ratings: Captain (SAN) (Retd) Charles Ross In our previous article we learnt that the South African Navy have its origin in the

Royal Navy. It is therefore not surprising that the South African Navy, like many other

Navies, adopted the Royal Navy rank structure. Over the years there have been

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minor changes to the rank insignia of South African Navy, but it has largely remained

in line with that of the Royal Navy.

The South African Navy have more uniforms than the other Arms of Service of the

South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and rank insignia are therefore

adapted to each of the these uniforms. Add to this that the South African Navy also

have various branches for which each have a unique insignia worn by Junior Rates

while there are also Warfare Type Affiliation badges for the various Flotillas,

Submarines, Mine Warfare, Surface Warfare and Combat Support Ships.

Qualification badges (commonly referred to as “Water Wings”) are worn by members

that are Bridge Watch Keeping qualified in Silver and in Gold for having or had

command at sea. There is also a Marine Officers badge. Medals are worn differently

to the other Arms of Service. All these will be addressed in a later articles.

Junior Rates Rank Insignia

The lowest rank in the South African Navy is that of a “Seaman” (Afrikaans “Seeman”). He or she is sometimes also referred to as “Sailors”. The Rank Insignia shown on the left is that worn on the service dress (non-seasonal). When wearing summer uniform, ie white, the words “SOUTH AFRICA” in blue will be worn on both arms 3 mm from the shoulder seam. On the winter uniform, ie black, it will also be worn on the sleeves 3 mm below the shoulder seam, but now the letters will be in gold. This ranks with Airman in the South African Air Force, Private or Rifleman in the South African Army.

The next rank is that of “Able Seaman” (Afrikaans “Bevare Seeman”). They are commonly referred to as “AB’s”. The Rank Insignia shown on the left is that worn on the service dress (non-seasonal). When wearing summer uniform, ie white, the rank insignia in blue is worn on the left arm with the bottom of the badge 125 mm from the shoulder seam. The words “SOUTH AFRICA” in blue on both arms 3 mm below the shoulder seam. The same configuration is applicable to the winter, ie black, uniform, except that the badge and letters will be in gold. This ranks with Lance Corporal in the South African Army.

The next rank is that of “Leading Seaman” (Afrikaans “Baas Seeman”). They are commonly referred to as a “Killick”. The Rank Insignia shown on the left is that worn on the service dress (non-seasonal). When wearing summer uniform, ie white, the rank insignia in blue is worn on the left arm with the bottom of the badge 125 mm from the shoulder seam. The words “SOUTH AFRICA” in blue on both arms 3 mm below the shoulder seam. The same configuration is applicable to the winter, ie black, uniform, except that the badge and letters will be in gold. This ranks with a Corporal in the South African Army.

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The next rank is that of a “Petty Officer” (Afrikaans “Bootsman”). They are commonly referred to as “PO”. The Rank Insignia shown on the left is that worn on the service dress (non-seasonal). When wearing summer uniform, ie white, the rank insignia in blue is worn on the left arm with the bottom of the badge 125 mm from the shoulder seam. The words “SOUTH AFRICA” in blue on both arms 3 mm below the shoulder seam. The same configuration is applicable to the winter, ie black, uniform, except that the badge and letters will be in gold. This ranks with a Sergeant in the South African Army.

Junior Rates Cape Badge

This badge is worn by all Seaman, Able Seaman, Leading Seaman and Petty Officers on all headgear, ie cap. Service cap and baseball cap.

Senior Rates Rank Insignia

The next Rank is that of a “Chief Petty Officer) (Afrikaans “Eerste Bootsman”). They are commonly referred to as a “Chief”. The Rank Insignia shown on the left is that worn on the service dress (non-seasonal). On both the summer and winter uniform the rank insignia is worn in black and gold on the lower sleeve 100 mm from the end of the sleeve. The words “SOUTH AFRICA” in blue are worn on both arms 3 mm below the shoulder seam on the summer, ie white, and in gold on the winter uniform, ie black. This ranks with a Staff Sergeant in the South African Army.

Senior Rates Cap Badge

This badge is worn by all Chief Petty Officers on all headgear, ie cap, service cap and baseball cap.

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This is a Chief Petty Officer (Left) and a Leading Seaman wearing ceremonial Winter uniform.

This two Able Seaman wearing ceremonial summer uniform. Note that all Seaman, Able seaman and Leading Seaman wear black shoes with summer unifom.

Plumstead Cemetery Cape Town: Captain (SAN) (Retd) Charles Ross The Plumstead Cemetery is an active civilian cemetery under the management of

the Cape Town Municipality. There are 242 Commonwealth war casualties, 145

from the First World War and 97 from the Second World War, buried in the cemetery.

The bulk is buried in the two Commonwealth plots and the rest in scattered graves.

Cape Town and the nearby Simon's Town was the scene of massive shipping

movements (including hospital ships) during both World Wars, and there were

military hospitals at Maitland and Wynberg.

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During the Second World War, naval and maritime air operations were conducted

from the area. In terms of an agreement titled Joint Air Training Scheme in South

Africa, Memorandum of Agreement signed on 23 June 1941 flying instruction would

be conducted at various Air Schools located across South Africa. At the Youngsfield

Aerodrome in the Wynberg area 65 (Air Armament) and 66 (Navigation and Bombing

Training) Air Schools were established for training {JOINT AIR TRAINING SCHEME

AND LOCATION OF WARTIME AIR SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AFRICA: 1939 – 1945

BY Colonel Graham CL du Toit MMM (SAAF Ret)}. The Fleet Air Arm was

established at the Wingfield Aerodrome.

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The following is a summary of the Commonwealth war casualties, as per the

Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Casualty Data Base, buried in the

cemetery:

First World War

20 from the South African Infantry, 18 from the 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own

Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), 10 from the South African Horse, 9 each from

the Army Service Corps, South African Service Corps, 6 from the Australian Infantry,

A.I.F., 5 each from the Cape Corps, Royal Engineers, Royal Garrison Artillery, Cape

Garrison Artillery, 4 each from the South African Military Nursing Service, 3 each

from the General and Base Depots, South African Medical Corps, 2 each from Cape

Auxiliary Horse Transport, Cape Coloured Labour Regiment, Cape Cycle Corps,

Returned Soldiers' Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, South African Heavy Artillery, South

African Mounted Brigade Scouts, South African Native Labour Corps, South African

Pay Corps, 1 each from the 1st King Edward's Horse, 3rd Infantry (Prince Alfred's

Guards), General List, Hampshire Regiment, King's African Rifles, Machine Gun

Corps (Infantry), Military Labour Corps, Northumberland Fusiliers, Rand Rifles,

Rhodesia Regiment, Royal Air Force, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army Pay

Corps, Royal Field Artillery, South African Engineers, South African Mounted

Engineers, South African Mounted Rifles, South African Ordnance Corps, South

African Pioneers, South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service, The King's

(Liverpool Regiment), The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, The Queen's (Royal

West Surrey Regiment), Yorkshire Regiment and ALIAS.

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Second World War

20 from the South African Air Force, 11 from the 1st Reserve Brigade, 8 from the Q

Service Corps, 6 each from the Essential Services Protection Corps, South African

Artillery, South African Engineer Corps, South African Naval Forces, 2 each from the

1st The Royal Dragoons, Cape Town Highlanders, Indian and Malay Corps, Royal

Air Force Volunteer Reserve, South African Corps of Military Police, South African

Corps of Signals, South African Medical Corps, South African Tank Corps, Women's

Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.), 1 each from the Australian Army Medical Corps, Cape

Corps, Field Force Battalion, New Zealand Army Service Corps, Rand Light Infantry,

Royal Air Force, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal

Australian Engineers, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Durban Light Infantry, Royal

Engineers, Royal Natal Carbineers, South African Coast Defence Corps, South

African Staff Corps, Technical Service Corps.

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On 28 March 1941 Rear Admiral Guy Hallifax (first Director of Seaward Defence

Force) was returning from a staff visit to Walvis Bay when a South African Airways

Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar, Registration ZS-AST en-route to Cape Town, flew into the

high ground near Elands Bay in dense fog. All on board were killed which include

three civilians. They are all buried in a mass grave in the cemetery which is cared for

by the Commission.

Also in the Commission’s care in the cemetery are the graves of two German

soldiers from the First World War one being killed at the Battle of Trekkopje on 26

April 1915.

Also buried in the cemetery are Major General Sir Henry Lukin KCB CMG DSO who

commanded a South African formation during the German South West African

Campaign (1914 – 1915), and later commanded the 1st South African Infantry

Brigade as part of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force in Egypt (1916)

and later at the famous Battle of Delville Wood in France. General Lukin later

commanded the 9th Scottish Brigade during the Battle of Arras and the Third Battle of

Ypres. As his grave is adjacent to the Commonwealth plot the grave is maintained.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert George Scott VC is also buried in the cemetery. He was

awarded his Victoria Cross for an action during the Basutoland on 08 April 1879 as a

member of the Cape Mounted Rifles.

Also in the Commission's care within the cemetery are three war graves of other

nationalities, and the graves of three civilian building contractors, buried in a

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communal grave with service personnel, who were killed in an aircraft crash at

Elandsfontein whilst inspecting sites for fortification.

Location Information Plumstead is a suburb of Cape Town 15 kilometres to the south of the city. The cemetery is situated on Victoria Road which leads from the centre of Plumstead to Grassy Park. From the cemetery entrance follow the road to the Cross of Sacrifice and turn right immediately beyond the Cross. The 1914-1918 Commonwealth war graves plot is on the right with the 1939-1945 plot a little further on the left. The majority of the graves are in these plots with the rest scattered thoughout the cemetery. Visiting Information Consult the Secretary, CWGC South African Agency or the Cemetery Office about the position of the scattered graves. Historical Information Cape Town and the nearby Simon's Town were the scene of massive shipping movements (including hospital ships) during both World Wars, and there were military hospitals at Maitland and Wynberg. During the Second World War, naval and maritime air operations were conducted from the area. Instruction under the Empire Air Training scheme was conducted at 65 and 66 Air School at Youngsfield Aerodrome in the Wynberg area, and the Fleet Air Arm was established at the Wingfield Aerodrome. Cape Town (Plumstead) Cemetery contains 145 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 97 from the Second World War. Also in the Commission's care within the cemetery are three war graves of other nationalities, and the graves of three civilian building contractors, buried in a communal grave with service personnel, who were killed in an aircraft crash at Elandsfontein whilst inspecting sites for fortification.

Dr Johan Burger: Shooting back: the crisis of police killings in South Africa

Dankie Hennie Ek kry nogal gereeld die reaksie. Wens net die wat so reageer kan hulle alternatiewe feite (nie aannames nie) op die tafel plaas. Nog iets: Dit is in nuusbulletins van PretoriaFM gerapporteer na aanleiding van ’n onderhoud met my, maar ek het gesê ‘roof’ is die hoofmotief, nie diefstal nie. Soos jy weet is daar darem ’n redelike verskil tussen roof en diefstal. Die persoon by PretoriaFm wat die nuusbulletin saamgestel het verstaan duidelik nie die verskil nie. Terloops, hier is ’n kort artikel (ISS Today) wat ek oor polisiemoorde en moorde deur polisie geskryf het. Jy is welkom om dit te gebruik en verder te versprei. Groete Johan Dr Johan Burger

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Senior Researcher Governance, Crime and Justice Division

Shooting back: the crisis of police killings in South Africa

https://www.issafrica.org/iss-today/shooting-back-the-crisis-of-police-killings-in-

south-africa

ISS Today: Shooting back: the crisis of police killings in South Africa

25 November 2015

At the end of October, South Africans were shocked by the reported execution-style

killing of an injured robbery suspect in Krugersdorp. The aftermath of the incident

took a worrying turn, however, as it sparked much vocal and public support for extra-

judicial killings by police officers.

Initially, the public largely condemned the actions of the police officers involved, who

were subsequently arrested and criminally charged with murder.

Those in support of the officers, however, managed to swing the debate to focus on

the high level of police killings and police members’ right to defend themselves.

The discussion has become clouded by inaccurate assertions regarding what

actually happened in Krugersdorp. This has been compounded by emotionally

charged statements released by colleagues of the charged officers, some members

of unions and members of the public.

According to media reports, on Monday 19 October, 32-year-old Khulekani Mpanza

was allegedly involved in an attempted armed robbery when he, along with a

suspected accomplice, were confronted by the police. One of the two suspects fired

a number of shots at the police, before the accomplice managed to escape.

“Police murders cannot be used to condone extra-judicial killings”

Mpanza, who still carried a pistol, also attempted to escape by running down a street

into a residential area. CCTV footage shows four police officials in two patrol vans in

hot pursuit, firing at Mpanza and eventually hitting him, causing him to fall and lose

his firearm.

One of the police officials then kicks Mpanza while his colleague, a young constable,

fires another bullet at close range. At this stage, and in spite of having been shot at

least twice, Mpanza still appears to be alive.

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A few moments later, the constable returns to Mpanza and takes deliberate aim

before shooting him once more; this time in the head, in what appears to be the fatal

shot.

There are obvious questions about the lawfulness of the police’s actions after

Mpanza was shot the first time, fell and, according to the video footage, was

incapacitated. Clearly he no longer posed a threat to the police or anybody else. The

use of force in the process of carrying out an arrest is provided for by Section 49 of

the Criminal Procedure Act (No 51 of 1977 as amended).

Sub-section 2 is at the heart of this debate. It stipulates that if a suspect resists the

attempt at arrest and flees, ‘the arrestor may … use such force as may be

reasonably necessary and proportional in the circumstances to overcome the

resistance or to prevent the suspect from fleeing.’

“Extra-judicial policing in SA will only result in unnecessary deaths.”

It further clearly stipulates that the arrestor ‘may use deadly force only if (a) the

suspect poses a threat of serious violence to the arrestor or any other person; or (b)

the suspect is suspected on reasonable grounds of having committed a crime

involving the infliction or threatened infliction of serious bodily harm and there are no

other reasonable means of effecting the arrest, whether at that time or later’

(emphasis added).

From this provision, two things are immediately clear. First, while Mpanza was still

on the run and with a proven willingness to use his firearm, he clearly posed a threat

of ‘serious violence’ to the police and others, justifying the use of deadly force by the

police at that time. However, when he fell to the ground and lost his firearm, Mpanza

stopped being a threat and no longer appeared capable of fleeing.

Consequently, the legal justification for the use of force also fell away. The

subsequent actions of the police after Mpanza was incapacitated – the kicking and

shooting – were unlawful and therefore constitutes the criminal offences of assault

and murder.

In a live discussion on a South African radio station a few days after the incident, an

unnamed police official called in and, among other things, criticised those who

argued that the police’s actions were unlawful. He asked what the police were

supposed to do when criminals are shooting at them.

The answer is clear and provided for in South African law. When someone shoots at

a police officer, that officer and his or her colleagues are fully entitled to shoot back,

so as to defend themselves. In fact, there is nothing in Section 49 that requires the

police to wait until they are being shot at first. This section makes it clear that when

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there is a ‘threat of serious violence’ and if ‘there are no other reasonable means’;

the police would be within their rights to shoot first. Of course, the basic requirement

will always be that their actions are ‘reasonably necessary and proportional in the

circumstances’.

“As South Africa’s murder rate increased, so too did the killings of police officials.”

Indeed, calls by colleagues, unions and others that more must be done to protect our

police, must be supported. However, extra-judicial killings by the police cannot be

condoned – whether tacitly or openly – because police members are being attacked

and killed by criminals. Acting outside of the law makes the police no different from

the criminals from whom they are supposed to protect society.

If South African police officers take this route, we may lead the country to a situation

similar to that in El Salvador, where groups such as the Sombra Negra (Black

Shadow) have emerged.

Comprised of police and military staff, this vigilante group claims to kill people

because the police are unable to enforce the law. But there are increasing

indications that Sombra Negra is also involved in political killings and in many ways

behaves no different to a criminal gang that has captured state power.

The problem of police killings in South Africa is not the result of inadequate

protection by our laws. Rather, substantial increases in violent crimes, such as

armed robberies have resulted in higher murder rates; not only of the police, but of

all people in South Africa. For example, ‘armed’ robbery increased by 28% in the last

three years. The long-term trend in police killings has been largely positive as the

numbers of police officers killed, decreased by 71% from 265 deaths in 1994 to a

total of 77 in 2013. However, as we have seen the overall murder rate increase, so

too have the killings of police officials.

The solution, therefore, is not in supporting extra-judicial policing, which will only

result in unnecessary deaths and reduce the safety of both the police and the public.

The only solution for improving everyone’s safety is to support efforts aimed at

reducing violent crime within the law and in professionalising our police. Fortunately,

recent steps taken by the Minister of Police Nathi Nhleko and the Parliamentary

Portfolio Committee on Police to fix police leadership and promote professionalism

are examples of such efforts.

Johan Burger, Senior Researcher, Governance, Crime and Justice Division,

ISS, Pretoria

Art 49 van die strafproseswet is te ingewikkeld vir die lid van die publiek en die straatpolisieman!

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Good law is never difficult to understand! - HBH

1989: Nasionale Vaandel: SA Polisie / National Colour: SA Police

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SAP Salariskoeverte / SAP Envelopes for Salary Advice

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Staan bymekaar, Dankie Span, Aanpasbaar & Diensgerig

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Service Delivery: Centurion: Pretoria

Mediaverklaring

ONDERWERP : Probleme by Lisensiekantore vlam weer op

UITGEREIK DEUR : Philip van Staden

HOEDANIGHEID : VF Plus LPW: Gauteng Wetgewer DATUM : 27 November 2015

Die publiek het weereens die probleme wat by lisensiekantore in Centurion begin opvlam het, onder die aandag van die VF Plus gebring. Dit volg nadat daar vandag weer klagtes ingestroom het dat lede van die publiek vanoggend drie ure lank in lang toue moes spandeer het om 'n afspraak vir 'n bestuurderslisensie te maak.

Die klaer was 07:37 in die tou gewees en was eers by 10:35 by die betaalpunt gewees.

Die VF Plus het vroeër vanjaar die Gautengse Departement van Vervoer voor stok gekry nadat die publiek erg gefrustreerd was oor dieselfde kantoor in Pretoria en groot media aanhang geniet het. Dienslewering het na die departement se ingryping drasties verbeter maar skaars nege maande later duik die probleme maar net weer op.

Die VF Plus se LPW in Gauteng, mnr Philip van Staden, het vandag tydens 'n sitting van die Paaie en Vervoerkomitee in Gauteng, die betrokke departement weer voor stok gekry oor die klagtes wat vanoggend by die VF Plus aangemeld is. Van Staden het aan die departement genoem dat hierdie soort van klagtes onaanvaarbaar is en ingryping moet vandag nog gedoen word om weer 'n katastrofe te vermy.

"Om drie ure in 'n tou te staan net om 'n afspraak te maak vir 'n bestuurderslisensietoets is onaanvaarbaar. Daadwerklike ingryping deur die Gautengse Departement van Vervoer is uiters noodsaaklik. Amptenare moet gemonitor word en die publiek moet vinnig en blitsig gehelp word. Indien dit nie kan gebeur nie moet amptenare aangestel word wat wel die werk kan doen".

Die VF Plus sal aanhou om die situasie regoor die hele Gauteng te monitor. Die Departement het in die komitee onderneem om dadelik aandag aan die probleem te skenk.

Philip van Staden: VF Plus LPW Gauteng

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Maj G Bestford, DSO: Peter Digby

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Maj G Bestford, DSO: HBH

Left: The Nongqai 1938-12 & Right: The Nongqai 1947-05

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Retirement: Maj George Bestford, DSO

CO SAP Depot / College 11:07:1945 – 29:02:1948

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The Nongqai October 1952 1082

The SAP Royal Mounted Escort

The Nongqai 1947-06-768.

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Where are they now?

UK Report: Peter Gillat Good morning Hennie It has been quite a while since I sent you some info for the magazine, which I am very happy to see is up & going again after a few months “break”. Every edition gets shared across the SA Legion groups as well as the “ex-SAP in UK” Group that I run over here & they get a significant number of views. With the gap in the publication I have become a bit slack in sending through news from the UK & need to step up again & get some information through to you. There were a few notable events around the SA Legion-UK activities in the last month of so & I’ll get these through to you ASAP. I’ll send each item in its own email and with 2016/ 2017 being big years over in UK wrt WW1 I should be able to send through a fair amount of info in the months to come. Best Regards Peter

SA Legion attends Festival of Remembrance Part of the annual remembrance events in the UK is the Festival of Remembrance. This event is organised by the Royal British Legion & held at the Royal Albert Hall on the evening before Remembrance Sunday. Each year the Head of State attends along with a variety of other Royal family members & dignitaries. The ceremony has been televised each year by the BBC since 1946 and is the longest-running live televised annual event in the world. When first shown in 1937 it was only the second live outside event to ever be broadcast. The lead up to the event consists of a number of rehearsals over two days leading up to a final dress rehearsal on the Saturday morning and then two shows on the Saturday afternoon & in the evening which is attended by the Royal family. The event consists of a number of displays by the various military organisations, performances by select musical artists (Rod Stewart & Pixie Lott) and special stories of remembrance. A large component of the event is the entrance & presentation of the Royal British Legion Branch Standards to the Queen.

The 2015 Festival of Remembrance was particularly special for South Africans as it was the first time ever that a Standard related to South Africa was in attendance. This year The Royal British Legion-South African Branch Standard was carried at the event. Branch Standard Bearer- Peter Gillatt (SA Police Veteran) was honoured to perform this duty, also marking this as the first time that a veteran member of the SA Police has taken part in the event which offered a fantastic opportunity to discuss & share with others present some details about the past conflicts that SA as been involved in stretching back from Boer War days, through 2 World Wars, Korea, the

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SA Border conflict, and the internal issues faced in townships etc. that many people were not aware of. This once again highlights the unique position that the SA Legion-UK has in the UK to ensure that South Africa's military heritage is not forgotten. We will remember them!

1 Peter Gillatt, ex-SAP, as Standard Bearer

2 Standards presented to the Queen

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SA Legion-UK attend Association Of Jewish Ex-Services (AJEX) parade

2015 Another special event the SA Legion-UK was invited to attend this year was the annual AJEX parade. This event takes place each year the week after Remembrance Day. This year was a particularly sobering event, with it taking place just 1 day after the bombing & attacks in Paris. Obviously security was in a state of maximum alertness and thanks to the significant presence of the British forces the day went off without any issues. This year the South African Legion marked another first by bringing its standard and laying a wreath at the annual AJEX - Association of Jewish Ex Servicemen parade in London on the 15 November 2015.

The Legionnaires from the South African Legion England branch who went on parade showed real "chutzpah" given the security situation in London caused by events in France - and we must thank Theo Fernandes and Peter Gillatt for Standard Bearing, Stuart Robertson for laying the South African Legion wreath, Peter Dickens and Simon McIlwaine (who also attended in his capacity as an officer in Countess Mountbatten's own Legion of Frontiersmen).

Also to thank are the family members who took up the role of support and photography - Karen Dickens, Shauna Fernandes and Venecia Gillatt."Mazel tov" to all of you.

2,000 Jewish ex-servicemen and women, accompanied by various veterans associations - including the South African Legion - gathered at the Cenotaph in Whitehall for the annual AJEX Remembrance Ceremony and Parade.

This year marks several significant anniversaries, including the centenary of Gallipoli and the formation of the Zion Mule Corps, the first all-Jewish military formation since the biblical days of Josephus; the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the 70th anniversaries of both VE Day and VJ day, marking the end of the Second World War hostilities.

In this special year of commemoration the Reviewing Officer for the parade was one of the UK’s most senior officers, Field Marshall the Lord Guthrie who has accepted the invitation of AJEX President, Vice Admiral Lord Sterling to take the salute. Veterans from throughout the UK, the Commonwealth, Israel, the USA and France made a special journey to pay their respects.

For the first time in recent history the parade was commanded by a serving officer, Lieutenant Colonel Simon Soskin. A Grenadier Guardsman, Colonel Soskin was until recently the Brigade Major of the Household Division. He featured regular in the press and TV escorting the Royal party on ceremonial occasions. The Act of Remembrance was led by the Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, accompanied by Rabbi

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Reuben Livingstone of the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, the Jewish Chaplain to HM Forces and Rabbi Harry Jacobi.

1 Legionnaires Theo Fernandes & Peter Gillatt carrying the SAL-UK & RBL-SA Standards 2. Royal British Legion- South African Branch Standard

SA Legion-UK 2015 AGM Chairman’s speech; Peter Dickens

This year following the very successful Remembrance Parade in London, the members of the SA Legion-UK gathered together in a room at a local pub to hold the Annual General Meeting. 2015 was certainly a year with what could be referred to as “some spice” as far as happenings were concerned, yet through it all the focus remains on growing the branch, preserving the SA military history and working towards a position of strength to be able to support our Veterans. As part of the AGM, the Chairman, Peter Dickens, delivered the following speech.

“Ladies and Gentlemen thank you for assembling for our Annual General Meeting.

What a benchmark year 2015 has been. A quick look back through the year is quite

telling and the scope of work quite staggering for what is in essence a still a very

young branch.

As “Wins” go – there were quite a few:

In February we initiated the very first SS Mendi parade in the Netherlandsto

remember the victims of the Mendi buried at Noordwijk. This was arranged by our

PRO and Chairman in Europe Lgr Andrew Bergman, and a stunning first attempt it

was too, soundly supported and executed on an exemplary level.

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Andrew is working on the second SS Mendi parade for 2016 and I strongly urge all

members to make the effort, take the ferry to join him, it’s an excellent weekend

away.

We also led and conducted a parade in Portsmouth with the High Commissioner of

the South African embassy, which although been challenged with a weekday and an

awkward time, we still managed to put on a good show for Embassy VIP’s, Defence

attaches and media.

In March, we were present again at The Commonwealth Day parade at the Memorial

Gates, helping our relationship with the Soldiers Charity and the Commonwealth

fraternity.

In May, we held the highly successful Standard Dedication ceremony

andItaly Commemoration parade at the “Springbok” Cenotaph in Richmond. I cannot

even begin to express my extreme thanks and pleasure at what we managed to do

for this, by far the biggest event we have managed to put together. This list of

participants and thanks far exceeds the time of this address – but suffice it to say

“Bravo Zulu” too many Legionnaires would be an understatement. The outcome – a

Beautiful and fully dedicated Standard and loads of goodwill from a number of

organizations – we had – at last - as they say “come of age”.

Working closer with The Royal British Legion Riders in May, we had a strong

presence at their Ace Café commemoration and were central to the attractions on

offer – strategically placed next to the SADF Buffel. We helped with their Poppy

Appeal raising funds as well as securing prizes for their raffle.

Armed Forces day in June further solidified our friendship with The Royal Naval

Association and saw the RBL South African Branch standard on parade on the first

time.

This was followed by a highly successful Legion pilgrimage to commemorate

the Delville Wood battle in France – getting bigger and better we took a greater

command and role in the veteran contingent on parade. We also earned substantial

accolade from the dignitaries and organisers for taking care of their VIP invite -

Rose McTavish - whose Grandfather was the Colour Sergeant on the Mendi and is

now commemorated at Delville Wood.

In the summer season we took a new twist on the Royal British Legion’s “summer

picnics” but doing it South African Style and having a “Braai” instead – rigging up a

presence for purposes of recruitment and awareness at The South Africa Day in

Basingstoke and the “Vetkoek and Vleis” Day in Newbury.

Legionnaire’s depth of generosity was on show when Sean Renard secured

Peter McAleese's SADF “slangvel” smock and we as Legion arranged for it to be

handed back to him at the book signing and announcement of his second book

“beyond no mean soldier’. To see a priceless smock returned to a veteran lit up the

room, a true treasure. The motto “Not for Ourselves, but for Others” in true flight.

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Lgr Peter Gillatt and I had the privilege of attending the unveiling of the Rhodesian

African Rifles memorial at the National Arboretum. Deeply proud of Peter as this

event drew the SA Legion very closely to the Rhodesian veterans’ fraternity in

the United Kingdom and this relationship is growing closer every day.

In the lead up to this parade, we managed to secure our first Youth organization as a

branch thanks to the hard work of Lt Cassandra Shaw, and we are now proudly

associated to the 133 Cadet Army Force. This milestone cannot be underestimated

as it’s a significant first – both for the Royal British Legion National Branches and the

South African Branch.

Another all-time first on the Royal British Legion South African Branch front – the

branch was given it’s tickets for The Festival of Remembrance yesterday attended

by Tom and Ellen Mason on behalf of the branch – but the true highlight was to

see Peter Gillatt carry the Royal British Legion South African branch Standard into

the auditorium for the first time – that indeed was historic.

Our relationship with the Royal Hospital continues to get healthier and by their

invitation we were able to attend their famous Founders Day parade and The

Opening of the Garden of Remembrance earlier this week.

Despite setbacks on the branch’s membership numbers in March, where a small

number of our members were inappropriately and actively targeted and eventually

wooed to join another veteran organization – the South African branch was quickly

able to recover the loss. So much so we are even able to declare a positive

membership growth at year end.

This growth and positive striving can easily be seen in today’s parade past the

Cenotaph – we had more members on parade this year than we had last year, more

participation by members’ families than last year and more enthusiasm, purpose and

direction in the branch management.

So how does the way forward in 2016 look?

Happy to report that due to strong measures taken in the first quarter, our social

media is now as robust as ever, it’s growing and we now have a very healthy and

informative on-line community.

The ever changing beast that is on-line media and how we communicate and keep in

touch with one another is quite something to stay on top of Lgr Cameron Kinnear is

working hard behind the scenes to deliver bigger and better things in the new

year as the branch keeps apace – look out for a more consolidated Legion digital

platform in the works.

As I said last year - our future in the UK does not lie in our ability to draft South

Africans veterans off Facebook who have an axe to grind. Our future lies in the way

we open ourselves up to the communities in which we operate – it lies in how we

make ourselves attractive to those communities and stakeholders.

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This is why we are been very successful in bringing members’ families into what we

do. The Legion is not a “drinking club” – that image is about as far away from our

vision and mission as you can get. We want our wives and children involved; we

want youth programs, community programs and family activities.

Last year I spoke of the “nugget” feeling that all of the veterans taking part in the

Cenotaph parade would feel, and those here today will know exactly what I mean.

When I first came to the UK there no South African representation at the Cenotaph

and there was substantial resistance to get us there. We have through careful

management finally got there.

My sole mission was to get South Africans onto that parade to help them understand

what pride in service actually means. When we march past the Cenotaph we are

marching down a road our forefathers took into battle – tens of thousands of South

Africans paved this specific road for us in their blood. We are the carriers of that

torch – we as ex-servicemen carry that privilege – that is our honour – this is our

“Pride”.

Our future lies in our on-going recognition and acceptance by the veteran and the

armed forces communities in the UK. Being Legion in the UK gives us the passport

to do this – let’s face it the Legion is the Big Daddy here – and what we do with that

passport is critical.

Keep the eye on the prize, and actively seek out your local RBL branches and clubs

– make your unique mark as South African veterans within those clubs. Not

everything happens in London – we must “move out” to South African veterans all

over the country and provide our service to them. We need to find RBL clubs in

which to regularly meet others in our area and get stuck in raising money doing

Poppy Appeal activities with the branches in question.

It’s this way that we will be accepted and it’s this way that we will attract South

African veterans in the UK to join us – to impart the knowledge that they too – as

veterans – can participate in community activities, whereas in the past they’ve stood

aside wondering if they were entitled to join in. Well now they can.

We have to create the right bedrock for these future members to join too, not all

South African expatriates in the UK are interested in re-living the past, many

veterans have put the whole military thing way behind them. What will attract these

people is the noble cause of been part of the Legion, of been part of a fun

community of like-minded fellow South Africans with a positive outlook.

We also need to continue to bring in the South Africans who have served in the

British Armed Forces into our branch. These men and women are the future, they

are the people who will carry this branch forward, they will give us the right credibility

to stand in the place so rightfully deserved for South Africans and ultimately we need

to build this foundation. They are the future “beneficiaries” of the branch who can

actually benefit financially from been part of the branch and The Royal British

Legion. Let’s get these people “in”.

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To wrap up, we’re looking good, we’re growing, we’re expanding and our reputation

in the UK is going from strength to strength – we are now a fully-fledged part of the

British Veteran Community– and there are a lot of eyes on us as the newcomers to

the block. We’ve withstood the challenges to emerge fully ordained, and we’ll stand

proud in our mission, proud in our identity and proud in our achievement.”

(by Peter Dickens) For a young branch of the SA-Legion, whose members are far from their land of birth & the country in which they served this is a branch that is actively “out there & doing stuff” rather than just spending time behind the keyboard as so often happens these days. I am confident that 2016 will be another positive year for the branch and that our message will be heard extensively. I have included some photos from the Remembrance Parade on 8 Nov 2015. (Peter Gillatt)

SAP Veteran: Peter Gillatt Hi Hennie. Attached a few pics of yours truly as a Standard Bearer for SA Legion-UK and Royal British Legion-South African Branch. Also attached one from an event that I take part in to raise money for the Para’s Charity here in the UK and one of me teaching kids about snakes at a country show. Wildlife & snakes in particular have always been a passion. I was in college in 1987 first intake. Unfortunately I cannot remember platoon numbers or Sgt’s name. Force number W422183H. Lt Smit was Company Commander and of course Patrolie Nel was the “main man”. I was stationed at Protea, Soweto under Lt Halgryn & Sgt Wessie v/d West-huisen following college and then transferred to Hillbrow where I completed my 4 year stint mostly under Station Commander Col Hennie de Witt. Most of my duration there I worked on missing / stolen firearm – competence to posses arm, firearm licence applications & as Clerk of the Station Commander along with WO Johan Theron known for his SAP Rugby club involvement. Best regards Peter

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1 SA Legion Remembrance Parade Common Wealth Memorial London, 2 SA Legion-UK Standard Bearer Peter Gillatt

3 Royal British Legion- South Africa Branch Standard Bearer at South African Cenotaph Richmond London

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4 Taking part in Paras 10 mile charity run. 5 Teaching kids about snakes.

Of Spies and Agterryers....... Jennifer Bosch [Jennifer Bosch The Anglo-Boer War (The South African War) - 1899 - 1902]

Forewarned by a kind of second sight, De Wet had made another wonderful escape near Bothaville, just south of the Vaal River. A Hottentot had come to him, asking for work as an "agterryer" or groom for the horses. "Good", said Oom Krisjan, "I'm busy now, but I shall see you about this later."

In bed that night, in the homestead of a neighbouring farmer, he suddenly felt uncomfortable and called his own servant. "Where is that Hottentot?" he demanded. "Baas", said the man, "he has gone to fetch his things, to go with the baas."

Leaping out of bed, Christiaan roared out: "Upsaddle, everybody!" and within an hour the whole camp had been shifted miles across the veld. Before dawn a force of 200 English swooped down upon the homestead. They came too late.

Extracts from: GENERAL DE WET A Biography By Eric Rosenthal https://ia700406.us.archive.org/…/Gener…/DeWet-Rosenthal.pdf

Africans who had spied for the Boers, captured by the British near Standerton

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Boere & agterryers

‘n Bul van ‘n Miesies!

Soos die agterryer wat die Skot wou uitskud in die ABO na 'n doodskoot...Terug by

sy pos sê hy toe..."Oubaas jy het gaskiet hom die bul van 'n miesies..!! – Nico

Moolman

A Dangerous job: Jennifer Bosch

Sambok was the agterryer for one N J Pretorius, who fought in a commando in the Standerton district. One day, near Waterval, their commando ran into a large group of British soldiers. The British started firing at them and the Boers jumped out of their wagons and ran away, firing at the British as they retreated. But as they were getting away N J Pretorius realised that Sambok was still in one of the wagons, and was therefore in danger of falling into British hands. Pretorius ran back to rescue him. But the British soldiers were shooting furiously at the wagon in which Sambok was hiding. Pretorius shot one of the British officers as he ran for the wagon, and when he got to Sambok ordered him to escape on the fallen officer’s horse. Sambok jumped onto the horse, but as he and Pretorius were escaping another agterryer, called Delmas, jumped onto the saddle behind Pretorius. This slowed Pretorius’s horse down, and they were in danger of being caught by the British. So Pretorius ordered Sambok to get off his horse, give it to Delmas, and hide in the tall grass. He would be fetched once the British were gone. But the British found Sambok hiding in the grass. Sambok was captured and was brutally interrogated; the British demanded that he tell them who had killed their officer. But Sambok refused to tell them.

For this, he was tied to a wagon wheel and flogged with a whip. During the period of torture he was given only rice water for nourishment. Still he refused to speak or

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provide any information that could benefit the British. Eventually, he was threatened with death if it turned out that he in fact had the information, but he kept his peace and in doing so probably saved Pretorius’s life. Sambok escaped, and rejoined his commando, but was never the same again. He had saved Pretorius’s life, but was indignant that Pretorius had made him hide in the grass like a hensopper (‘hands-upper’).

San community: Chrissiesmeer: Jennifer Bosch

A San community lived near Chrissiesmeer – a village at Lake Chrissie, the region’s ‘Lake District’ – and interacted with the farmers there. During the war many San helped their Boer masters as agterryers, and some acted as scouts for the Boers. In February 1901 a large British force, led by General HL Smith-Dorien, advanced towards Lake Chrissie with the objective of marching further into the eastern Transvaal. San scouts kept a close eye on Smith-Dorien, and reported back to the Boers. The Boers and their San scouts were able to stop the advance of Smith-Dorien’s horses, but had to fight a fierce battle – the battle of Lake Chrissie – in the process. Some San also took care of Boer families in the area, taking them to hiding places where they were safe from the British. Many Boer families managed to escape the concentration camps by going into hiding. Their San servants would bring them food and take care of their cattle while they were away from their farms. One San man, called Job, helped a Boer commando escape from the advancing British. He saw the British advancing towards Lake Chrissie and ran to the farm where his master – Commandant Prinsloo – was encamped with his commando. He warned them that the British were coming. He told them he knew a secret way out of the lake area, and the commando followed him through thick mist to safety.

Extracts from: www.mpumalanga.gov.za/mpumalangabook/pdf/Mpum%2003.pdf Mpumulanga: an Illustrated History by Peter Delius and Michelle Hay.

Art 49 Strafproseswet Die volgende berig in ‘n Britse koerant het aandag getrek:

“””””Incredible head-cam footage shows South African police officer firing bullets from his motorbike while in hot pursuit of fleeing car

Police officer accelerates hard and turns on his sirens while in hot pursuit

He closes in on the suspect, loads his gun and fires two shots at the car

Chase speeds up and vehicles pass parked cars and shocked pedestrians

Eventually vehicle skids and officer seizes opportunity to detain suspect

By JAKE POLDEN FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 17:15 GMT, 3 December 2015 | UPDATED: 20:11 GMT, 3 December 2015 This unbelievable point-of-view footage shows a South African police officer firing bullets from his motorcycle while chasing a fleeing suspect at speed. Like a scene from a video game, the police chase begins with the officer accelerating hard and

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turning on his sirens. His helmet camera shows him closing in on the suspect vehicle as he loads his gun and fires two shots at the car.”””””””

Nota aan dr Johan Burger

Beste Johan Dit is duidelik dat die lede nie die inhoud van art 49 begryp nie. Hoe kan die lid op die vlugtende motor skiet? Sê maar iemand was dood geskiet ...? Hulle moet art 49 "makliker" vir lede maak om te begryp .... Die polisieman op die fiets begaan nou, soos die wet staan, 'n oortreding. Wie se lewe is in gevaar ...? Ek sal graag u mening wil hoor, dit sal 'n futlose oefening wees om dit elders te bespreek ...

Nota ontvang van dr Burger

Hallo Hennie Jy is heeltemal reg. Ek dink mense is nou al so keelvol vir misdaad dat hulle heeltemal bereid is om selfs onwettige polisie-optrede te ondersteun as daardie optrede teen kriminele gemik is. Daar is maar min begrip vir die gevare van polisie vigilantisme. Volgens artikel 49 kan die polisie dodelike geweld (bv hul vuurwapens) slegs gebruik onder die volgende twee omstandighede: 49(2)(a) - as die verdagte ’n bedreiging van ernstige geweld inhou ten aansien van die persoon wat hom/haar probeer arresteer of enige ander persoon; en 49(2)(b) - as op redelike gronde vermoed word dat die verdagte ’n misdryf gepleeg het waarby geweld of die dreigement van geweld (van ernstige liggaamlike leed) betrokke is en daar geen ander redelike manier is om hom/haar te arresteer nie, hetsy onmiddellik of op ’n latere stadium. Artikel 49 maak natuurlik daarvoor voorsiening dat as die optrede van die verdagte voldoen aan bg vereistes en hy/sy probeer ontvlug, geweld, insluitende dodelike geweld, gebruik kan word om die ontvlugting te verhoed en die arrestasie uit te voer. Maar, baie belangrik, die ou vereistes van eerste bylae oortredeing vir dodelike geweld bestaan nie meer nie en is vervang met die vereistes soos verwoord in art 49(2)(b). Tweedens, word ten alle tye vereis dat die polisie se optrede ‘redelik en proporsioneel’ moet wees. As ek dus na die motorfiets-polisieman se optrede kyk, moet ek die volgende vrae vra:

Was sy lewe of die van ander persone met ernstige geweld bedreig ten tyde van sy gebruik van dodelike geweld (dmv sy pistool)?

Het hy redelike gronde gehad om te glo dat die verdagtes ’n misdryf gepleeg het waarby geweld of die dreigement van geweld (van ernstige liggaamlike leed) betrokke is en daar geen ander redelike manier is om hom/haar te arresteer nie, hetsy onmiddellik of op ’n latere stadium?

Volgens media-berigte was dit ’n gesteelde voertuig en het die polisieman dus nie voldoen aan die vereistes van 49(2)(b) nie.

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Daar is ook geen direkte aanduiding dat die verdagtes voldoen het aan die vereistes van 49(2)(a) nie, behalwe as die polisieman kan aantoon dat die verdagtes op enige wyse die lewens van die polisie of ander persone (dalk voetgangers) bedreig het (met ernstige geweld) en daar geen ander redelike manier was om dit te keer nie. In hierdie stadium en met die min inligting tot my beskikking (die video en media-berigte), lyk die polisieman se saak maar erg dun. Groete Johan Dr Johan Burger Senior Researcher Governance, Crime and Justice Division

Dr Len Els – Militêre Regter en oud-PG

Stem saam met Johan Burger.

Art 49 is ongeldig en strydig met die konstitusie bevind in Ex parte Minister of Safety and Security: In re S v Walters 2002(4) SA 613 CC.

Bygevolg is die art in 2003 en 2012 gewysig (Wet 9 van 2012).

Geweld (doding) moet 'reasonably and immediately necessary' en 'proportional' wees.

Genl Johan van der Merwe

Hallo Hennie

Hoe die wetgewer ook al artikel 49 bewoord gaan die polisie altyd moet bewys dat waar hulle op ‘n persoon gevuur het daar redelike gronde bestaan het om te vermoed dat so ‘n persoon ‘n bedreiging vir iemand se lewe ingehou het. Ofskoon dit in die praktyk ‘n subjektiewe toets is, is die howe geneig om dit objektief te beoordeel en kry ‘n mens noodwendig met ‘n leuenstoel slotsom te doen. Dit geld wêreldwyd.

Groete

Johan van der Merwe

Wurstbude Hillbrow: Patrick Coetzee Hallo oom Hennie Ek het die storie gelees in die Nongqai oor Fontana Inn in Hillbrow waar polisiemanne op nagskof hoender, melk en buns gaan koop het.

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Ek heg 'n foto aan van nog ʼn kuierplek in Hillbrow wat ook bekend was aan polisiemanne van alle stasies in Johannesburg. Die Wurstbude was 'n baie bekende Duitse restaurant in Pretoriastraat, Hillbrow. Baie Duitsers het daar gekuier. Die kuier plek was sommer op die sypaadjie. Een Saterdagoggend gedurende 1984 het ek en konstabel Dieter Froese van Hillbrow daar gestop vir 'n lekker Duitse "hot dog". Daar het twee Duitsers gestaan langs ons en het 'n gesprek in Duits gevoer. Hulle bars toe uit van die lag. Dieter, wat van Suidwes afkomstig was, spreek hulle toe baie ernstig aan in Duits. Die twee Duitsers het baie verbaas na mekaar gekyk en net daar omgedraai en weggeloop. Ek vra toe vir Dieter wat nou gebeur het. Hy sê toe vir my dat hulle nonsens gepraat het van ons as polisiemanne en ons uniform. Dit was die laaste was hulle verwag het.... 'n SA polisieman wat hulle taal praat.

Dieter is 2006 in Afghanistan oorlede:

Namibiër sterf in Afghanistan

Submitted by Republikein on Thu, 2006-03-30 02:00 VOORTSLEPENDE geweld in die suide van Afghanistan, wat nou 'n teelaarde vir handel in onwettige dwelmmiddels en rebelle-opstande is, het vroeër vandeesweek die lewe van 'n 51-jarige Namibiër, mnr. Horst-Dieter Froese, geëis. Mnr. Froese is Dinsdag in die eerste van 'n reeks rebelle-aanvalle in die suide van Afghanistan dood. Amptenare in die omgewing hou Taliban-vegters vir dié aanvalle verant-woordelik.

Mnr. Froese was in 'n konvooi op die hoofweg tussen Kandahar-stad en Herat (die hoofstad van die weste van Afghanistan) onderweg, toe die voertuig oor 'n padbom gery het. Hy en drie Afghane is dood. Die vier mans was werknemers van U.S. Protection and Investigation wat in Houston gevestig is. Hulle was verantwoordelik vir die beskerming van 'n konstruksiemaatskappy wat die hoofweg tussen Kandahar en Herat bou. U.S. Protection and Investigation se adjunk besturende direkteur in Kabul, mnr. Bill Dupre, het aan die media gesê die voertuig waarin die mans gereis het, het die volle slag van die afstandbeheerde padbom geabsorbeer. Dit wil voorkom of die ander voertuie in die konvooi skotvry uit die voorval gekom het. Volgens mnr. Froese se familie in Windhoek was hy nog onderweg na sy kamp ná 'n besoek aan Namibië verlede week. Hy is in 2004 in Afghanistan as veiligheids-opsigter vir U.S. Protection and Investigation aangestel. Sy kontrak sou teen Augustus vanjaar ten einde loop, waarna hy klaarblyklik aangedui het dat hy dit weens die omstandighede in Afghanistan nie weer sou hernu nie. Sy vrou, wat in Windhoek woon, is Dinsdag telefonies uit Afghanistan van haar man se dood ingelig. Mnr. Froese is op 26 Oktober 1955 in die Leonardville-omgewing gebore en het sy loopbaan in die polisie in 1982 begin. As polisieman was hy onder meer by die

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narkotikatak, misdaadondersoek- en teenintelligensie-eenhede betrokke. Hy het homself in 1993 as 'n loodgieter gekwalifiseer en sy eie onderneming op die been gebring. Hy laat sy vrou en dogter agter. Geen finale reëlings is nog getref om mnr. Froese se liggaam na Namibië terug te bring nie. Rus In Vrede Dieter. Groete Patrick

SA Constabulary Police Post / Polisiepos

Let op die kenmerkende wit gekalkte klippe wat die voetpad aandui. Dit was mode om destyds tot die middle-1950’s die klippe by ‘n polisiestasie wit te kalk. Tydens ‘n parade-inspeksie trap ‘n offisier die stasiebevelvoerder uit oor die “vuil” wit-klippe. Met volgende inspeksie toe hy vra is die klippe witgekalk? Kom die antwoord dat hy nie die klippe op die stasie-inventaris kon vind nie. Derhalwe het hy die bandiet opdrag gegee om die klippe op te tel en by die rivier weg te gooi!

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Polisie van Vergange se dae / Police of Days gone Past: Nico Moolman

ZARP Heidelberg 1891

Lyk of almal berede manne is – range slegs op regtermou. Geen verdere

besonderhede. Te perd is bevele met die trompet gegee, vandaar die trompetter.

ZARP Johannesburg

Konstabel Weinthal: Johannesburg se beredepolisie

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ZARP Pretoria

Sersant John Frederick Butt van die Pretoria se voetpolisie, chevrons beide mouse

soos in die ou SAP. Korporaal Albert Cockrane; Pretoria voetpolisie.

Sersant Jacobus Groenewald; Pretoria voetpolisie, sneuwel 10 Maart 1900 te

Abrahamskraal in die OVS. Hoofkonstabel Coenraad F Stoltz ook van die Polisie in

Pretoria – waarskynlik ‘n voetman.

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Pieter J Goosen en Christoffel Groenewald beide van die Pretoria voetpolisie

Sersant Hendrik Vermeulen van die Pretoria se voetpolisie en 2de Lt PJ van

Nikkelen de Hors van die polisie in Pretoria.

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Konstabel Rudolph P Jonker Pretoria Beredepolisie ZAR en Phillip Niewenhuizen

ook van die polisie in Pretoria.

Theunis “Spreeuw” Botha van die Pretoria voetpolisie

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Bokburg Zarps

Joe Enley, WA Jordaan, HJ Meyers van die Boksburg beredepolisie. Die

beredesersant dra die keppie terwyl die manskappe hoede dra.

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Vrystaatse Polisie / Free State Police: OVSRDM: Nico Moolman

Polisiebarakke op Monumentheuwel oorkant die Fort te Bloemfontein

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Sers Hartman en lede van die Vrystaatse Polisie. Almal, behalwe een, is gesnor! Let

op: Beredemanne: Hoede met chevron op regtermou – soos in die ou SAP ook die

gebruik was. [Links agter lyk soos manskap Fourie van OVSRDM Bethlehem. Ek

dink hierdie is Bethlehem se polisie - HBH.]

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OVSRDM: Kommentaar deur HBH: OVSRDM

By geleentheid het wyle Oom Rick Searle en ek Bethlehem besoek. In die museum

was ‘n foto hoog op teen die muur van ‘n manskap van die OVSRDM. Ons het by die

kurator gepleit om die foto en raam af te haal sodat ons dit mooi kan bekyk. Nadat

hy ‘n leer gekry het, het ons die foto mooi bekyk. Daar was ook ‘n koerantsnit

opgevou en ons het dit uitgehaal ‘n foto van die koerantsnit geneem. Agter links bo

is manskap Fourie – hy was ‘n goeie polisieman. Die foto in die koerant kom ooreen

met foto verskaf deur Nico Moolman. Dankie vir ‘n beter foto!

OVS Rijdende Dienstmacht : Bethlehem

Koerantberig lui: “The above photograph which shows a group of six members [of

the] Oranje Vrij Staat Berijdende Dienstmacht (Mounted Police) stationed at

Bethlehem is at present in the possession of a local resident. The names reading

from left to right are: Standing Const [Jan] Fourie; Const Steenberg and Const Dawie

van Aswegen; Seated [Const] Matthys Verster, Sgt S Hartman and Const

Esterhuyzen ... Const.’s Jan Fourie and Matthys Verster, the latter a well known

[resid]ent is still alive.”

Die wit kaart op die raam dui aan dat dit ‘n foto is van die eerste polisiebeampte in

Bethlehem. Sy van word aangegee as “Steynberg”. Dit kan ook Steenberg heet. Die

twee manne op die twee foto’s lyk in elk geval identies met mekaar.

Foto van konstabel Jan Fourie van die Oranje Vrystaat se Rij- dende Dienstmacht wat te Bethlehem gestasioneer was. Hy was tydens die ABO betrokke by die ondersoek van die klagte van veediefstal by die Koos Mostert se plaas. Mnr Mostert is toe vermoor en konst Fourie is vir die dood agter gelaat. Wyle Oom Gideon Heymans het konst Fourie goed geken.

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Konstabel J P Fourie en die Klaas-bende Oom Gideon Heymans5 skryf op 12-11-1973 soos volg: ........................./ “Verskoon dat ek hier `n staaltjie inlas wat later in Londen gebeur het tydens `n besoek aan Engeland van die drie Boere Generaals nl Botha, De la Rey en De Wet. Op `n onthaal aangebied deur die “Lord Mayor” van Londen vra die groot heer aan generaal De Wet wat hy dink van die groot stad en of hy kans sou sien om die te kan verower, en sonder aarseling antwoord hy; met 100 man soos ”Rooi Michael” Prinsloo en “Swart Wessel” Wessels kan ek al die Engelse die see injaag. Hierdie selfde brawe Boere generaal (Prinsloo) is jare daarna in 1934 deur `n waansinnige moordenaar onverwags buite Bethlehem langs die Reitz-pad naby die kerkhof doodgeskiet, hy as een van elf slagoffers voor die moordenaar homself doodgeskiet het. Op Kommando is die Bethlehem burgers eers na die Natalse grens en later terug na die Kaapkolonie, ek meen so ver as Colesberg, maar weens die heen en weer trek en veg het hulle perde in die winter so swak geword dat daar besluit is om vir die ergste koue maande die wyk te neem na die Transvaalse Laeveld waar dit warm is en genoeg kos vir die diere (is) om aan te sterk. Hiervandaan het hulle eers in September terug gekom na die Vrystaat om in oorleg met Generaal de Wet die Engelse laers op onverwagte plekke aan te val en hulle oneindige skade te berokken aan voorrade sowel as manskappe. Dit het die Engelse Generaals op die gedagte gebring om blokhuislinies te bou m.a.w. blokhuise van sink, klip met sandsakke met skietgate in en die afstande tussen die blokhuise met loopgrawe te verbind. So is daar in Bethlehem in die rigting van Lindley gewerk met die natuurlike Koppe Naudèskop, Kafferskop en met Honingkop6 byna aangrensend aan Naudèskop. Hierdie laasgenoemde Honingkop was op die woonplaas van Gert Hendrik GROBLER wie uit die staanspoor die Engelse goedgesind was, so erg dat hy by wyse van sy woonvolk `n spioenkorps had wie aan hom enige bewegings van die Boere kommando’s moes rapporteer en dan self die informasie snags aan die Engelse bekend gestel het. Gedurende Junie1900 was Bethlehem nog in die hande van die Boere magte en het alles nog meer of min normaal op die boereplase gegaan behalwe dat waar die gewoonte was om die groot vee nl beeste snags in die krale of kampe te hou en bedags was hulle deur klein klonkies onder toesig van `n ou werker opgepas, daar die plase in die dae nog nie omhein was nie, het dit in die omgewing van Honingkop gebeur het dat die krale snags oopgemaak was en dan dwaal die vee weg in alle rigtings en as hulle weer bymekaar gemaak word en gekraal is, is daar gewoonlik `n paar kort. So is daar deur mev Magrietjie Mostert besluit om die polisie op Bethlehem van die gebeure in kennis te stel.

Opdrag is aan Jan Fourie, ‘n polisieman, gegee om na Tamboekiesbank te gaan en

ondersoek in te stel. Koos Mostert was toevallig tuis en is saam met Jan Fourie na

die strooise van Grobler se swartes; daar aangekom het hulle een van die strooise

5 Wyle Oom Gideon is my Oupa se broer. Hulle is die vierde geslag in Suid-Afrika. a.b2.c4.d4.e8.

Gideon Petrus Floris Heymans; * 3-10-1897; + Johannesburg x Annie Van Barneveld ??? + Pretoria. 6 Staan seker vandag bekend as Heuningkop?

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toe gekry. Op aandrang van die twee mans is die deur oopgemaak en Koos Mostert

is in. Op die grond het hy ‘n rooi-bles koei van hom se kop gekry en met die kop aan

die horings gevat, wou hy uitgaan, die deur was laag en moes hy buk want hy was ‘n

groot man, en terwyl hy buk kry hy ‘n slag wat hom dadelik buite aksie stel. Hy en

Fourie word daar koelbloedig vermoor; die twee lyk het daar bly lê tot - ek meen die

volgende dag – toe ‘n bywoner van Koos Mostert opdrag kry om te gaan ondersoek

instel. Hy was Koos Cornelissen en daar kom hy op, wat hy gemeen het, twee lyke

af. Hy het ‘n kar en perde gaan haal om die lyke huis toe te neem. Met die oplaai

merk hulle dat Fourie nog lewe ten spyte daarvan dat sy kop en liggaam vermorsel

was. Hy had nog een assegaai deur sy liggaam. Koos Mostert is huis toe geneem en

begrawe en Jan Fourie is met kar en perde Bethlehem toe geneem. By hulle

aankoms daar moes hulle verneem dat die Rooikruis ambulans of hospitaal verskuif

is vir veiligheidsredes na die plaas Spitskop – in die rigting van Noupoortsnek, die

plaas van mev. Dina Viljoen. Fourie is daarheen geneem en versorg en na tien dae

het hy weer sy bewussyn terug gekry. Hy het ten volle herstel en sowat 84 jaar oud

geword en is enige jare gelede in Pretoria oorlede.

Ek het Jan Fourie persoonlik goed geken op Bethlehem en in 1937 terwyl ek op pad

was vanaf Johannesburg af het ek hom op ‘n fiets sien ry; ek het hom opgelaai, hy

was op pad na Ficksburg, hy het die nag by my oorgebly en die volgende oggend

het hy sy ontblote liggaam aan my en my vrou gewys, ook sy kop het ons bevoel en

selfs die kinders gewys. Dit was ongelooflik om te dink dat die man die marteling kon

oorleef. Al gebrek het hy gesê, was dat hy niks kon ruik nie.

Ek wil graag hier verduidelik dat in die dae, in die Vrystaat, enige grondbesitter die

bedrag van £10-00-00 kon betaal en dan soveel plakker volk op sy grond aanhou as

wat hy wou en ek vermoed dat ook Gert Grobler so ‘n permit had want hy had ‘n baie

groot getal op sy grond.

Na die moord van Koos Mostert en Jan Fourie het die Engelse magte Bethlehem

beset en was die Boere Kommando [lees: Bethlehem Kommando] in die Transvaal,

maar by hulle terugkeer in September [1900] was hulle êrens in die omgewing van

Kroonstad of Lindley. My pa het verlof gekry om vir ‘n paar dae sy huis te besoek,

seker omdat hy ‘n vermeerdering in die familie verwag het en hy neem toe sy vrou

se susterskind7 saam, om gedurig die wag te hou daar by sy woning maar sowat 17

–18 myl direk van Bethlehem was. Sy naam was Daniël Christoffel Benjamin

McCarthy.

Dit was 22 September 1900, my broer Marthinus se vyfde verjaarsdag . In die laat

namiddag sien hulle – van die huis af – vreemde swartes van die rigting van Gert

Grobler se huis kom, deur die Valsrivier en wes in die Witklipspruit verdwyn. Hulle

verskyn kort daarna bokant die klipbank op Kromspruit. My pa en McCarthy ry toe in

Kromspruit af en draai in die rivier vlei, in ‘n laagte, terug weswaarts. Almal is nou

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buite gesig van Kromspruit se opstal - my pa was gewapen maar McCarthy nie. Wat

agter die bult in daardie laagte gebeur het, weet net een ou veewagter van my

vader; die groter kinders nl my broer Frik en Herklaas en ‘n kleinneef het ‘n

geweerskoot gehoor en toe sien hulle die perde hardloop.

Hulle het die perde gaan vang en huis toe geneem. Die veewagter het my ma die

tyding gebring, daar is baklei en die mans het bly lê en na wat hy kon hoor moet sy

liewer vlug want hulle [ die Klaas-bende] sal almal kom doodmaak.

Die veewagter het vertel dat terwyl my pa met hulle in Sotho gepraat het, is hy van

sy perd afgeskiet en toe McCarthy wou help is hy oorrompel. Die hele tragedie is

deur die een werker aanskou en gehoor op ‘n afstand. Hy het na hy die tyding

gebring het, die druiwekar ingespan en is sy met die hele familie weg na Witklip;

daar gekom is ook my oupa, ouma en hulle jongste dogter almal verder wes deur die

Sandrivier tot by ou mnr Jan Celliers, [van] Heuningfontein. Die volgende dag is my

oupa en sy skoonseun Hendrik Pitout terug na die plek waar die toneel hom

afgespeel het. Daar het hulle die twee lyke opgelaai en naby waar die teenswoordige

kerkhof is, gaan begrawe, elkeen in ‘n kombers toegedraai en in een vlak graf seker

nie meer as 18 – 24 duim diep. Hier het die twee gebly tot ongeveer 1905 toe hulle

op die inisiatief van ‘n debatsvereniging opgegrawe en in kiste herbegrawe is saam

met drie ander burgers wat in skermutselings gedurende die oorlog doodgeskiet is.

Die drie burgers was ene Papenfus (agter die kop op Witklip geskiet en daar

opgegrawe) ene Jooste (op Naudèskop geskiet min of meer waar Paul Naudè sy

opstal had) en Casper Dreyer (op Salem geskiet, in die rante bokant die opstal).

Salem was vroeër ‘n gedeelte van Witklip en lê suid van [die plaas] Rome. In omtrent

1930 is deur ‘n Burger Monumente Kommissie ‘n klein graftablet op die grafte gesit,

met die vyf manne se name. In 1948 is daar op inisiatief van mnr Hendrik Fourie van

Vaalkrans begin om fondse in te samel en die hulp van die families Mostert en

Heymans is daar ‘n paslike monument op die plaas Kromspruit opgerig. Die

gedenkteken is onthul deur die twee oudste dogters van Jacobus Petrus Mostert en

Johannes Frederik Heymans – hulle was mevv Sannie van Wyk en Bellie

Rademeyer8. As spreker by die geleentheid was Ds JP Steyn9, ‘n vroeëre

medeburger van die oorledenes van Bethlehem Kommando.

Nou terug na die moord op Kromspruit. Na die moord op Koos Mostert en Jan Fourie

in Junie 1900 was die naaste Boere Kommando die van kommandant Haasbroek

van Winburg en hy had glo opdrag om met die swart bende af te reken. Weens die

formasie van die omgewing van koppe, spruite, bulte en banke en ook versigtigheid

vir die vyand het die kommando egter die wyk geneem en was die swartes vry om

meer manhaftig te word in hulle bedrywighede van diefstal en spioenasie en het

hulle by enige onraad na hulle spelonke in die berg gaan skuiling soek.

8 [a.b2.c4.d4.e1] M.I.Heymans

9 Het iemand dalk ‘n foto van ds JP Steyn? - HBH

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Nou kom ek terug na die tydperk Junie tot September 1900, en wil van die rol vertel

wat Gert Hendrik Grobler gespeel het in sy omgewing tot in Bethlehem. Ek wil hier

erken dat alles wat ek daarvan skryf aan my vertel is deur verskeie persone wie die

man goed geken het, sowel as burgers van die tyd en natuurlik van wat my ma en

my ouer suster Bellie Rademeyer en my broer Frik aan my vertel het.

Soos ek reeds vroeër gesê het, was die kommando’s in Junie nie in die omgewing

nie en had Gert Grobler ‘n gulde geleentheid om sy swartes te gebruik vir

kwaadwillige dade soos later geblyk het toe die burgers die swartes uit die grotte

gehaal het, en ‘n hele aantal gewere en ammunisie daarin gekry het. Die gewere

was van die fabrikaat wat die Engelse leërs gebruik het.

Die nuus van die moord op Heymans en McCarthy het die Bethlehem Kommando

bereik terwyl hulle in die rigting van Vredefort op pad was. Hulle het opdrag gekry

om te draai en die swartes op Gert Grobler se plaas op ‘n behoorlike wyse te gaan

straf. Hulle het die hele middag en nag getrek en teen sonop op die plaas

Naudèskop aangekom en tussen Leeuspruit en Valsrivier afgesaal. Hulle was baie

moeg maar voor hulle die perde kon los, hoor hulle geweerskote en gewaar dat op

hulle gevuur word. Hulle het dadelik opgesaal en in klompe verdeel en bevele gekry

om die grotte die volgende more, aan te val, uit drie rigtings. Dit het hulle gedoen en

na heelwat heen en weer gevuur is, het die swartes oorgegee. ‘n Getal is dadelik

doodgeskiet en baie jonges het met stiegrieme slae gekry. Die ou leier Klaas het

geweier om uit die grot te kom en is deur twee jong manne uit sy skuilplek gehaal,

die een was Hans Mostert, ‘n broerskind van (oorlede) Koos Mostert, die ander was

Frikkie Van Wyk. Hulle is met gelaaide rewolwers die grot in en het Klaas lewendig

uitgebring. Hy is ook daar en dan doodgeskiet. Hans Mostert is later in ‘n geveg

doodgeskiet. Frikkie van Wyk is later op Kestell oorlede – hoewel ek hom daarna

gevra het was sy antwoord net: “Ander moet daaroor praat, ek praat nie van myself.”

So is sy heldedade met hom begrawe. Getalle wat genoem was van swartes (wat

betrokke was) het baie verskil – party het gesê sowat 30 is doodgeskiet, ander weer

dat dit net twaalf was, so ek weet glad nie.

Gert Grobler is by sy huis gevangene geneem, aan ‘n burger vasgebind en op ‘n

perd gesit en saamgeneem na die Kommando wat waar Valsrivierstasie geleë is,

gekampeer het. Die volgende oggend is die kommando in die rigting van Reitz, waar

daar met Vrystaatse Regering in die veld kontak gemaak was. ‘n Krygsraad is

saamgestel uit ‘n regter, genl. Hertzog, president M.T. Steyn, genl C.H. Olivier, kmdt

Michael Prinsloo en nog een, die naam het my nou ontgaan. Daar is die beskuldiging

teen hom gemaak dat hy swartes gewapen het om teen Vrystaatse burgers te veg

en dat hy verantwoordelik gehou word vir die dood van drie burgers en dat die vierde

op wonderbaarlike wyse herstel het. Hy is skuldig bevind en voor ‘n vuurpeloton, op

die plaas Beaurain naby die woning van wyle Lukas Snyman, (van) Montreol in

Petrus Steyn-distrik, doodgeskiet. Hy het glo met die hulp van een swart man sy graf

gegrawe en is daar begrawe. Hy is later daar opgegrawe en op (die plaas) Berlin

begrawe.

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Gedurende 1938 toe gevoelens hoog geloop op politieke gebied het ek in DIE

VADERLAND ‘n verslag gelees dat wyle senator Seef van Rensburg op Ventersburg in

‘n vergadering ‘n relaas gegee het wat daar op Honingkop gebeur het tydens die

Engelse-oorlog (Anglo-Boere-oorlog) toe hy daar was as burger van Winburg se

kommando. Hy het onder andere vertel dat genl Hertzog die regter was voor wie

Gert Grobler verskyn het en veroordeel was. Ek het dit uitgeknip en alle

besonderhede soos ek dit toe van ander verneem het aan genl Hertzog gestuur en

gevra dat hy dit moet beaam as korrek, maar hy was destyds eerste minister en

hoewel ek hom beloof het om onder eed geen politieke munt daaruit te slaan nie, het

ek ‘n antwoord van hom gehad by wyse van sy privaat sekretaris, mnr Jooste dat

hoewel hy nog alles goed onthou, kan hy nie aan my versoek voldoen nie daar alle

dokumentêre bewyse gedurende die oorlog tot niet gegaan het.

Ek wil graag nog net een gebeurtenis vertel wat met ‘n Fourie-gesin gebeur het. Op

Bethlehem het nie ver van ons af gewoon ‘n weduwee Nelie Fourie met vier dogters

en twee seuns. Waar sy gedurende of voor die oorlog gewoon het weet ek nie, maar

dit was op ‘n plaas in die distrik en omrede twee van die dogters al groot was het

hulle kort-kort las gehad van ‘n swart man wat met allerhande voorstelle haar by

haar huis kom lastig val het. Een nag kom hy toe weer, maar sy was op haar hoede,

sy het hom so half deur ‘n (oop) venster laat kom, toe kap sy hom met ‘n koper

kandelaar in sy kop sodat hy dood deur die venster bly hang het. Sy het toe met die

kinders padgegee, in die nag, na ‘n naburige plaas. Wat verder gebeur het weet ek

nie.

Die Mostert-moord: JP Fourie, OVSRDM [Bethlehem]

[Die verslag word woordeliks aangehaal soos Oom Gideon Heymans dit afgeneem het.] Die Mostert-moord soos uiteengesit deur Jan Petrus Fourie, Oud-Lid OVSRDM [ Bethlehem]: “”””””Die verhaal begin op 13 Junie 1900 toe Oom Koos Mostert, ‘n boer, kom rapporteer het dat daar ‘n koei van hom gesteel was. Hy het ook verklaar dat hy rede gehad het om agterdog teen die swartes van Gert Grobbelaar10 [sic] te koester. Ek is deur Landdros Rosenzweig11 [verbeter die spelwyse] gebied om saam met Oom Koos na die plaas van Grobbelaar, Heuningkop, te gaan en om daar ondersoek in te stel. Op Oom Koos se plaas het ek sy bywoner, Koos Kerneelse12 [sic], gelas om ons te vergesel. Sy perd was egter nie byderhand nie en hy belowe om so gou as moontlik te volg. Ons het egter nie versuim nie, maar dadelik na Grobbelaar se swartes vertrek. Daar was 18 volwassenes almal Mathotsas gewees. Daar aangeland het ek die lasbrief

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Oom Gideon Heymans praat van Grobler. 11

Mnr R Rosenzweig was reeds voor 1900 landdros op Bethlehem Sien [Bethlehem: 1952 .p 41 en 65]. Van 1903 –1907 praktiseer hy as prokureur op Bethlehem sien TAP p 67. 12

Oom Gideon Heymans praat van Cornelissen.

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aan hulle voorgelees. Hulle het egter verklaar dat hulle Oubaas, Gert Grobblaar so ‘n koei geslag het en dat hy die afval vir hulle gegee het. Hulle het ook verklaar dat ek al die vleis onder ‘n veranda (stoep) van Grobbelaar se huis sal aantref, ook dat die vel aan ‘n boom voor die huis gehang het. Ek moes egter my plig nakom en het besluit om hulle hutte te deursoek ingeval hulle nie die waarheid gepraat het nie. Ek het begin by die hut van ou Klaas, die kaptein. Met die eerste paar verskuiwings het ek twee gewere blootgelê. Op my vraag waar hy aan die gewere kom het hy slegs geantwoord: “Ek het hulle van my baas (gekry)”. Hy het nie gesê of hy dit geruil, gekoop of persent gekry het nie. Aangesien dit teen die wet was om vuurwapens aan swartes te besorg of, vir ‘n swarte, om vuurwapens in sy besit te hê, het ek beslag gelê op die gewere en besluit om ou Klaas te arresteer. Ongelukkig het hy hom teengesit en moes ek geweld gebruik om hom te boei. Terwyl ek egter besig was het die ander swartes, wat tot dusver nog net toeskouers was, hulle kaptein te hulp gesnel. Een van hulle het my van agter oor die kop geslaan, vermoedelik met ‘n stuk hout. Die slag het my duiselig gemaak en ek kon byna nie sien nie. [Tot vandag toe is my oë baie swak.] Ek het egter orent probeer kom om my te probeer verdedig, te vergeefs egter want die oormag was te groot. Ek verbeel my dat ek Oom Koos hoor skree het, maar dit mag my verbeelding gewees het. Van hier af weet ek niks verder nie en ek verhaal die gebeurtenisse soos dit later aan my vertel is. Die geveg was binne die skerm van Klaas gewees. Die swartes het ons egter na buite gesleep waar hulle ons langs mekaar neergelê het. Koos Kerneelse vertel dat toe hy ‘n tydjie later daar opgedaag het, het hy ons daar gekry, maar die swartes het reeds gevlug. Nadat hy ons ondersoek het, het hy gevind dat hoewel ek sewe gate in my kop en twee deur my lyf gehad het, ek nog gelewe het. Koos Mostert was egter dood met agt steke deur sy maag en hart. Kerneels het my na Grobbelaar se huis geneem waar hy my gelaat het om aan Piet Swanepoel, assistent-veldkornet op Klipskeur, te gaan rapporteer. Swanepoel het hom dadelik na die toneel gehaas en my nog in die lewe gevind. Hy het Grobbelaar opdrag gegee om, indien ek nog die volgende dag geleef het, my na die Bethlehemse Hospitaal te neem. Hy het dit dan ook gedoen. Intussen het die landdros ook van die gebeure gehoor en ‘n kar (perdekar) gestuur om my te laat haal. Op die plek waar Meets-stasie13 vandag is, het hulle my op die polisiekar (met perde) gelaai. Ek is na die hospitaal vervoer waar ek na sewe dae my bewussyn herwin het. Daar het gerugte ontstaan dat Grobbelaar die swartes aangevoer en aangehits het en die polisie was op hul hoede vir hom. Nadat die swartes ook ‘n sekere Heymans en Mahatsie (sic) [McCarthy] vermoor het, het generaal Haasbroek van Winburg, ‘n patrollie gestuur om Grobbelaar in hegtenis te neem. Hy is na generaal De Wet geneem waar hy voor die krygsraad gedaag was op aanklag dat hy die

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Die stasie is moontlik na ene mnr Meets vernoem. Vgl “die eerste huis (in Bethlehem) is op erf 21 deur W. Meets opgerig en het gelyktydig as hotel en Poskantoor gedien [Bethlehem, 1952: p 27].

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moordenaarsbende aangehits het. Generaal Hertzog asook kommandant, later generaal, Prinsloo, Grobbelaar se swaer was daar. (Seker by die krygsraad.) Grobbelaar is skuldig bevind en is tot die dood veroordeel en is geskiet op die plaas van Oom Jan Booysen, aan die pad na Petrus Steyn, die dag na sy vonnis uitgespreek is. Plegtig het die latere generaal Migal (sic) (Rooi-Michael) Prinsloo verklaar dat hy nie verder gaan dien onder (generaal) De Wet of gaan rus voor die swartes gevang en doodgeskiet is nie. Generaal De Wet het toe verlof aan kommandant Prinsloo gegee om met die 450man die swartes te gaan vang en dood te skiet. Hy vertrek met sy kommando na Heuningkop waar die swartes in ‘n grot geskuil het, dit het hom egter ‘n beleëring van meer as veertien uur gekos om die swartes te laat oorgee. Almal behalwe ou Klaas het uitgekom totdat ‘n sekere jongman: Van Wyk, ‘n susterskind van Koos Mostert, aangebied het om hom uit te gaan haal. Hy het die grot met ‘n rewolwer in sy hand betree en ‘n paar minute later weer met Klaas uitgekom. Daarna is al die swartes aangekeer om vir hulle te bid en om hulle voor te berei vir wat wag. Ou Klaas het egter hartstogtelik vir sy mede-moordenaars gepleit en verklaar dat hy hulle aangevoer het. Kommandant Hans Naudè van (Drup)fontein het ook nog ‘n roerende gebed gedoen. Hierna is die swartes geblinddoek en deur die burgers geskiet. As gevolg van die aanval op my is my oë baie verswak en my reukorgaan is totaal vernietig. Die wonde hinder my vandag, op die ouderdom van 8614 jaar, baie.””””””””””

Graf: JP Fourie (1875 – 1963) Pretoria-Wes

Hensoppers & Joiners: Tyd heel alle wonde

Ons vors alleen die geskiednis na. Niemand word verwyt nie.

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Mnr JP Fourie is oorlede op 88 jr oud. Hy moes toe ongeveer 62 jr oud gewees het - HBH

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Voorlopige Naamlys: OVSRDM 1893 - 1900

1. On August 4, 1893, Mr John Alfred Eugene Markus was appointed first

commissioner of the new force, consisting of nine non-commissioned

officers and 81 men serving under him. 15

2. Bethlehem Museum has an undated cutting with six names.

Naam &

voorletters

Rang16 Standplaas Verwysing Opmerking

Broekhuizen, R Constable Taljaard, PC 17

Caroll, JV Constable Taljaard, PC

Eichorn, HB Constable Taljaard, PC

Esterhuizen Constable Bethlehem Bethlehem

Museum

Fourie, A Constable Taljaard, PC

Fourie, JP (Jan-poliesman)

Constable Bethlehem Bethlehem

Museum

Held in Oom Gideon se verhaal

Grobler, H Constable Taljaard, PC

Hartman, S Sersant Bethlehem Bethlehem

Museum

Kass, R Sergeant Taljaard, PC

Kruger, FJ Constable Taljaard, PC

Markus, John

Alfred Eugene

Commissioner Bloemfontein Taljaard, PC

McKenny, JJ Constable Taljaard, PC

Meyer, A Constable Taljaard, PC

Naibrecht, IF Corporal Taljaard, PC

Oosthuizen, H Constable Taljaard, PC

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Taljaard, PC: EARLY DAYS OF OFS POLICE. The Friend 25 April 1983 p. 9. 16

Ek het geen idée wat die laagste rang se amptelike benaming is nie – Engels waarskynlik: Trooper 17

Taljaard, PC: EARLY DAYS OF OFS POLICE. The Friend 25 April 1983 p. 9.

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Parkin, CJ Constable Taljaard, PC

Steenberg of

Steinberg

Constable Bethlehem Bethlehem

Museum

Tromp, R Constable Taljaard, PC

Van Aswegen,

Dawie

Constable Bethlehem Bethlehem

Museum

Van Heerden JP

(jnr)

Constable Taljaard, PC

Van Heerden, JJ Constable Taljaard, PC

Van Heerden, JP Constable Taljaard, PC

Verster, Mattys Constable Bethlehem Bethlehem

Museum

Viviers, H Constable Taljaard, PC

Wessels, L Corporal Taljaard, PC

Wilken, JC Constable Taljaard, PC

Wright, WR Sergeant Taljaard, PC

OVSRDM: GJ Joubert

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OVSRDM: Tylden

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The Bomb: Anna-Mart Van Wyk

A presentation by historian Anna-Mart van Wyk at the ISS Book Launch of the English

version of “The Bomb – South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons Programme” by Nic von

Wielligh and his daughter Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn:

On 22 September 1979, the American Vela satellite, which was specially built to detect

nuclear explosions, registered an incident in the Indian Ocean close to South Africa’s Prince

Edward islands. The signature double flash that was observed, indicated a possible nuclear

explosion of approximately three kilotons and caused quite a flurry in the American

intelligence fraternity, despite of a lack of radio-active fallout in the atmosphere, and other

typical signs of a nuclear detonation. Attention was immediately turned to South Africa, given

the location of the suspected explosion and rumours of a nuclear weapons program that has

been in circulation for quite some time. Eventually, a panel of experts appointed by the

Carter Administration to investigate the incident found that it was probably not a nuclear

explosion, although the possibility could not be excluded. Amongst possibilities raised was

that a meteorite crashed into the satellite. The CIA, whose own heavily masked secret report

was only released in June 2004, came to its own conclusion: it was very possibly a

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detonation of a nuclear device of less than three kilotons, over a wide area, during overcast

weather conditions.

The so-called Vela incident was not the only event to cause consternation in the international

community. Another was the so-called Kalahari incident in 1977. On Sunday afternoon,

August 14th, 1977, a light unmarked aircraft flew low over Vastrap, a secluded area of the

Kalahari. The SADF had a military testing site, camouflaged for tests by the Atomic Energy

Council (AEC). The AEC had planned to do a ‘cold’ test at the site, where two nuclear test

shafts of depths of 391 and 216 meters respectively, were almost ready by the time the

aircraft made its appearance. It was clear that information on the site had leaked; indeed,

farmers in the area had at the time already conversed for some time about the atom shafts

and someone decided to take a closer look. Some sources refer to both Soviet and

American satellites that also flew over the terrain and detected suspicious activities. What

most sources agree about is that the Soviet Union detected the site and informed the

Americans, who in turn decided to send an unmarked aircraft over the site. But how did the

Soviet Union know where to look in the first place? In a conversation I had with former Navy

Commander Dieter Gerhardt, he mentioned that he had heard rumours in his official capacity

as the navy liaison to Armscor. He proceeded to visit the area himself as a civilian, since he

had no official reason to be there. According to him, he sat in the bars and listen how tired

construction workers discuss activities at Vastrap.

In The Bomb, the authors also allude to Gerhardt and the possibility that he informed the

Soviet Union, who in turn tipped off the Americans. Whatever the truth behind the discovery

of the site, it eventually led to heavy diplomatic pressure by the Carter Administration, the

Soviet Union and even France and Britain.

The incidents I have just described are only two in the mammoth exposé by one of South

Africa’s leading physicists during its nuclear development era. Other important incidents are

also described in the book, now translated into English, such as the first independent nuclear

chain reaction in Africa (Safari-1 reactor at Pelindaba in 1965); the first independent chain

reaction of the unique South African-developed Pelinduna natural uranium reactor in 1967,

the development of a unique uranium enrichment process that produced the first small batch

of highly enriched uranium in 1978; the building of six devices regarded as nuclear weapons

and the destruction of these devices between 1990 and July 1991; and the eventual signing

of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty in July 1991. The walk down memory lane, based not

only on the author’s own extensive experience, but also on extensive research, leads one to

an appreciation of the unique innovation demonstrated by South Africa in various aspects of

nuclear energy.

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But The Bomb is also important in the context of making a contribution to the broader

framework of global nuclear histories being studied as a means to keep disarmament on the

global agenda and contributing to non-proliferation efforts. To this effect, five years ago, the

Nuclear Proliferation International History Project was birthed through generous financial

support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The NPIHP is a global network of

individuals and institutions engaged in the study of international nuclear history through

archival documents, oral history interviews and other empirical sources. The NPIHP

recognizes that today’s toughest nuclear challenges have deep roots in the past, and works

towards an integrated international history of nuclear weapon proliferation. The NPIHP’s

research aims to fill in the blank and blurry pages of nuclear history in order to contribute to

robust scholarship and effective policy decisions. The Bomb makes a tremendous

contribution to this scholarship, offering an eyewitness account and some exciting primary

documents not previously seen. In particular, thanks to the documents from Dr. Von

Williegh’s personal collection, we now know that the 6 gun-type devices all had an expected

yield of 5-20 KT. The documents also provide evidence that other activities in the 1980s

included research (and in some cases limited development) into an implosion type device,

booster type weapons with a yield in the order of 100 KT, different types of warheads, the

integration of payload with long-range delivery systems such as missiles, and the production

of lithium-6, tritium or plutonium, if necessary. These are important revelations, placing the

book alongside other important recent publications such as The Origins of Nuclear

Cooperation: A critical oral history between Argentina and Brazil, for example, and similar

critical oral histories on the Israeli, Indian, Pakistani and other programs – all based on

robust scholarship and contributing much to non-proliferation debates.

The Bomb also compliments the research undertaken by the NPIHP in South Africa, which

takes mostly the form of archival research in multiple institutions, such as the SANDF

Documentation Center, the DIRCO Archives, and Armscor Archives. Just yesterday, I

received the translated copies of more than 500 pages of documents pertaining to French-

South African nuclear relations, of which select copies will be uploaded on the

comprehensive NPIHP archive of primary nuclear sources. This archive is freely available

online to any scholar or student working on some aspect of nuclear history. Indeed, I am

happy to say that the primary documents contained in The Bomb are now also available on

this archive and contributing to the ever-growing scholarship in the field of nuclear history.

Over the past five years of the NPIHP, numerous young scholars busy with PhDs or a post-

doctoral project have visited South Africa to explore the richness of its archives. Not all of

them are history students; in fact, many are working in the field of international relations or

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strategic studies, aiming to situate South Africa’s nuclear history within the broader context

of global non-proliferation and disarmament.

Of course, the South African case is very unique, having been the first country to develop a

nuclear deterrent and then dismantle it voluntarily before signing the NPT. In this regard, let

me move into the final phase of my talk, by alluding to some deductions vis-à-vis non-

proliferation lessons that can possibly be learned from the South African case, both in terms

of reasons for acquisition of a nuclear deterrent, and non-proliferation overall. Due to the

time limit, I will just summarize.

The reasons for acquisition and dismantling can in my view be divided into five main phases:

1. The early years: uranium trade and technology (WWII – late 1950s, uranium exports,

Nuclear R & D Plan).

2. Political drivers and international isolation (1960s – mid-1970s)

3. Emergence of a perceived regional and internal communist threat (mid-1970s –

Angolan War)

4. Laager mentality and going nuclear (1978 -)

5. End to the Border War and decommissioning (1988 – 1991)

The deductions that can be made, or lessons learn from the South African narrative, can be

divided into 7 main points:

1. South Africa originally had a commitment to non-proliferation norms, complying

with early international non-proliferation norms and supporting the emergence of a global

non-proliferation order.

2. However, as minority white nationalism consolidated, it had the indirect effect of

isolating the country, leading to the country’s desire for domestic security and the

search for international status and recognition becoming drivers for its development of a

nuclear program. This in turn resulted in the country’s non-compliance with UN sanctions

and the provisions of the IAEA Statute.

3. South African decision-makers never questioned the morality of nuclear weapons,

instead regarding such weapons as instruments to maintain white supremacy, and

achieve status, recognition and security.

4. No public domestic debate on South Africa’s nuclear weapons program ever

occurred. Decisions on the nuclear program remained secret and the domain of the

Executive, the nuclear scientific community, and the military establishment only.

5. South Africa, due to its international isolation, became a nuclear entrepreneur.

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6. Once the NPT was negotiated and entered into force, South Africa never formed

international alliances against the provisions of the NPT, with the exception of Israel.

7. South Africa’s suspicion of the purpose and implications of the NPT influenced its

early and later positions on the Treaty. They were unwilling to “surrender, almost

irrevocably, long-held sovereign rights without having precise details of all the

implications”, and that the country required more guarantees in respect of the protection

of its nuclear technology to counter industrial espionage.

So can the lessons learned from books such as The Bomb and other works be applied to

other countries pursuing proliferation in the contemporary world, or assist in global

nonproliferation efforts? Yes, although it is debatable to what extend. For me, the importance

of South Africa’s nuclear weapons program is not so much that it developed one, but that it

voluntarily dismantled it. For me, the overall trend that can be deducted from the South

African case is that when conditions change and the deterrent is no longer required,

There must be the political will to dismantle the weapons,

International inspections must be allowed,

And finally, a country has to be totally transparent about the process of

verification. All of these were present in the case of South Africa, but can the

same be said of current proliferators and non-signatories of the NPT?

I will leave you to ponder these thoughts, except to add that post-dismantlement, South

Africa has come forward as an unambiguously strong proponent of nuclear disarmament and

an ardent supporter of a nuclear weapon free world.

Die posman tussen Utrecht en Newcastle

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Anglo Boer War: The First Modern Total War?

A young escapee shortly after he was caught trying to escape (from the book: Ontsnap – Boerekrygsgevangenes se strewe na vryheid by Albert Blake) – received via Jennifer Bosch. Penkoppe Die stasiebevelvoerder te SAP Van Reenen, toe my Vader ‘n kind was, was sers WA de Villiers. Sy seuns en my Vader het albei by die Mag aangesluit. As kind was ‘sant De Villiers, ‘n penkop, by Spioenkop. Hy en twee Boeties het van die huis weggedros en by hul Vader gaan aansluit. Op pad het hulle een Tommie gehensop en sy perd gevat – die een penkop is deur die been gewond toe hul wegjaag.

Looking at the boys made me think:

1. The Anglo-Boer war was a first "world war" or "global war" with quite a few

innovations in warfare and guerrilla warfare.

2. It was also a "political war" due to British Imperialism and an “economical war”

because of the gold in the ZAR, the Boers fought for their freedom.

3. It was a "total war" in the two Boer Republics - all Boers and some Blacks were

seriously affected. The country side was burnt down, houses dynamited, livestock

butchered and the population imprisoned...

4. Kitchener was the first and the last General to win such a war! Four years after the

war the Transvaal Colony was ruled by Louis Botha and in 1910 the Union of South

Africa, a British imperial idea, came into being.

5. Look at Malaya, Kenya, Zimbabwe .... although the "enemy" was clearly defeated,

however the victors “lost” the politics.

6. The Boers lost their wives, children and livestock - scorched earth policy and the

dreaded Concentration Camps.

7. With children (and one or two Boer Amazons) taking part in the War, it makes it

very difficult for decent regular troops to fight women and boys.

8. It took the Boers - later the Afrikaner - a long time to gain his independence on all

fronts ... and then we "lost" it again in a political war ...... The irony of history ....

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Polisieperd: Trou tot die Dood / Police Horse: Until Death us Part

Officer D Herrejon cradling the head of Charlotte, a police horse, as she lay fatally

injured – Mail on Line.

Affiliation ceremony: SA Legion-UK Branch and 133 CAF London Cadet

squad: Graeme Scott Hello Hennie. I trust all is well in warm & sunny SA. Please find below a report and attached photos of the recent affliction ceremony between the RBL-South African Branch and a local London Cadet squad. It's a historic first for us to have an Army Cadet detachment associated to the branch and there is massive benefit to both us and them as this relationship grows and our strategy for youth and family involvement increases. Best regards Pete Gillatt

SA Legion-UK Branch & Army Cadet Force affiliation - Signing ceremony

between 133 CAF and RBL South African Branch in Wandsworth: Graeme

Scott

It's not often that I'm moved to writing a post, but felt that I have to share my

thoughts on the Royal British Legion - South African Branch's affiliation ceremony

with 133 Army Cadet Force in London on 2 December 2015. Another historic first for

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us as South Africans in UK to have an Army Cadet detachment associated to the

branch.

This was my first interaction with cadets (since school) and was a remarkable

experience

We weren't 100% sure what to expect on arrival at 133ACF, but got off to a good start with a warm and cheerful greeting at the gate and directed where to proceed to. (Apologies to the young man on the gate, but his name completely eludes me. Probably because he was directing us to the pub and that information was more important at the time)

A spread of biscuits, cakes and refreshments awaited us and numerous helpful and happy faces to assist. After the niceties were over, and the formalities began I started to realise exactly what 133 is all about.

We were in the company of a good representative group of cadets, from new starters to some old stalwarts of 133. This was interesting as we witnessed the various stages of a youngster’s transition from recruit to proud and "Paraat"-ouman. To see the pride and unity amongst them was really great. Although unarmed, they are comparable to any Brothers in arms.

While socialising, we had a small glimpse of some of their backgrounds. These young men and women come from all walks of life and have their individual strengths and weaknesses. They also all have their individual home lives full of good luck and misfortune.

It was the sad story of the passing of one of our brothers in arms that was the catalyst to bring the TRBL South African Branch and the 133 Army Cadets together.

This is the "raw" material that Lt Sealy has to work with and from where she tweaks out the best in them.

Such is their enthusiasm; we were treated to displays of kit and a presentation on their research into the SA military history, with a personal touch by their SA member whose father was a Sapper in the old SADF.

Lt Sealy and her 2ic, Sgt Reynolds, have done an incredible job in transforming these young men and women into the cadets they are now.

Cadet Cpl Black, who could compete with any RSM on drill, is an amazing testament to what can be done. This young man has already been recognised for his ability and was the recipient of a mayoral award for his work in the cadets. I would happily have served alongside men of his calibre during my time in the military. He has already decided that his future lies in the military, and I wish him all the success he deserves. I'm sure that he will rise through the ranks.

However, as was pointed out in the speeches, not all cadets will go on to a career in the military. What was obvious thought was that they will all leave cadets better for the experience. More disciplined and focused people with a better ability to work

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within a team. They will have experience that will help them to contribute more positively to society.

As I said, Lt Sealy and Sgt Reynolds are doing an incredible job and the evidence was there for us to see. We can be proud to have 133 affiliated to us, and I look forward to future interaction with the cadets.

I would urge all legionnaires to make every effort to engage with our new affiliates when ever combined events happen. These youngsters are part of our future, and I feel they have a lot to contribute.

Many thanks to the Legionnaires in attendance – Russel Mattusheck, the Vice- Chairman for inspecting the troops and his fine speech and poem. Peter Dickens, the Chairman for the officiating the signing ceremony as well as Theo Fernandes for the photographs and Cassandra Sealy for arranging the entire ceremony. Also thanks to Steve Moritz, Victor Ho, Karen Dickens, Simon McIlwaine, Graeme Scott, Tony and Ilona Povey who also attended.

But most all thank you to the Cadets from 133CAF for such a special presentation and becoming part of The Royal British Legion - South African Branch and the South African Legion in the United Kingdom.

Legion greetings

Graeme

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Chairman Peter Dickens and Lt Sealy signing. The Lieutenant was a SAP-reservist at SAP Hillcrest, Natal.

Hi Hennie. Here’s an interesting bit of info: The Cadet Detachment Commander Lt Cassandra Sealy (Shaw) (also in the photos) was a SAP reservist in Hillcrest early 2000’s and also part of the shooting team. The chap with the SAP-medals is Russel Mattushek, recently voted in as Vice-Chairman of the SA Legion-UK. He was awarded the SAPS Amalgamation Medal on the 21/10/2004 by Prov Commissioner Gauteng - P. Naidoo and the 10 year Faithful Service Medal awarded on the 27/04/2002 by National Commissioner. Both medals where given to him at the SAPS Gauteng office in Braamfontein. Served both SAP & SAPS.

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The old SAP folk over here do keep doing good stuff. I’ve now got just over 100 people on my group “Ex- South African Police now living in UK” most of whom live in UK although there are some still based in SA. I had originally tried to keep it just for those actually living over here, but it’s hard to exclude their mates that they served with since the object of the group is to keep people in touch. There are a lot more in UK that I still want to find & reach out to. Regards Pete Gillatt

Vice-Chairman Russel Mattusheck.

Of Bowler Hats & Brollies

Good morning Absolutely to do with UK tradition. Those who were commissioned officers while in the military/ police are entitled to wear bowlers & carry brollies. Bowler hats may also be worn by the Board of Trustees, County / District Officers, and Officers leading contingents.

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There are a raft of “rules” attached to the wearing of them all documented such as: a. Bowler hats should be removed when marching past the saluting dais. b. The hat should be removed with the right hand and held with the right arm down the right side (as in position of attention). The arm should not be swung. c. The hat should be removed on the command of Eyes Left/Right and replaced on the command of Eyes front. In 1952, the Standard Bearer's uniform headwear was changed to a black beret. Before that, Standard Bearers had been required to wear a bowler hat, which made lowering the Standard very complicated. The rest of the riff-raff bears berets.

Medalje & skets: No 22074 genl Johann Coetzee

Toe genl Coetzee se medaljes gemonteer is, was die een skoonveld! (Seker iewers

in ‘n legger of koevert!) Sy medaljes is netjies gemonteer en die generaal het die

medalje toe dit later te voorskyn kom, vir Charl Steyn geskenk. Charl sit in die VSA

en het besluit die medalje hoort in Afrika! Die medalje sal geraam word en ereplek in

my biblioteek verkry! Dankie Charl!

Daardie befaamde polisie-kunstenares, Dawn Kellerman, het my die oorspronklike

skets van die onderstaande afbeelding geskenk. Die medalje en kunswerk sal saam

geraam word en in my studeerkamer uitgestal word. Dankie Dawn!

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Boek: Dr Danie Craven (Lt-kol UVM)

Craven: Hennie Gerber ‘n Boek oor ‘n besonderse mens. Met sy doktorsgraad en al het hy Europa besoek met die doel om sy kennis oor liggaamsoefening te verbeter. Hy vertel aan Hennie Gerber wat sy indrukke van Duitsland was, sy belewenis van Robey Leibbrandt en verwante sake. Tydens die 2de WO was dr Danie Craven lid van die UVM. Hy het rooi-lussies gedra en het die rang van lt-kol beklee. Hy is diep Christen en wou eintlik predikant word. Na ‘n skop op sy slukderm word sy stembande aangetas en kan hy nie predikant word nie. Hy vertel van sy ontnugtering toe hy ‘n kerkdiens in Pta-Oos in uniform bygewoon het. Sy kennis oor, en liefde vir rugby is uitstekend – hy kan tereg as “Mnr Rugby” bestempel word. Hy gee ook sy siening oor die Afrikaanse Broederbond en die normalisering van ons sport. Histories interessant.

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Uiters Geheim: Buro vir Staatsveiligheid, die SAW en die SAP Dit is jammer dat hierdie historiese nota op so ‘n klein font getik is. Ongelukkig kan

ons dit nie verbeter of vergroot nie. Die koms van die Buro vir Staatsveiligheid het

destyds baie ongelukkigheid in die inligtingsgemeenskap veroorsaak. Eintlik hanteer

die SAP (V) slegs persone, organisasies en bedrywighede met die oog op

administratiewe reg- en ander stappe; vervolgings van oortredings van sekere wette

en die gemenereg. Die polisie se taak is hoofsaaklik hof-gerig maar hy het ‘n groot

rol te speel in keurings van personeel, uitreik van verskillende lisensies, permitte,

visums, paspoorte asook inligting mbt verskillende ampte en gedragsertfikate. Die

SAP is ook orals. Militêre inligting hanteer slegs militêre inligting. Slegs MI kan

militêre inligting vertolk. Die Buro was destyds veronderstel om die regering van

sentrale, vertolkte inligting en ‘n bedreigings- analise te voorsien. Dit was maar

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moeilike jare vanaf 1969 ... Die SVR het ook nie behoorlik funksioneer nie ...

Ervaring het geleer dat organisasies hul eie middelpuntvliedende kragte en magte

ontwikkel en later op hul eie bane beweeg afhangende wie die SP is,

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Repliek: SAW

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Uitkenning van Persone en kommentaar: HBH

Diensbrief gedateer 24 Februarie 1969 is deur luit-genl HJ van den Bergh geskryf.

Dit is voor die stigting van die “Buro”, wat later gedurende dieselfde jaar tot stand

gekom het. Die Republikeinse Intelligensiediens [RI] se HK was in Johannesburg by

die “Withuis” gesetel; met kol MCW “Mike” Geldenhuys in bevel. Daar was toe al ‘n

paar burgerlikes in diens van RI maar op die SAP se betaalstaat. Genl Van den

Bergh was ‘n skitterende persoon en briljante speurder. Hy was egter nie gewild by

sy kollegas nie want hy het in ses jaar van ‘n luit-kol tot ‘n luit-genl in die SAP

gevorder! Sy kollegas het deurentyd voltyds gedien terwyl hy geïnterneer was en hy

het eers in 1949 weer na die SAP teruggekeer. ‘n Offisier wat ek goed geken het, het

my gedurende 1969 vertel dat hy tydens WO2 ‘n reeds majoor in Britse Regt was en

“vandag” is genl Van den Bergh sy meerdere. Lt-genl FG van Zyl was na die BSV

gesekondeer en het tweemaal vir my vertel dat die “oppergesag” van die SAP na

bewering in opstand gekom het teen genl Van den Bergh as aangewese

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kommissaris van polisie. Die “oppergesag” het nabewering “geweier” om onder genl

Van den Bergh te dien. Adv BJ Vorster het genl Van den Bergh ingeroep en die

besluit is geneem dat genl Van den Bergh die veiligheidsadviseur van die eerste

minister sou word – met ‘n minimum van 80 man.

Op 18 Maart 1969 was genl JP Gous kommissaris van die SA Polisie. (Hy was

kommissaris van 1968 – 1971 en is opgevolg deur genl Gideon Joubert.) Brig Venter

is identies met brig PJ “Tiny” Venter wat op daardie stadium die veiligheidshoof was.

Voor links sit luit. “Tiny” Venter en langs hom sit luit. HJ “Langhendrik” van den

Bergh – hierdie is die “nuwe” luitenante van 1950. So ver vasgestel kan word was

hulle almal geïnterneer. Hulle is binne twee jaar na offisiersrang bevorder; niks

vreemd vir daardie dae nie. Enige geskikte onderoffisier of adjudant-offisier kon direk

aan ‘n kommissierang eksamen deelneem – loer na die ou magsorders.

Lt- Genl Venter Genl JP Gous Lt-genl H de V du

Toit was hoof van

AMI en prof in

Nasionale Strategie

Genl Van den Bergh gedurende

1968

Hendrik Johannes van den Bergh is op 1.8.1949 aangestel as ‘n lid van die Mag en

op 1.4.1968 is hy as luitenant-generaal aangestel. Sy SAP 59 is deur genl Gous, as

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kommissaris, bekragtig. Die weermag memo is waarskynlik deur genl Du Toit

opgestel.

Murder: Admiral Weston: Gillis van Schalkwyk Gillis van Schalkwyk het kom kuier. Hy is aangetroude familie van die Dillon’s van

Waterfall; wat op die OVS/Natal-grens boer. Hy is besig met ‘n nuwe boek oor die

passe tussen die Drakensberge en Natal. (Sy vorige boek het die geskiedenis van

die dorpie Van Reenen bespreek.) Ek het hom gevra of hy bewus was van die

moord op admiraal Weston wat aan die voet van die Oliviershoekpas gewoon het.

Hy het al die inligting oor die moord ingesamel en ons sal dit, DV, aanstaande

maand in die Nongqai hanteer. Intussen het ek gaan kyk wie John Weston was,

nadat Gillis vir my die admiraal se persoonlike besonderhede verstrek het.

John Weston (pioneer aviator and motor caravanner)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia18

Gillis van Schalkwyk

John Weston (Maximilian John Ludwick Weston) was a South African aeronautical engineer, pioneer aviator, farmer and soldier. He travelled in a motor caravan that he designed and built himself.

Notability

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weston_(pioneer_aviator_and_motor_caravanner)

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Weston was a pioneer of aviation in South Africa. In 1911, Weston founded the Aeronautical Society of South Africa. The Society hosts a bi-annual memorial lecture in his honour. Early life Weston was born on 17 June 1872, in an ox wagon at Fort Marshall, northern Natal, South Africa. His father's name is unknown. His parents may have been British. Weston's mother and sister, Lucy, died in China of cholera in 1928. His registration of birth is missing from the national records in Pretoria. Early career In 1888 Weston was apprenticed as an engineer to the J. Jaspar company in Liege, Belgium and then worked for de Puydt and Poncin Lighting and Power Company, where he rose to the position of partner and technical advisor. In 1900 - 1901, Weston established M. Weston and Co., (Manufacture de la Lampe a arc, 1900) in Liege. In 1903, Weston applied for membership of the British Institute of Electrical Engineers and the company opened an office in Birkenhead, Liverpool. Left poor after the Boer war, Weston borrowed £100 from a friend and went to America. With the assistance of the Russian Embassy in Washington, Weston was employed as an engineer for the Chinese Eastern Railway, working on a stretch near Lake Baikal. It was here he learned to speak Russian. The railway was to be finished by 1905 but on 8 February 1904, Japan declared war on Russia. Initially stranded, Weston escaped via Port Arthur, Manchuria. Subsequently, he travelled widely to seek work. Weston returned to South Africa in early 1905. Elizabeth (Lily) Maria Jacoba Roux In August 1906, he married Elizabeth (Lily) Maria Jacoba Roux in Bloemfontein. The couple had three children: Anna MacDougal (b. 1908), Kathleen (b. 1912), and Maximilian John (b. 1915). Weston became a farmer in Doornpoort and later in Kalkdam, Hoopstad. In May 1909, the family moved to Brandfort, Free State. Contribution to aviation In 1907 - 1908, at Kalkdam, Weston built an aeroplane from a plan by Gabriel Voisin with a Panhard engine, but it was under-powered and never flew. On 14 September 1910, Weston arrived in England en route to France to pursue his interest in aviation. France In France, Weston trained at the Henri Farman school at Étampes. On 30 December 1910, Weston flew solo at Étampes and on 5 January 1911, passed his pilot test. He was granted aviator certificate No. 357 by the French Aero Club on 3 February 1911. Brandfort Weston returned to South Africa in 1911 with an aircraft powered by a 50 hp Gnome engine. The aeroplane was called the Weston-Farman. At Brandfort, Weston imported and sold aeroplanes and parts. These included the Blériot monoplane, the Farman and the Bristol biplane, Gnome engines and Chauviére propellers.

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Aeronautical Society of South Africa Weston was a founding member of the Aeronautical Society of South Africa. He also established the John Weston Aviation Company to raise funds for the establishment of a flying school with a permanent aerodrome. The company's wealthy sponsors funded flying demonstrations in South Africa and Mozambique. In December 1909, the Frenchman, Albert Kimmerling made the first powered flight in South Africa in East London. In June, 1911, Weston flew the Weston-Farman for eight and a half minutes at Kimberley. It was a South African record for the duration of a flight. Demonstrations of the company's five aircraft (one Weston-Farman, three Bristols and one Farman) followed at Johannesburg, Lorenzo Marques, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Kenilworth, East London, King Williams Town and Queenstown. Difficulties In 1912, Weston offered his services to the government of Jan Smuts as an adviser in the investment in military aircraft and pilot training but was ignored. At that time, the flying demonstrations drew large crowds but little investment. In January 1913, arrangements were made for flying demonstrations at Brandfort. A large crowd had assembled on the racecourse when a dust storm began and destroyed the aeroplane. Then, in early February, 1912, the Brandfort hangar was destroyed by arson. Weston dismissed the offer of a joint adventure with aviator, Cecil Compton Paterson. On 1 July 1913, the Paterson Aviation Syndicate was registered in Kimberley and on 10 September 1913, Paterson and the Union government entered into an agreement concerning the training of the first South African pilots. World War I Weston had moved to the England in June 1913 and by October 1913 was working with the Willow’s Aircraft Company on military dirigibles. In February 1914, he received British Aeronaut’s Certificate No. 38 (for flying balloons) as well as Airship Pilot’s Certificate No.23. At the outbreak of World War I Weston joined the South African forces taking part in the South-West Africa Campaign. He was responsible for providing and maintaining airfields. On 6 February 1915 he joined the South Africa Air Corps (SAAC) with the rank of lieutenant. It was not until 1 May 1915 that aircraft were available to South Africa's military forces and they were then found to be unserviceable. However, Weston was able to place beacons for pilots as far afield as Garub, now in Namibia. After Germany capitulated on 9 July 1915 Weston and his family travelled to England, arriving in Tilbury on 9 September 1915. On 1 July 1916, he was commissioned as a temporary sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for duties with the RNAS. His first posting was to No. 3 Aeroplane Wing, Manston. On 28 September 1916, he was promoted to temporary acting lieutenant. No. 3 (Naval) Wing] formed during the spring of 1916. Weston's group was one of the first departures to an airfield at Luxeuil-les-Bains, operating over a strategically important German manufacturing region. Weston's role included calibration of compasses and provision of marked maps to observers and airmen, intelligence work and retrieving downed airmen. He also negotiated reparations for local farmers and residents affected by his unit's operations, since he spoke French. From 28 July 1916, Weston also worked as a translator.

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On 2 April 1917, Weston was posted as a compass officer to No. 2 wing, RNAS, at Moudroson the island of Lemnos. Weston also managed aerodrome construction, drainage and roadmaking. This posting included a short time as an intelligence officer in Port Said. It also included training of pilots, crew and engineers of the Hellenic naval air service. Weston was recorded as "a thorough and efficient mapping officer, very energetic and hardworking...a very capable 'E' officer". He remained in Moudros at least until 1918. Between 1919 and 1921, Weston made two trips to the United States of America on Air Ministry business. He left the service on 22 November 1923. On the formation of the Royal Air Force from the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps on 1 April 1918, Weston was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the RAF. In August 1918, while was seconded to the British Naval Mission to Greece as head of the technical section, he was promoted to "Major whilst specially employed”. On 9 January 1919, Weston was promoted to Major in recognition of his distinguished service. In July 1919, Weston was awarded the Cross of Officer of the Royal Hellenic Order of the Redeemer and in 1923 he was promoted to Vice-Admiral in the Royal Hellenic Navy. Weston later named his South African property, “Admiralty Estate”. "Suid Africa" Weston had a love of travel and encouraged this in his children. While in the US, between 1919 and 1921, Weston purchased a Detroit manufactured Commerce one tonne truck with a Continental N engine. The truck was shipped to England where Weston converted it into amotor home which could sleep five. Weston painted the vehicle yellow with black trim and called it "Suid Afrika". The Suid Afrika was essentially a large wooden structure on the rear chassis of the truck. Windows were placed at the front of the living quarters and in the sides of the lantern roof. The vehicle could be hoisted upright onto a ship's deck. A sign on the side read, "Our mansion: 7 by 14 feet, Our field: the world, Our family: mankind." and surrounding this, in a circle, "Round the World." Weston and his family took a tour of 18 weeks in the Suid Afrika from England to Greece. The Westons lived in Athens for two years then in May 1924, returned in the Suid Afrika to England and from there to South Africa. In 1925, Weston made extensive travels through southern Africa. In 1926, the family attempted to return to England, overland. In 1927, Weston found the motor home was not suitable for the trip and returned to Cape Town. (The house in Brandfort was sold in April 1928.) "Prairie Schooner" The Prairie Schooner was a second motor home built by Weston. It had a removable living area with a canvas cover and was water-proofed for river crossings. In 1931 - 1932, Weston travelled from Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa, to Belgrade, Bulgaria(and to England and back). Weston used the Prairie Schooner for the remainder of his life. In 1975, The Prairie Schooner featured in the International Veteran and Vintage Car Rally from Durban to Cape Town. It was later donated to the Winterton Museum, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, by Weston’s son in law, Carl Rein Weston. 19

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Later life On his return to South Africa in 1933, Weston bought a farm in the Bergville district, near the Sterkfontein dam. On 24 July 1950, Weston and his wife were injured in an attack. Weston died three days later at the age of 78. His wife survived. She lived with her eldest daughter, Anna, in the Transvaal, and died at age 91.

Det/Sgt Oscar Zungu: Investigation officer: Murder of Admiral Weston

The Nongqai, June 1951: 747

Years ago I read about this murder case, one of the attackers was a policeman on leave. All three attackers were arrested.

Any info on this case will be appreciated.

What happened to Sgt Zungu?

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Adiraal Weston en Lugvaart in Suid-Afrika: Nico Moolman

Brandfort: John Weston - eerste vliegtuig in Suid-Afrika (1)

Brandfort: John Weston: eerste vliegtuig in Suid Afrika (2)

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Brandfort: John Weston: eerste vliegtuig in Suid Afrika (3)

Brandfort: John Weston: eerste vliegtuig in Suid Afrika (4)

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Mnr. I Oates skenk 'n Moth-vliegtuig aan die eerste Bloemfonteinse vliegklub. Op die boonste foto is v.l.n.r. mev. Wilcocks, mnre. E de Beer, I Oates, admin. CTM Wilcocks, HRS Wilcocks, HRS Easton en S Franklin. Heel onder: Doop van die Oranje. c.1929 - 1935.

Abraham (Apie) Marais: Ria Marais Goeie dag Hennie Ek het toevallig op jou nuusbrief afgekom en vir my man oud-a/o Henry Marais gewys. Hy verslind omtrent elke uitgawe. Ek het besluit om jou te nader om te hoor waar ons kan begin soek na Abraham Marais, hy was 'n speurder in die spergebied, maar ons is nie eers seker wanneer nie. As hy leef sal hy diep in sy 90s wees. Om een of ander rede het hy en sy pa Coenraad Wessel 'n uitval gehad en alle bande is verbreek. Lekker dag Ria Marais

More Ons is Pretorianers. Het by Logistiek gewerk. Lekker dag Ria

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Stratkom/Komops: AP Stemmet Vir die Suid-Afrikaner was propaganda nog altyd 'n vloekwoord. Ons is grootgemaak met oorvloedige inligting van Britse propaganda gedurende die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog. Gedurende WO I en II is ons gebombardeer met propaganda van beide vegtende kante. Onthou vir Goebels. Propaganda, komops, sielkundige aksie, stratkom – noem dit wat jy wil en jy ervaar weersin. September/Oktober 1975 en snaakse gerugte doen die rondte. Die RSA het troepe iewers in 'n Afrika-land. Waar? Wat doen hulle daar? Van regeringskant kom niks. Omstandighede soos troepe wat sneuwel dwing die

regering om uiteindelik die inval in Angola te erken. Too little too late. Tot vandag glo 'n skeptiese publiek nog steeds nie destydse verduidelikings nie. “ Deur inligting te verswyg, het die Regering vir ons gelieg.” Ons is nie ingelig nie. Daar was redes vir die Regering se stilte, MAAR! Geen Komops. Regerings leer nie en later, voor en by Kodesa, kry ons 'n herhaling hiervan. Toe kom die “Inligtingskandaal”. Koppe moet rol. “Daar is weer vir ons gelieg.” Premier Vorster word gekruisig en 'n opvolgstryd ontstaan. Die Minister van Inligting, dr Connie Mulder, is 'n sterk kandidaat. Die Departement van Inligting moet vernietig word. Hieroor uiteenlopende menings:

Pik Botha: “Eschel Rhoodie and Connie Mulder were ludicrous ….. they wasted millions without achieving anything”; en

“Eschel Rhoodie was a bumbling amateur”.

US News and World Report: “SA's Information campaign had achieved definite success …...”

Generaal Hein du Toit: “I have great appreciation for some often brilliantly conceived ideas of Dr Rhoodie.”

Twee laksmanne tree na vore, albei Botha’s – PW en Pik. Een word Eerste Minister en die ander een erf die oorblyfsels van wyle die Departement van Inligting. Nou was dit die Departement van Buitelandse Sake en Inligting. Die Nasionale Veiligheidsbestuurstelsel (NVBS) word geskep met 'n “sekretariaat” (SSVR) en vyftien interdepartementele komitees. Die stelsel het ten doel gehad om die RSA se veiligheidspoging saam te snoer en dit is belangrik om daarop te let dat die stelsel nooit mog inmeng of oortree op die lynfunksie van die onderskeie Staatsdepartemente nie. Kyk Hoofstuk 15, Volume 3: “Total onslaught to Normalisation: From Verwoerd to Mandela” - saamgestel deur Pieter Wolfaardt en ander.

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Een van die interdepartementele komitees was die Interdepartementele Sielkundige Aksiekomitee (ISAK) wat onder leiding van amptenare van die nuwe Departement van Buitelandse Sake en Inligting gestaan het. Natuurlik het die stelsel baie probleme gehad. So het meneer Pik Botha vinnig krediet vir sy departement opgeëis as “Isak” suksesvol was. As daar iets verkeerd geloop het, was hy vinnig om die NVBS te blameer. Kabinetsministers en senior amptenare het nie verstaan waarmee ons besig was nie en het ons gewantrou en ons pogings gesaboteer. Gesegdes was volop, soos “dirty tricks en onderhandse optredes word nie in my departement geduld nie”. Hulle het die rewolusionêre oorlog teen die RSA nie verstaan nie. Met bostaande as agtergrond moet die uitvoering van meneer PW Botha se opdrag aan die SSVR verstaan word. Sy opdrag het min of meer soos volg gelui: “Ons vyande, die ANC, PAC en Kommuniste is besig om die propaganda-oorlog te wen. Stig 'n organisasie om hulle teen te staan en te klop.” Dit het my taak geword. Die SSVR se funksies is uitgebrei om die volgende in te sluit: “Die koördinering van koverte aksies van staatsdepartemente.” Dit op sigself het my eerste probleem geskep. Hoe kry jy 'n staatsdepartement soos die SAW byvoorbeeld om sy geheime projekte aan jou en jou te stigte organisasie bekend te maak? Doen hulle dit, sou die projekte mos nie meer geheim wees nie. 'n Ander probleem wat vinnig ontstaan het, is dat daar nou 'n gerieflike sondebok was. Alles wat verkeerd geloop het, was die nuwe organisasie se skuld. Voorbeelde is: Die abortiewe coup de e’tat van “Mad Mike” Hoare en sy mense in die Seychelle. Van die ander wat gevolg het was, en ek noem net enkeles: die neerstort van Samora Machel se vliegtuig, die ontploffing van die bom in die ANC se kantore in Londen, die moord op Dulcie September in Parys, die mislukking van Swapo se kongres in Parys, ens, ens. Ek het gou 'n dik vel ontwikkel en die rol van sondebok aanvaar. Van my grootste beskuldigers was kabinetsministers. 'n Kundige span is saamgestel om 'n doeltreffende stelsel te ontwerp. Ons het wyd gesoek en met die hulp van veral buitelandse sake en inligting goeie inligting van ander lande se stelsels gekry. Oos-Duitsland, die Sowjet Unie en die Republiek van China (Taiwan) se stelsels het uitgestaan en ons kon begin om 'n eg Suid-Afrikaanse stelsel te ontwerp. Dit gedoen, moes ons met opleiding begin. Gelukkig het die SAW toe reeds amptenare in die Fu Hsing Kang-kollege in Taiwan laat oplei en hulle kon ons help. Die Weermag se Taipei-projek is dadelik deur ons oorgeneem. Teen daardie tyd was ons al die tak strategiese kommunikasie (TSK) van die SSVR en die akroniem “Stratkom” het ontstaan. Ons het dadelik begin om amptenare van soveel as moontlik departemente na Fu Hsing Kang te stuur nadat ons hulle eers in die RSA opgelei het. Ekself het Fu Hsing Kang en baie projekte in Taiwan gaan besoek. In die RSA is kursusse gereël om amptenare op te lei. Nie almal kon na Fu Hsing Kang gaan nie. Ons was oppad en kon ons vlerke uitsprei. Opleiding in die bedryf van die nasionale Veiligheidsbestuurstelsel (NVBS), strategiese studies, rewolusionêre oorlog, toekomsstudies en onderhandelingsvaardighede het ook onder leiding van die TSK plaasgevind. Natuurlik was die weermag, veral AMI, vir ons van groot hulp in party

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van hierdie onderwerpe. Hulle was trouens op baie terreine myle voor ander departemente oor toekomsstudies skryf prof Nick Segal in sy boek: BREAKING THE MOULD. “The role of Scenarios in shaping South Africa's future” onder andere soos volg: One of the factors that made some government, perhaps senior officials more than politicians, receptive …... there was already a degree of familiarity with scenario-based planning. Structured approaches to thinking about the future had been initiated by the military …...But their work remained tightly held within the units undertaking it and was not shared across government as a whole.” en “But in the early 1980's a fresh approach was initiated in the State Security Council (seker SSVR) which was developed throughout the decade. This was undertaken across government departments, using a small number of core staff but mostly outside experts covering many disciplines …...” Hy noem dan professor Philip Spies van Stellenbosch en Clem Sunter van Anglo American. Let Wel ons het ook buitelandse kundiges soos prof Gharajadaghi van die VSA gebruik. Segal gaan voort en se onder andere: “While not directly addressed at the totality of apartheid..... the work clearly pointed to the fundamental untenability of the system.” Hy skryf dat ons nie net Ministers ingelig het nie maar dat “ .... an extensive programme of communication was implemented across the country …. there were a large number of individuals inside Government who understood the consequences of the country's continuing on the 'low road'. Hy kla dan dat min aandag aan die scenario’s gegee is “among political and intellectual leaders”. AMI en die SSVR was die politici ver vooruit en hulle het nooit ingehaal nie. Hieroor later meer. Die eerste minister (later staatspresident) het opdrag gegee dat alle staatsdepartemente hul geheime projekte by die TSK moes registreer wat hom dan weer moes inlig. Dit het hulle gedoen alhoewel ek altyd geweet het dat nie al sulke projekte geregistreer is nie. Die wat hulle wel geregistreer het, het ek op 'n moet-weet-basis hanteer. Die projekte wat raakpunte met ander staatsdepartemente gehad het, het ek aan enkele personeellede van TSK opgedra om te koördineer. Party projekte van die SAW en SAP was so sensitief dat ek dit alleen hanteer het. Elke drie maande het die weermag en polisie my op hoogte van vordering met projekte gebring. Sommige departemente, veral een wat baie geheime projekte gehad het en waarvan sommige oud-amptenare deesdae hoog opgee oor hul rol destyds op pad na 'n nuwe Suid-Afrika, het nooit enige projek geregistreer nie. Ek het hulle nooit by meneer PW Botha rapporteer nie. Hy sou woedend gewees het. Ek noem slegs enkele projekte by die SAW wat dui op die aard van die projekte van AMI waarby ek alleen of ek en TSK betrokke was. Ek verkies om nie die name en rolle van die hooffigure te noem nie. Hulle kan dalk met reg eksepsie neem. Ons het met beide AMI- en Leër-komops saamgewerk. Party van AMI se projekte het ek alleen hanteer. Voorbeelde is: Eerstens projek Cherry (ons het later ander projekname gebruik). In hierdie projek het ons in Portugees en Frans eers net na Angola en later ook in Portugees na Mosambiek uitgesaai. Daar is voorheen van skepe af uitgesaai en na ek betrokke geraak het, vanuit mobiele uitsaaistasies na Angola en Zimbabwe in Portugees,

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Frans, Engels en in sommige gevalle in 'n plaaslike dialek. Na Mosambiek het ons vanaf 'n statiese stasie naby Kemptonpark uitgesaai tot ons uitgeskop is en vinnig moes verskuif na 'n perseel naby Pretoria. Monitering het vir ons aangedui dat ons pogings baie suksesvol was. President Mugabe het byvoorbeeld formeel beswaar gemaak oor ons die bevolking daar beïnvloed; Tweedens: Teen Zimbabwe is daar knyptangaksies op ekonomiese gebied uitgevoer. Dit was suksesvol maar is gestaak toe TSK geadviseer het dat die beleid liefs verander moes word sodat Zimbabwe se ekonomie nie verder geskaad word nie. TSK se advies was dat ons eerder Zimbabwe ekonomies van die RSA afhanklik moes maak en so 'n hefboom verkry. Hierdie aanbeveling is ook deur die Regering aanvaar; Derdens: Is motiveringsprojekte ten opsigte van die jeug in Caprivi (Ezuva) en Ovambo (Etango) gevoer. Onder andere is van die dienste van deskundiges soos wyle Dr Louis Pasques gebruik gemaak. Hy was 'n deskundige oor die menslike psige en is handig gebruik om seminare aan te bied en op ander wyses te help om die rewolusionere klimaat te bestendig. Hy en ander deskundiges is ook in die Republiek in soortgelyke projekte gebruik; Vierdens is daar 'n projek deur AMI en SAP(V) geloods en deur TSK gekoördineer waarin die barbaarsheid van veral die ANC en PAC se projekte in die RSA openbaar is. Daar is van gruwelike foto’s gebruik gemaak en was bedoel om die buiteland te skok en terroriste organisasies aan die kaak te stel vir wat hulle was. Hierdie was 'n goeie projek wat op die inisiatief van TSK aangepak is. Ongelukkig het die projek platgeval as gevolg van swak sekerheid en 'n lekkasie; en Vyfdens: Op versoek van TSK het die SAW 'n gedeeltelik suksesvolle projek help loods toe 'n teenvoeter vir Cosatu gestig is. Daar is natuurlik baie meer maar ek verskaf hierdie slegs as voorbeelde. AMI het 'n uiters belangrike rol gespeel waar ander Departemente nie die vermoë of middele gehad het om sekere projekte uit te voer nie. Werkgroepe onder leiding van die TSK sou moontlike projekte identifiseer, ondersoek en beplan en dit sou dan deur verskeie departemente uitgevoer word. Daar was baie waarin AMI 'n belangrike rol gespeel het. Goeie voorbeelde is projekte wat saam en namens die destydse Departement van Sport en Ontspanning gevoer is. Sport was 'n magtige wapen om teen die destydse Regering te gebruik – binne en buitelands. Teenvoeters is gevind en baie pogings deur ons opponente is voorkom of geneutraliseer of gesaboteer. Onthou u nog “No normal sport in an abnormal society”? Ander uiters belangrike AMI projekte waarby ek, soms alleen en soms saam met TSK-kollegas betrokke was, het soos volg gebeur. SA-troepe het dikwels gevind dat as hulle gedurende invalle in Angola by Swapobasisse opdaag dit verlate was. AMI het ons hulp ingeroep en ons het probeer vasstel waar die lekkasie was.

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Die probleem was dat alle operasies in Angola eers deur die SVR goedgekeur moes word. Onder leiding van TSK is dan 'n werkgroep saamgestel om die komops van sulke operasies te beplan. Die geleentheid vir lekkasies was dus legio. Op my en AMI se aanbeveling verkry die destydse minister van verdediging toe goedkeuring om invalle tot 'n sekere afstand, ek dink dit was 350 km, self te magtig en dit verder af vir verskillende afstande te delegeer. Ek neem dan deel aan AMI se beplanning en lig, soms, TSK-lede in, en identifiseer staatsdepartemente en organisasies soos die staatsmedia in dat 'n aanval beoog word, hulle later ingelig sou word oor die waar, redes en wanneer en dat hulle solank beeldmateriaal, verklarings, ens vir bv diplomate gereed moes kry. Op die dag van die aanval word ek dan deur AMI ingelig en lig ons dan die betrokkenes in. Hierdie prosedure is met sukses in baie operasies toegepas. Die lekkasies het gestop en suksesvolle stratkom is gevoer. Soos ek aan die begin gesê het, was daar om begryplike redes geen komops-operasies gedurende Savannah nie. Dit het ongelukkige en skadelike gevolge gehad. Ongelukkig het die politici nie hul les geleer nie. Die aankondiging van die vrylating van meneer Mandela en die ontbanning van sekere verbode organisasies is nie voorafgegaan deur behoorlike komops/stratkom nie. Belangrike rolspelers het via die media daarvan verneem. Hieroor sê 'n vorige HSAW, Generaal Meiring in die boek DAYS OF THE GENERALS deur Hilton Hamann: “We did not know about De Klerk's plans to unban the ANC. It was a complete surprise. Nobody knew about it, but when it happened we had a major problem …... After that we had to do things in a com-ops way.” Generaal Meiring het toe op sy eie in twee gevalle fiasko’s (en moorde) voorkom deur sy eie goeie komops toe te pas. Gedurende Kodesa is ook geen stratkom/komops toegepas nie en kosbare geleenthede is verspil. Selfs voor Kodesa is alle stratkom- en komopsvermoë vernietig. Toe Kodesa plaasgevind het was daar niks oor nie; want alles wat na die NVBS, militêre of PW Botha geruik het is ongevoelig vermorsel met dramatiese gevolge vir die RSA en droewige gevolge vir menige personeellede beide van die SSVR en die SAW en ander departemente en tot nadeel vir die RSA. Ander vaardighede wat onder leiding van TSK in samewerking van onder andere AMI ontwikkel is, is ook nie by Kodesa gebruik nie. Hier praat ek byvoorbeeld van strategie, toekomsstudies en onderhandelingsvaardighede. Hoe is dit moontlik dat onkundige en onbekwame onderhandelaars oor hierdie onderwerpe by Kodesa gebruik is? Die gevolge vir die RSA was mos duidelik voorsienbaar. Toe Dr Niel Barnard, na die verskyning van sy boek GEHEIME REWOLUSIE hierop gewys is, was sy reaksie: “…. kommentaar oor die slimmighede (kundigheid) van die SSVR is lagwekkend. Daar was kundige mense; onder andere die wat aanbeveel het Mandela se lewe so spoedig moontlik beëindig moes word.” Die bewering verskyn ook in sy boek. Die waarheid is miskien te vinde in DAYS OF THE GENERALS waar Generaal Chris Thirion beskryf hoe 'n werkgroep bestaande uit NI, die militêre en die polisie in NI se hoofkwartier vergader het om te besin oor die vraag of Mandela vrygelaat moes word, indien wel, wanneer en hoe. Hy sê “a document was produced” en “I think it could be understood that the intelligence community said: 'Yes, at some other time he must be released.'” Aangesien die vergadering by NI gehou is, word aanvaar dat daardie instansie die formulering

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gedoen het. Die SSVR was nie teenwoordig nie en het dus nie die aanbeveling gemaak nie. Wie praat die waarheid? AMI en ook die SAP(V) se inligtingsvermoë is ook nie by Kodesa gebruik nie. Hoekom nie? Wat het van die oorlede Tak Nasionale Vertolking van die SSVR geword? Al vraag wat oorbly is of AMI se komops en die SSVR se koördinering daarvan en samewerking daarmee suksesvol is. Ek glo dat ons soos by Cuto Carnavale die propaganda-oorlog verloor het. Daar was baie redes voor. Die hooflaksman van die wyle departement van inligting was nou minister van verdediging, en eerste minister en later staatspresident en as sulks ook minister van staatsveiligheid en dus oorhoofs in beheer van Stratkom/Komops. Die “Spook van Inligting” het soos 'n donker wolk oor komops en stratkom gehang en ons kon nie toelaat dat hy in die verleentheid kom nie. Ons moes dus hiperversigtig wees maar tog moes ons lewer en voorkom dat die pap op die grond val. Dan mog TSK nooit uitvoerend optree nie. Die skeidslyn tussen uitvoering en koördinering is egter dun. Ons moes geloofwaardigheid by ander departemente behou en ons nooit gesien te word as te nou betrokke by projekte van die weermag alleen nie. Dit terwyl die weermag en die SAP aanvanklik die enigste departemente was wat kommunikasie-operasies suksesvol uitgevoer het. Die ander het eers geleidelik soos hulle opgelei is, bygekom. Daar was egter baie suksesse. Tot so 'n mate dat daar steen en been in Sechaba gekla is oor suksesvolle stratkom/komops-operasies. Ons, soos die veiligheids-magte, het suksesvol op die kokende pot se deksel gesit, om tyd te wen vir die politici om 'n toekoms vir die RSA uit te werk – tyd wat hulle nie gebruik het nie. Onbekwaamheid en 'n bakleiery om posisies was aan die orde van die dag. Stratkom en komops het tyd geskep vir hernuwing en dikwels gewaarsku teen die stadige slakkepas veral op die staatkundige magsbasis. Die politici het ons blykbaar nie verstaan nie of kon deur vrees om stemme te verloor nie vinniger beweeg nie. Ons waarskuwings vooraf dat die driekamer-parlementerestelsel onvoldoende sou wees het net veroorsaak dat ons taai klappe gekry het. Dan moes ons ook uiters versigtig wees om nie op die partypolitieke gebied te beweeg nie. As gevolg van die politici het ons nie ons doel bereik nie. Die geploeter by Kodesa en die tragiese toestand waarin die RSA vandag verkeer, was die gevolg.

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Mnr AP Stemmet was hoof van die tak strategiese kommunikasie van die ou

SSVR.

As Kleynhans: SAW

Brig-genl As Kleynhans van die weermag (afgetree) het kom kuier en ons het oor die bedryf van Stratkom in die OSA ‘n hond uit ‘n bos gesels! Stratkom was jare lank bedryf. Overt en kovert. Daar is so baie om te vertel, daar is so min tyd oor en ons ou manne tik maar stadig!

Manskap Edna Mildenhall: UVM: Nico Moolman

Tannie Edna Mildenhall, links, van Petrus Steyn as lorrie-drywer in die noorde gedurende WW2 in Libië en Egipte. Later in Italië 1940-1945. Nico vertel die Tannie was ‘n bloed-Sap.

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Die rebelle van Slagtersnek (1815): Dr JC van der Walt Op 10 Oktober 1815 om 9 vm was Cornelis Frederik (Freek) Bezuidenhout (55) van

Baviaansrivier slaggereed vir sy privaatoorlog teen veertien Hottentot soldate

(pandoers) van die Britse regering se Cape Regiment. Freek was tot een maand

tronkstraf gevonnis. Die soldate moes vir Freek, weens dwarsboming van die gereg

oor ‘n periode van twee jaar arresteer want veldkornette, Philippus Opperman en JC

Olivier, was te bang om verdere dagvaardigings op Freek te dien. Landdros Andries

Stockenstrom (22) het Freek vier keer gedagvaar, aangesien hy van sy Hottentot

bediende, Booy, se vergoeding teruggehou het nadat hy sy werkkontrak voltooi het.

Freek het ook vir Booy aangerand.

Freek se baster-houvrou, Maria Eckard, en hulle dogtertjie, Sophia Fredrika, was

voor die huis. Maria het dadelik een van Freek se gewere aan ‘n arbeider, Jacobus

Erasmus (18), oorhandig en sy het sakke met koeëls en buskruit gegryp en met die

gewapende Freek en sy gewapende baster-seun, Hans (18), die seun van Sara

Cloete, sy ander baster-houvrou, na rotsskeure teen ‘n koppie langs die

Baviaansrivier, gevlug. Freek het op die soldate geskiet.

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

die Afrikaner-offisier, luitenant Francois Pieter (Frans) Rosseau (26), van Roodewal

fort, Cookhouse, tans die eiendom van Willem P van Aardt, bajonette gevel en

teruggevuur. Soldate het teen die koppie opgeklim en Erasmus in ‘n aparte rotsskeur

gekonfronteer waar hy oorgegee het. Hy het nie ‘n enkele skoot gevuur nie.

Rosseau en ‘n Hottentot sersant, Josef, het vir ure met Freek gepleit, maar hy het

erg gevloek en geweier om homself lewend oor te gee. Toe hy om een-uur die

middag weer sy geweer oplig, het sersant Josef en korporaal Dawid, vir Freek deur

die bors en arm geskiet. Freek se laaste woorde was, “Seun, my arm is af.”

Reeds in 1797 het veldwagmeester, CJ van Rooyen, gekla dat die brutale Freek

plase onwettig beset en diegene wat kla, aanrand. Freek het nooit getrou nie. Hy en

sy broers, Coenraad en Wynand, het vir jare onwettig saam met swart vroue in

Xhosaland gewoon, waar Coenraad de Buys met Koning Ngqika se ma getrou het.

Wynand het ’n swart vrou vermoor en Goewerneur JW Janssens het in 1803 ‘n klag

van moord teen Freek ondersoek. Freek het ook ‘n kind by sy niggie, Grietjie Viviers,

verwek.

Nadat Freek doodgeskiet is, het sy seun oorgegee. Freek is op die plaas,

Silverbrook, tans van Johan Troskie, begrawe.

Tydens Freek se begrafnis het sy broer, Johannes Jurg (Hans) Bezuidenhout (57),

van Palmietfontein, om wraak gesweer. Hy wou vir luitenant Rosseau, veldkornet

Opperman en landdros, Andries Stockenstrom, doodskiet, “al sou dit tien jaar duur.”

Hans wou ook vir Lucas van Vuuren doodskiet toe hy weier om Hans te steun. Hy

het Lucas ‘n wolfdrol genoem. Hans was aangeraai om ‘n petisie op te stel. Hy

weier,”Daar veeg julle jou gat mee af.”

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In 1811 het duisende Xhosa invallers talle Burgers wreed vermoor, duisende beeste

gesteel en 497 huise in die vrugbare Zuurveld-gebied afgebrand. Gevolglik het

luitenant-generaal John Graham met sy 200 Britse soldate, 350 lojale Burgers en

400 Hottentot soldate, sowat 20 000 Xhosas uit die Zuurveld verdryf.

In opdrag van Hans Bezuidenhout, het Cornelis Johannes Faber (43), Adriaan

Engelbrecht en Frans Marais, reeds op 5 November 1815 die Xhosas aangehits om

die Britse soldate, plus die Burgers, wat nie met die rebelle wou saamwerk nie, met

hulle vroue en kinders te vermoor en hulle grond, besittings en beeste, te buit. Die

rebelle het ammunisie plus die hele Zuurveld as beloning vir die Xhosas aangebied.

Faber het gesê dat 600 Hollanders in die Kaap gereed was om saam met die

Xhosas teen ‘n “handvol” Britse soldate te veg. Koning Ngqika het in 1803 vir Freek

Bezuidenhout van moord beskuldig en hy het geweier om die rebelle te help.

Hendrik Fredrik “Kasteel” Prinsloo (32) het die rebellie teen die Britse regering begin.

Hy en Theunis Christiaan de Klerk (30), die jonger broer van Heemraad Barend de

Klerk van Grootplaas, het vanaf Daggaboersnek 70 kilometer ver na die plaas,

Elandsdrif, van Diderik Muller, aan die Tarkarivier gery.

Die samesweerders op Elandsdrif was Hans Bezuidenhout, Hendrik Kasteel

Prinsloo, Theunis de Klerk, Stephanus Bothma, Cornelis Faber, Adriaan

Engelnrecht, Frans Marais, Zacharias de Beer en Andries Meijer. Op 9 November

1815 het Hendrik Kasteel Prinsloo ’n brief onderteken wat deur Stephanus Bothma,

“namens al die Burgers van Bruintjeshoogte, Zuurveld en Tarka,” geskryf was. Die

rebelle moes ‘n eed op hulle Moederland sweer, “om die goddelose tirannie en

verdrukking van die Engelse regering af te skud.”

Stephanus was in 1800 weens vervalsing ter waarde van 300 riksdaalders, vir vyf

jaar verban.

Die rebelle kry op 12 November 1815 steun van Abraham Bothma (29), die jonger

broer van Stephanus Bothma. Op Palingkloof skryf hy ‘n omsendbrief, ”Dat die hele

gebied se mense nie meer die las van die 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 gereed is om die rebelle te help veg in ruil vir

die Zuurveld en die beeste van die Cape Regiment.

Hans Bezuidenhout dreig: “Ons sal elkeen wat weier om ons te ondersteun, oor die

kop doodslaan en ons sal hulle vroue, kinders en beeste as buit vir die Kaffirs gee.”

Kasteel se brief van 9 November 1815 was deur Johannes Muller onderskep en aan

veldkornet Stephanus van Wyk oorhandig, wat daarmee na landdros JF van de

Graaff in Cradock gejaag het. Op 10 November 1815 was hy reeds van die rebellie

bewus. Hy het vir veldkornet Hermanus Potgieter, die vader van Voortrekkerleier,

Andries Hendrik Potgieter, met ‘n vriendelike brief gestuur om die rebelle tot inkeer

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te bring. Voortrekkerleiers, Louis Trichardt, Pieter Retief en AH Potgieter, het die

rebellie geïgnoreer.

Op 13 November 1815 word Kasteel op sy vader se plaas, Prinsloo by Somerset

Oos, gearresteer en hy word op die militêre pos, Verkeerdewater, van Heemraad

Willem Adriaan van Aardt, toegesluit. Die rebelle probeer om Kasteel te bevry en

daar naby sweer hulle ‘n eed van getrouheid aan veldkornet Willem Frederik Krugel

van Kokskraal.

Slagters van Port Elizabeth het slagvee by Slagtersnek aangekoop. Die gewapende

konfrontasie van 18 November 1815 was glad nie op Slagtersnek nie, maar op

Verraaikop, twee kilometers Oos van Slagtersnek, op die plaas, Bulkraal, tans van

Kobus Naude. Sowat 50 rebelle het teen 40 blanke Britse dragonders en 34 lojale

Burgers stelling ingeneem. Daar was geen Hottentot soldate (pandoers) nie.

Landdros Jacob Glen Cuyler van New York het gepleit dat die opstand gestaak moet

word. Kommandant Willem Nel en Hendrik Oostwald het hulle lewens gewaag deur

tussen die rebelle te beweeg om hulle te oorreed om oor te gee. Hans het gedreig

om elkeen wat Verraaikop wou afkom om oor te gee, in die rug dood te skiet.

Die rebellie het misluk toe Faber weer vanuit Xhosaland met die nuus terugkeer dat

Koning Ngqika weier om die rebelle te steun. Ngqika het ‘n bloedbad voorkom.

Hans Bezuidenhout het dadelik saam met Faber, die Bothma-broers, Theunis de

Klerk en Andries Meijer, ontsnap en na Xhosaland gevlug.

Die res het hulle gewere neergesit, op hulle knieë geval en huilend om genade

gesmeek. Veldkornet Willem Krugel en sewentien rebelle het oorgegee en hulle is

na Uitenhage vir verhoor afgevoer. Daar was nie ‘n enkele geweerskoot gevuur nie!

Hans Bezuidenhout en sy bende is op 29 November 1815 in Madoersdrif aan die

Tarkarivier in ‘n lokval gelei. Sy vrou, Martha Faber, en hulle 12-jarige seuntjie,

Gerrit, is gewond. Hans het een Hottentot soldaat doodgeskiet, maar is self

doodgeskiet. Sy ongemerkte graf is op die plaas, Rocklyn, van Dave Millar, die

soldaat se graf is op die plaas, Oxford, van Malcolm Phillips.

Nege-en-dertig rebelle is deur twee Hollandse regters aan rebellie en hoogverraad

skuldig bevind aangesien hulle, onder meer, met die vyandige Xhosas geheul het.

Die goedhartige goewerneur, Lord Charles Henry Somerset, het vir Willem Krugel en

25 ander rebelle begenadig. Agt is verban en vyf is tot die dood veroordeel.

Op 9 Maart 1816 is hulle naby Vanaardtspos, op die plek van die eed aan Willem

Krugel, opgehang en onder die galg begrawe:

Hendrik Fredrik Prinsloo (32), Abraham Carel Bothma (29), Cornelis Johannes Faber

(43), Stephanus Cornelis Bothma (43) en Theunis Christiaan de Klerk (30).

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Die laksman, John Stopforth, het gedink dat slegs Hendrik Fredrik Prinsloo gehang

moet word en hy het net een tou saamgebring. Landdros Cuyler het nog vier ou toue

vir die galg gekry. Toe die luik val, het al vier swak toue gebreek en vier rebelle het

hard op die grond neergestort. Hulle het opgestaan en vir Cuyler om genade

gesmeek. Cuyler het nie magtiging gehad om die teregstellings te stop nie en die

vier rebelle is toe een-vir-een met die goeie tou opgehang.

Die aaklige gebeurtenis, in die teenwoordigheid van 300 Britse soldate en 16

begenadigdes wat verplig was om die teregstellings by te woon, het eers jare later

Afrikaner nasionalisme laat ontvlam en presies een-honderd jaar later, op 9 Maart

1916, is die Slagtersnekmonument op dieselfde plek deur dr. DF Malan, die

voorsitter van die Nasionale Party, geopen. Hy noem dit, “een eeu van onreg.”

Gedurende die simboliese ossewatrek vorm 50 vroue van die Voortrekkerbeweging

op 26 September 1938 ‘n ereboog by die Slagtersnekmonument. HJ Klopper, die

speaker van die Volksraad en stigter van die Afrikaner Broederbond, verwys by

hierdie geleentheid na, “Freek Bezuidenhout se ere-dood …. sodat ons Volk sal

weet hoe om ons helde en God te eer.”

Die geelhout galgbalk is in die museum van Somerset Oos.

Kantlyn aantekeninge

“Ween Afrikaners! Hier lê julle vlees en bloed.” Ds. JS du Toit (Totius). (1877)

“Slagtersnek, die eerste bloedbaken tussen Boer en Brit.” Generaal JC

Smuts. (1900)

“Met Slagtersnek het een eeu van onreg begin en deur Slagtersnek het

patriotisme in die hart van die Afrikaner begin.” Dr DF Malan. (1916)

“Op Slagtersnek staan ‘n ereboog wat swarte skaduwees werp op die pad van

Suid-Afrika.” CJ Langenhoven. (1921)

“Die fleur van Afrikanerkrag bring hulde aan die gedagtenis van ons

dierbaarste offers. Moeders en dogters in erewag by die

Slagtersnekmonument.” Gedenkboek van die Ossewaens (1938).

Kommentaar: Geskiedenis is ook partykeer “stratkom” en ‘n plek waar mites geskep

kan word. (Dink maar aan Rachel de Beer!) Aan die anderkant van die munt: Jay

Naidoo het weer ‘n boek oor mites in die Afrikaanse geskiedenis geskryf. Nadat ek

die boek gelees het, kon ek beswaarlik slaap. Veral die beweerde mites rondom

Bloedrivier. Mede-amateur geskiedkundige, dr P Lamb, noem dat geskiedenis ook ‘n

rol vervul om ‘n volk te mobiliseer en op te hef.

As afstammeling van die Prinsloo’s van Bruintjeshoogte het ek groot geword met die

persepsie dat ons “goeie, Godvresende mense” was. Na jare se lees en navorsing

kom ek agter dat die ‘mens’ sedert die Paradys presies dieselfde is as die mense

vandag rondom my. Ons is almal onderhewig aan sonde en versoekings – daar is

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ook niks nuut onder die son nie! Ons het, in die lewe, egter ‘n keuse en ons kan

maar net streef om “die regte dinge te doen.”

ABO Ceylon: Die Venters was Bulle: Nico Moolman

Almal krygsgevangenes met die familienaam: Venter Boer POW all with the surname: Venter

SAP 75: Oos-Tvl: Meraai de Wet Meraai de Wet het vir ons die volgende foto’s gestuur van die SAP in die Oos-

Transvaal se deelname aan die SAP 75 jaar:

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Beeld 25 Okt 1988

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Middelburg Observer 7 Okt 1988

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Middelburg Observer 21 Okt 1988.1

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Middelburg Observer 21 Okt 1988

Fakkelloop

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Agter in Canter.

Bronkhorstspruit

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Draf: Pretoria is nog ver!

Konvooi Fakkelloop

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Meraai met brielkig

SWA/N Samesprekings: Spesiale Diens te Sanbonani

Foto’s is geneem by Sanbonani, Hazyview. Eenheid 7 was betrokke met die bewaking tydens die onderhandelinge vir die onafhanklikheidwording van SWA.

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Lt Andries & kol Lukas

Lt. De Vries - Sanbonani

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Meraai - Sanbonani

Radiotrok - Sanbonani

Sanbonani

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Virtuele Polisiemuseum en –argief Ons het reeds baie dokumente afgetas. Vrywilligers welkom wat wil help om die

dokumente op ons webtuiste te stoor. Kyk gerus na:

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http://www.enongqaipublications.com/bergville-dagga-murders-

1956.html

http://www.enongqaipublications.com/shockproof-police-vehicles.html

Dit neem baie tyd in beslag om die Nongqai op te stel en uit te lê – enige hulp van

“verveelde ou” mans en jong dames is welkom. Daar is so baie nasionale

veiligheidsgeskiedenis. Kontak ons asb.

Slot Daar is nog vele verhale van Kapt Charles Ross (SA Vloot – Afgetree), dr JC van der

Walt en Nico Moolman en vele ander. Dankie dat u help om die geskiedenis

lewendig te hou ...

Identifiseer solank u privaat foto’s – identifiseer die datum, die plek en die tyd –

identifiseer die mense op die foto’s en die fotograaf. Bêre u dokumente, sakboeke,

dagboeke, foto’s, koerante, plakboeke ens – al die goed is belangrik om ons

geskiedenis te bewaar en in die toekoms reg te vertolk. Bewaar die verlede!

Contact details / kontakbesonderhede Hennie Heymans: enongqai@gmail.com / Glenn Elsden: glenn.elsden@gmail.com Nico Moolman: lingloi@telkomsa.net / www.nicomoolman.net Capt (SAN Ret) Charles Ross: chross@iafrica.com

Greetings – Groete Salute! Saluut!

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