Ulolwe Vol3 Issue 2 by P. Bruce Jones

THE e-NONGQAI Un-official Police Gazette for VETERANS of the former South African Police Force and for those interested in the history of our Police, Defence and South Africa’s National Security February 2012; Vol 3 no 2 DIE e-NONGQAI Nie-amptelike Polisiekoerant vir VETERANE van die ou Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiemag en vir diegene wat belangstel in die geskiedenis van ons polisie, verdediging en nasionale veiligheid Februarie 2012; Vol 3 Nr 2

Senhor W de Castro Lopo “Salute to the fallen - but not forgotten. To all the fallen servicemen, combatants, from either side of all the covert or open conflicts we safely passed through, Salute! To all survivors, all the bests and, Salute!” – Senhor Castro Lopo Patron – Gen Johan vd Merwe – Beskermheer Editor – Hennie Heymans (HBH) – Redakteur Circulation – Dana Kruger - Sirkulasie

Contents / Inhoud

1. WELCOME / WELKOM 1.1 Moment of silence: February 2012 – Col Herman le Roux Wisdom belongs to God. Before all things God captured Wisdom on earth and made it His own if anyone wants it, it must be gotten from Him. Job 28:27:”Then He saw Wisdom and declared it; He established it, yes and searched it out for His own use, and He alone possesses it.” If you need Wisdom to understand something, instead of discussing it with people or moaning or complaining in your heart or mind, search out God. Isaiah 43:26; “Put Me in remembrance, remind Me of your merits, let us plead and argue together, set forth your case, that you may be justified.” God is saying; “Tell Me what your problem is that we can sort this out.” Don’t just confess what your problem is, wait on God to tell you what to do, or in every circumstance, in every problem God opens a door, He never, never leaves the righteous forsaken, it is not His way. 1 Cor. 1:29,30; Jesus became for us the Wisdom and the righteousness from God. When you are tempted and tested it is to show what is in you, know the destiny and purpose of what God has placed on the inside of you, know that you are a King. Realize you are a King get up and take authority over the circumstance, walk in the authority God has given you. God is showing what is on the inside of you, taking away the evil. You pray (to) God to take away what is not from Him, in other words: “Change me to Your image Lord.” God will not leave you ashamed. In Revelation 3:8 God is saying to you; "I know your record of works and what you are doing. See! I have set before you a door wide open which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My Word and guarded My message and have not renounced or denied My name." Herman Le Roux - 0823395915 2

1.2 Voorblad / Front Page Meu querido irmão, Depois de tantos anos ainda somos amigos apesar de nossos países foram, em um estágio, em guerra! Lembre-se que pertencem ao maior fraternidade do mundo já conheceu, que eram membros das Forças de Segurança!

My Dear Brother, After so many years we are still friends even though our countries were, at one stage, at war! Remember we belong to the greatest fraternity the world has ever known, we were Veterans of the Security Forces!

1.3 Editorial / Redaksioneel – Hennie Heymans - The Veteran Business Welcome to the second issue of 2012. On a reflective note many of you who are reading this might think: “What is all this all this bother in aid of? Why all the trouble? Why bother with the past? What is our aim? Let’s try and answer you. It is our aim to give you a free, but good, electronic magazine right from the heart. Here are our aims and objectives: Firstly we want to: - Inform you; - Amaze you; and - Amuse you. Secondly we want you, our reader, to: 3

- Take ownership of this magazine – IT’S YOURS! It’s ours! Let’s reach out to our other comrades who are in need of our moral support, comfort, prayer or company. A friend in need is a friend indeed! Although he/she is alone, not one Veteran should be lonely! Let’s act as safety nets to one another. Keep in touch with Veterans who live alone! Our third objective is, amongst others, to: - Instil a sense of pride in our past uniforms and heraldry; - Instil a sense of pride in our heritage; - Remember fallen comrades; - Foster sense of belonging and camaraderie; - Reflect good basic human values; - Record our past (warts and all); - To collect photographs of the past; - To help and support one another; - To look at our vested interests; and - To be informed of the latest national / international security trends and developments; After all we belong to one of the greatest brotherhoods known to man – we are all VETERANS of some conflict or other – we proudly wore a uniform with a badge and we carried a firearm - or drove a tank, a ship or an aircraft - because we served and we protected! This Editor has also realised he can only be himself; he cannot emulate other editors or try to be like other people – so we are stuck to one another!

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2. PERSONALIA 2.1 Deaths / Afsterwe 2.1.1 Lt-Gen John Hickman – Jim Smith Jim Smith writes: “The Times announced today in retrospect the death of Chief Of Staff Rhodesian Army Lt Genl John Hickman MC on 28 Oct 2011. I am sure that some are unaware of this fine officers passing. RIP.”

- Comments by Jeff Manning Genl Hickman's father, Arthur S. Hickman, (2622) CBE, QPM, CPM, was Commissioner of the BSA Police in 1954. A proud family. He is the son of a former Commissioner of the BSAP.

2.1.1 Brig H Lerm – Tubby Myburgh “Ek het vandag boodskap ontvang dat Brig Hertzog Lerm die 11de Jan oorlede is en dat hy gister in Stilbaai begrawe is.”

2.2 Siekboek • • •

3.2.1 Willie du Plessis – Standerton: rugoperasie 3.2.2 Koot van Schalkwyk – hy is gelukkig uit die hospitaal ontslaan en herstel tuis! 3.2.3 Capt Harry du Preez (82) – Natal. We would like to share the following with you regarding Capt Harry du Preez who is on his way to recovery. Thanks for all your prayers. This type of comradeship is laudable:

Hi Brig. Would you please by means of the group. Notify the members that my dad Capt Harry du Preez will be undergoing a Heart valve replacement operation in Bloemfontein on Monday morning. He is 82 and we are a bit worried as this is a large operation. The doctors are confident and say they are working on a man of 70 as

dad

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Koot Swanepoel, Gawie Botha, Johan Jacobs and 8 others like this. •

Dana Kruger All the best and speedy recovery...

Hennie Heymans Paul, we pray for your Dad!

Johan Geldenhuys Paul I hope everything goes well. We will pray for him.

Steve Seargent May all go well your dad is in our thoughts and prayers

Anna Moolman Smith Our prayers are with you all!

Isabel Kruger We pray for you and the family.

Herman Le Roux Ond bid alles sal goedgaan.

Hennie Groenewald Gevra,opgedra, in Pappa Vader se hande.

Anne van der Merwe Thinking of you all and our prayers will be with all of the family....

Leon Strauss prayers

Tubby Myburg He wil overcome the op as long as he believes!!!!

Peet Benita Engelbrecht Baie sterkte net gebed

Joaquim De Castro Lopo All the best, and a full recovery.

Robert Mulligan alles wat mooi is en sterkte, dit sal goed gaan!

Sarie Van Niekerk Ons gebede is saam met julle. Hoop hy gaan ten volle herstel

Nick Nel My gebede vir julle en die hartspan van Bloem...

Paul Du Preez Just got news that Dad is out of theatre. The op went well and they did a single bypass at the same time. Doctor happy, so we are happy. Thank you all for the prayers and well wishes.

Steve Seargent Great news hope the recovery goes well we will continue to keep you in our prayers

Tubby Myburg I had a 4bypas and i feel great, we pray for the same for your dad.

Nico Frylinck Great news and best wishes

Paul Du Preez Dad is on his way home. All went well. He says he feels "weak like a kitten". Thank you all for the well wishes and prayers.

Nico Frylinck Best wishes and speedy recovery for your dad

Sarie Van Niekerk Speedy recovery

Tubby Myburg Great news, best wishes.

2.3 Birthdays / Verjaarsdagwense 06 Februarie – brig HA du Plessis 10 Februarie - brig JA Mentz 19 Februarie - brig JW du Plessis

2.4 In Memoriam - Honouring all our fallen comrades 2.4.1 See front page 2.4.2 Stephen Dunkley at Sardinia Bay They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.1

31/12/2011 - Stephen Dunkley at Sardinia Bay, Port Elizabeth, at sunset drinking a toast to “Absent Friends!”

1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_of_Remembrance

2.5 Honours & Awards / Eerbewyse & Toekennings 2.5. 1 Honourary Shodan-Ho: Lentulus Els and Alexander

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Alexander San, being awarded his honorary Shodan-Ho (Junior Black Belt) by Sensei Nkulu. Kampai!!!

2.6 Roll of Honour / Ererol 2.6.1 Benoni Cemetery - Dennis D Higgins – Mark Newham & Koos Brits

Above left: Civilian Higgins D Dennis - Rand Revolt 10-Mar-1922. “He saved others ...” One wonders what his link with the Security Forces was. Above Right: no 2129 1/Sgt FW Hooper buried far from home!

2.6.2 SAW-lede oorlede gedurende 2011 / SADF members who passed away during 2011– Paul Els SADF Veteran Paul Els has compiled this list of SADF Veterans who have passed on to

higher service. We pause a minute to honour their memory. Salute – Drop Salute!

Charles Kunz 04/01/2011 Theuns van Breda 13/01/2011 Johan Bester SACS Barney Fourie 16/01/2011 Dries Mann 17/01/2011 Cas le Roux 19/01/2011 Boet Pheiffer 19/01/2011 Adriaan Louw 25/01/2011 Neels du Plooy At Matthyson 07/02/2011 Eddie Hoffman 11/02/2011 SACS Lorrie Louwrens, 15/02/2011 Steven (Stef) van Zyl 15/02/2011 Ernie Nel 13/02/2011 JM (Jan) De Wet 13/02/2011 Herman Bosman 19/02/2011 Gevin Drake 22/02/2011 Thys Eagar 25/02/2010 Dave Burke 19/02/2011 Piet Knight 02/03/2011 KWM (Ken) Snowball 04/03/2011 SAAF Corrie Ferreira 07/03/2011 Telana van Zyl 10/03/2011 JC (Johan ) Voss 10/03/2011 Willie Viljoen 10/03/2011 JC van Wyk 14/03/2011 Nevil Terrance Scott 22/03/2011 Rosa Nel 29/03/2011 Andrew (Andy) Elliott 16/03/2011 Bill Engelbreght 10/04/2011 Jaap Gouws Hilda Raymond Tobie van Schalkwyk 19/04/2011 R Adm (JG) Willem Greyling van der Merwe 21/04/2011 Evert de Munnik 24/04/2011 Mike Campbell Henri Boshoff 27/04/2011 Norman Gebhardt 30/04/2011 Kol Frik Jacobs 15/05/2011 Lt Col Norman Gebhardt 30/04/2011 Prof P van Z Aucamp 06/05/2011 Vink Hatting 01/06/2011 11

John Dart 09/06/2011 Willie Botha 16/06/2011 Louis Jones 16/06/2011 Ruth du Bruin 14/06/2011 Daan Schutte 30/06/2011 Flippie van Vuuren 04/07/2011 Gil van Kerckhoven 03/07/2011 Theo Beyleveldt 12.02.48 - 03.07.2011 Ludwig Kemper 04/07/2011 Flippie van Vuuren 04/07/2011 Jan George Steyl 02/07/2011 Kevin Furness Magnus Malan 18/07/2011 Dolf Carstens Junior Botha 20/07/2011 Killer Coetzee Phillip Schalkwyk 27/07/2011 Leonard Allen 06/08/2011 Maj Gen Duncan Ralston 16/08/2011 SAAF Kol JG (Jimmy) Groenewald 13/08/2011 SALM Kapt Sakkie van Zyl 19/8/2011 SAP / SADF Pikkie Bam 11/08/2011 AO1 Koos Ainslie TDK AO1 Willem (Rooies) de Jager Inf 20/09/2011 Ds (Kpln) Hennie Celliers 18/09/2011 Piet Leeb 26/09/2011 Tienie (JC) van Schalkwyk 10/10/2011 Kat Swart Chris Groenewald 12/10/2011 Chris Dixon, 21/11/2011 Sersant-majoor David Bruce Moss 22/10/2011 Dave Saunders 14/10/2011 Genl Marthinus du Plessis 31/10/2011 Col Eddy Hall 12/11/2011 Etienne Meintjes 14/11/2011 Keith Parvess SAGD 15/11/2011 Chris van der Post 24/11/2011 WO1 Don Kenny 28/11/2011 Jack Dutton 29/11/2011 Col HLL 'Bert' Howes, 02/12/2011 AO2 Andre du Piesanie 05/12/2011 Rowley Medlin 06/12/2011 Daantjie Beneke 13/12/2011 Kol Sakkie de Jongh Gert Grobler 23/12/2011 Vic Swanepoel 26/12/2011 12

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Dit sal hoog op prys gestel word indien die “Nagsersant” vir ons ‘n lys van SAPveterane kan stuur wat ons ontval het - HBH

3. FRIENDS MISSING AND FOUND! / SAP 55 VERMISTE PERSONE 3. 1 Gesoek: Lt. Sybie van Taak – a/o Johann Kotze, Kaapstad 3. 2 Gesoek meer besonderhede oor kapt Jack van Heerden - HBH 3. 3 Looking for Col Cynthia Sumner – Derek Walker 3.4 Brig Pattle SAP -Vaughan Holmes, Umtata “There is a question on the Old Transkeian Facebook page at the moment from former members who served under Brigadier St. John Pattle who was the Divisional Commissioner in Umtata in the 1960s and 1970s. Where can we get more information about who he was, or about his career, or perhaps a photograph of him?” – Vaughan Holmes.

4. REUNIONS / REUNIES / EVENTS / GEBEURE 4.1. Brigadiers buite Pretoria Daar word gesoek na alle brigadiers van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie en die voormalige SA Spoorwegpolisie met die oog op ’n nasionale Brigadiersklub vir lede van die SuidAfrikaanse Polisie. Ons wil kyk of daar voldoende belangstelling is om ’n nasionale tak te stig. Laat asb van u hoor.

4.2 Ebo vier kom uiteindelik huistoe....... - Gert Opperman Geagte Vriende Graag word die blye tyding aan u oorgedra dat die Angolese owerhede ook nou goedkeuring verleen het dat voortgegaan kan word met die opgrawing en terugbring van die oorskot van die Ebo Vier. Sleutelrolspelers kom eerskomende Maandag bymekaar om die detail te bespreek, gevolg deur ’n besoek deur myself en die skakellid van die professionale span aan Angola oor die tydperk 7 – 12 Februarie 2012. Die doel van die besoek is om die detail van wat gedoen moet word, met die Angolese owerhede te bespreek en ook om weer ’n verkenning ter plaatse by die grafte te Ebo te doen. Die professionale span van drie kundiges sal uiteindelik vir die opgrawing, identifikasie en terugbring van die oorskot verantwoordelik wees. As alles volgens beplanning verloop, sal ons waarskynlik weer vroeg in Mei 2012, na afloop van die reënseisoen, na Angola terugkeer om die opgrawing self te doen. Dit word vertrou dat die oorskot terug en gereed sal wees om voor of op 3 Junie, die datum van die jaarlikse herdenkingsdiens by die SAW Muur van Herinnering, in die reeds gegraveerde nisse geplaas te word. 13

Die aanvanklike fondsinsameling vir die projek het uitstekende resultate opgelewer en almal wat tot dusver bygedra het, word nogeens opreg daarvoor bedank. Ongelukkig het die lang tydsverloop van meer as ses jaar sedert daar met die projek begin is, terwyl gespook moes word om die Suid-Afrikaanse en Angolese owerhede se goedkeuring te kry om sonder staatsfondse met die projek voort te gaan, verdere fondsebehoeftes geskep. Daarom neem ek die vrymoedigheid om alle belangstellendes te nooi om dit te oorweeg om ’n verdere bydrae te maak, indien moontlik, asb. Graag word u geheue met die oog daarop soos volg verfris: Kavalleris Niel Lombard is op 23 November 1975 in die geveg by die Massabarivier-brug buite Ebo in ‘n pantserkar gedood. Sy oorskot kon nie afgevoer word nie, omdat die SA magte verplig was om Suidwaarts terug te trek. Die volgende oud-kamerade is in ‘n gesamentlike graf begrawe. Hulle is op 25 November 1975 gedood toe hul Cessna 185 vliegtuig agter vyandelike linies deur Kubaanse lugafweer in die Ebo-distrik afgeskiet is: -

Kaptein Daniël Jacob Taljaard, SA Leër

Tweede Luitenant Keith Arthur Williamson, SA Lugmag

Tweede Luitenant Eric Bryan Thompson, SA Lugmag

Enige bydraes kan gedeponeer word in die spaarrekening van die Ebo Trust, Absa Bank Pretoria Oos-tak, takkode 632 005, rekeningnommer 920 817 8694. Die bewys van in- of oorbetaling moet asb aan 086 615 9587 gefaks word. Voornemende bydraers vanuit die buiteland moet asb van die ingeslote oordraginligting gebruik maak, om te verseker dat die fondse by die regte bestemming uitkom. U sal ingelig gehou word oor die verdere verloop van die saak. By voorbaat baie dankie. Gert Opperman Capt/Kapt Daniël Jacob Taljaard, SA Leër

2 Lt Eric Bryan Thompson, SAAF

Kav Niel Lombard, SA Leër

2 Lt Keith Arthur Williamson, SAAF

- Bankbesonderhede vir internasionale inbetaling/ Bank details for international money transfers Bankbesonderhede vir internasionale inbetaling/ Bank details for international money transfers: Ebo Trust ABSA BROOKLYN: 632-005 REK/ACCT NO: 9208 178 694 SWIFT CODE: ABSAZAJJ Hillcrest Office Park, Block G Lurie Place, Cnr Duncan & Lunnon Street Lynnwood, PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA

5. PERSOONLIKHEID VAN DIE MAAND: 5.1 Hendrik Frederik Strydom – Jan Van Wyk, Kaapstad

Hendrik Frederik Strydom (Tiny - 6 vt. 6dm) neem 'n skild in ontvangs vanaf kol. A.P. van Dyk, voorsitter van W.P. Bond, Westelike Provinsie, by geleentheid van die viering van sy 85ste verjaardag. Die skild is geskenk deur die S.A. Polisie Bejaardesorg Fonds. Tiny, soos hy deur ‘n menigte oud-Polisielede en alle oud-Parlementariërs geken word, het vir 32 jaar diens gedoen by die Hoofingang van die Parlement. 16

Hy is op 27/11/1926 gebore en het in 1985 afgetree, waarna nog 10 jaar by die Veiligheidstak, Kaapstad, diens gedoen. Hy was vir sewe jaar Polisie Swaargewig bokskampioen, en is nog sterk en gesond. Die berig is op versoek van Jan van Wyk ook geplaas op die webtuiste Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie - Afgetrede Lede http://www.facebook.com/groups/44388598559/ So het lede landwyd kommentaar gelewer op die berig:  Gawie Botha, Hennie Groenewald, Helen Mc Intyre and 5 others like this.

Nico Frylinck Nog vele gesonde jare word jou toegebid Oom Tiny !!!!

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Tubby Myburg Voorspoed moet oom verveel!!

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Johan Geldenhuys Ook Tiny was jare terug my skof sersant en later A/O. Dit is toe on nog beat gestap het in die Kaap. Hy het nooit in patrolliewa geklim en saamgery nie. Hy het gestap.Hy was 'n sterk man en anker van ons toutrek span. Voorspoed oom Tiny Strydom

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Mariet Ferreira Sy alom bekende gesegde: “Who's you chappie. Onthou julle dit”? Met die laaste re-unie by Oakdale Klub met hom gesels.

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Japie de Jager Those were the Big Guns of SAP............oom Tiny.....en legende gewees saam met Tarzan Jacobs'''?

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Hennie Groenewald Oom Hennie, dra asb ons groete en seënwense oor. Met die foto het jy my jaar gemaak. “Saluut Oom Tiny. Hierdie Chappie sal nooi Tuine laan se beat vergeet nie. Saluut aan een van ons groot Ysters”!

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Fanie Bouwer Oom Tiny lyk nog sommer nog fris en gesond!

Jan van Wyk: Baie dankie, u berig het baie nostalgie veroorsaak! Lig asb Oom Tiny in van al die goeie wense - soos u self kan sien!! Ek dink dis ’n kostelike berig en die kommentaar ontvang genereer kameraderie! “Wie is soos ons? Bitter min!” - HBH

6. PERSONALITIES & BIOGRAFICAL DICTIONARY/ PERSOONLIKHEDE / BIOGRAFIESE WOORDEBOEK

6.1 Lt Gen Dennis Earp – by the late Brig-Gen Ken Snowball Gen Earp qualified as a pilot in the SAAF at the age of 20 and immediately volunteered for service with 2 Sqn in Korea fighting under the UN flag against the Chinese and North Korean aggressors. He turned 21 on the day he flew his first orientation flight in Korea. He flew 64 successful missions against the enemy for which he was awarded the US Air Medal. On 27 Sept 1951, on his 65th mission, his Mustang was hit by enemy fire and he was forced to bail out behind enemy lines. He was captured and was to be a POW for 23 harrowing months suffering the most cruel forms of torture and mistreatment by his captors. His body today still bears the scars of this mistreatment. At this point it is important to note that the North Koreans and Chinese did not recognize the term POW or any conventions governing the treatment of POWs. Anybody fighting against the so-called "people" was considered a war' criminal and could be treated in the most horrific way without redress. The only interest they had in a prisoner was if he was of propaganda value to them. During his 23 months in captivity he spent a few weeks in the notorious North Korean Interrogation Camp known as "Parks Palace" where, amongst other things, he was subjected to "brainwashing" - a system of torture not yet known to the West at the time. Apart from the poor food and beatings (e.g. placing a prisoner in a hand drawn circle in the courtyard and beating him with rifle butts for the entertainment of other guards) prisoners would be kept in solitary confinement for long periods, starved and the only time an interrogator would speak to the prisoner was to impart or implant an idea in his head which they wanted him to convey for propaganda purposes (eg the UN forces were using "germ warfare" against the people. When the prisoner was sufficiently "re-educated" and was prepared to confess his "crimes against the people" he would be paraded before the international press. 30% of the prisoners subjected to brainwashing died within a few weeks. One of the worst experiences Gen Earp had during captivity was a forced march which later became known as the "Death March". 18

One night he was force marched from Parks Palace to Kangdong (also referred to as the coal mining camp for obvious reasons), north-east of P'yongyang the capital of North Korea. The next day on 14 November, he and a fellow South African pilot, Mike Hally, plus 41 other UN prisoners were forced marched from Kangdong to Pyoktong on the Yalu River which was the border between Manchuria (China) and North Korea. The relentless pace of the march, general weakness, dysentery and the ill-treatment metered out by not only the guards but also the civilian population along the route soon took its toll. Some prisoners died on the 12day march in the bitterly cold weather - the prisoners not having proper winter clothing - whilst other survivors arrived at Pyoktong in such poor health that they soon died from, their exposure to the elements and their mistreatment from the guards. Mike Hully was one of those. Mike died in Durban in August 1954 as a result of the march, but before he died he testified to the great personal courage of 2Lt Earp. He said that the support given by 2Lt Earp to the other prisoners on that terrible journey, strengthened them both morally and physically and enabled them to withstand the horrible conditions under which the march took place. Later, Gen Earp was decorated with the Chung Mu Decoration with Silver Star by the South Korean Government for his courage, bravery and support to other prisoners during his captivity. And so, as a young 22 year old South African pilot, 2Lt Earp returned to South Africa after the Armistice in Korea a very wiser young man. Not only had he gained valuable aerial combat experience but he had firsthand knowledge of the communists, their methods and most importantly a clear understanding of how their minds worked. This knowledge was to be of great value not only to himself but the SA Defence Force as well in the later years during the "Bush War" and the negotiations that followed with the representatives of the communist surrogate forces north of the former SW A border. Note: There are still some people who believe that the Korean War was a low-intensity UN Policing operation. In Vietnam the US lost 57 000 men in 11 years. In Korea the US lost 54 000 in only 3 years. In WWII only 2% of allied POWs held by the Germans died whilst in captivity (Russians excluded). In Korea 42% of allied prisoners died in captivity SAAF CAREER After Korea, Gen Earp continued as a fighter pilot at 1 Sqn • Did a tour as instructor at Central Flying School (CFS) • Became a Pilot Attack Instructor (P AI) at AFB Langebaanweg 19

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Flew Canberra Light Bombers at 12 Sqn Did a stint at DHQ as Dir: Gen Plans and Ops Was appointed OC 2 Sqn flying Mirage Ills Did a tour as Staff Officer (SO) and Senior Staff Officer (SSO) Ops at GOC Joint Combat Forces Was appointed OC 17 Sqn flying Allo Ills · Appointed Dir Ops of the SAAF Appointed Dir Gen Ops of the SADF Appointed Chief of the SAAF - 1984 to 1988

HISTORY OF THE KOREAN WAR • • • • • • • • •

25 Jun 1950 War breaks out in Korea after Chinese and North Korean forces invade South Korea Aug 1950 SA decides to support the UN 23 Sep 1950 2 Sqn departs for for Tokyo (49 Officers and 157 Other Ranks) 16 Nov 1950 first 4 SAAF Mustangs leave Tokyo for Korea 19 Nov 1950 151 Combat mission flown with the new F-57 D Mustangs Jan 1953 2 Sqn re-equiped with the Sabre F86-F Jets 16 Mar 1953 1st Combat mission flown with Sabres Armistice signed on 27 Jul1953 34 SAAF pilots and 2 ground crew killed during the war, 8 taken prisoner. 74 Mustangs and 5 Sabres lost during the war.

REFERENCES 1. Interview with Lt Gen Earp on 20 Sep 2007 2. South African Military WHO'S WHO 1452 -1992 by Ian Uys. Published by Fortress Publishers (Pty) Ltd 1992. ISBN 0-9583173-3-X. 3. South Africa's Flying Cheetahs in Korea by Dermot Moore and Peter Bagshawe. Published by Ashanti Publishing (Pty) Ltd 1991. ISBN 1-874800 15-4 Standard Edition 4. Brassey's Battles, 3,500 Years of Conflict, Campaigns and Wars A-Z by John Laffin. Published by Brassey's Defence Publishers 1986. ISBN 0-08-031185-7 5. SAAF Golden Jubilee Souvenir Book, Per Aspera Ad Astra, published 1970. 6. A commemorative publication by the SAAF, 1920 -1995 The Pride of the Nation, published 1995 ISBN 0-620-189757. Commemorative edition, The 75th Anniversary of the SAAF, published by the SAAF 1995. Ken Snowball - Brig Gen (Ret) PRESIDENT SAAF ASSOCIATION Comments by HBH:

The late Ken Snowball read the above character sketch of Lt-Gen Dennis Earp at the Official Launch of SOUTH AFRICA IS FANTISTIK by Gen Jannie Geldenhuys on 20 Sep 2007. I think many members will be interested in Gen Earp’s background. He is an expert on Communism! The late Prof Donavon Marais (right) and I were privileged to be guests at this launch. Both Donavon and I were again privileged to have read the manuscript and General Jannie Geldenhuys quoted Donavon on the cover of his book. This sketch Donavon obtained from the late Ken Snowball at the launch and afterwards he posted it to me. Donavon always sent me interesting papers etc by mail. In fact so many interesting documents that I have opened a thick lever arch file on our correspondence over the period of our friendship. He was a dedicated correspondent – even though we lived in Pretoria. Above: Our somewhat eccentric friend, Donavon Marais, at a monthly braai where friends discussed history and where we listened to his classical philosophy. He never tied up his cuffs! (I have just this week inherited his unique collection of historical bricks2 (bakstene) which he has collected and annotated over the years!)

6.2 No 15486 luitenant Hendrik Christoffel “Taffy” Grobler Stef Grobler skryf: (Uittreksel) “My oorlede pa, Taffy Grobler (Hendrik Christoffel - afgetree as Luitenant met magnommer 15486) het gedurende die Tweede Wêreldoorlog in die Midde-Ooste diens gedoen. Ek het nou die dag ‘n Kerskaartjie van 1941 by ‘n niggie van my gekry wat hy aan haar ma-hulle gestuur het. Dis in puik toestand en bevat ‘n foto van hom en een van my ma. Indien jy daarin belang sou stel, sal ek dit graag aan jou beskikbaar stel om te plaas. Hy was sy lewe lank in die SAP orkes en was ook die orrelis in die Kollege se kerk gewees. Na sy aftrede het hy onder andere as “Special” in Distrik 43 se teleks kantoor gewerk en is later na die SAKB oorgeplaas waar hy hulle medies gedoen het. Destyds, toe hy aangesluit het, was hy die enigste Afrikaner in die orkes wat net uit Engelse bestaan het. Die orkes het toe lede uit elke Engelse Graafskap behalwe Wallis gehad. Hy is toe dadelik meegedeel dat hy Wallis moet verteenwoordig en is hy “Taffy” genoem. Die naam het tot sy dood by hom gebly en baie mense – insluitende goeie vriende – het geglo dat dit sy doopnaam was. “

2 May be some kind of modern industrial archaeology? – HBH.

6.3 Const Elize van der Venter, Oranjemund – Eddie Holloway

Eddie HollowaySuid-Afrikaanse Polisie - Afgetrede Lede : Oranjemund 1977. Die SB was A/O Dirk Coetzee. Hy was in die hospitaal vit 'n hartoperasie en ek het af gelos vanaf Witvlei. •

Sarie Van Niekerk, Helen Mc Intyre, Flip Jacobs and 3 others like this.

Gawie Botha Netjies!

Dewaldt Louw Die tyd toe ek moes A/O word is ons mos verander na Inspekteur (weet nou nog nie waarvan nie). So het ons nooit ‘n Brevet gekry en was daai A/O stokkies ook nie meer in gebruik! Ek het nou nog my oorlede oupa WAJ v/d Walt se stokkie ek het altyd so uitgesien daarna om dit eendag te kan gebruik! Baie ouens het dit verwens omdat hulle dit orals moes saam dra. Dit was vir my altyd so mooi as jy iemand met die stokkie so onder die arm sien loop het.

Hennie Heymans Wanneer jy in die "ou" dae a/o geword het, het jou petwapen verander en jou knope was verguld! Toe ek a/o word is ek na veiligheid - het eers as kolonel weer uniform aangetrek - toe het ons nog die stokkie gedra - nooit die voorreg gehad om met wieletjies en stokkie te loop nie! Ek is spyt ek het daardie ervaring gemis!

Dewaldt Louw Die Sers. was die slimste en enigste Polisieman op sy tyd ( oudae ) maar daai Wieletjies en stokkie was die mooiste.

Dalene Steenkamp Dankie Eddie!! Ou Oranjemund dae - lekker tye. Ek join julle een van die dae weer op die blad - volspoed!

Koos Brits Ek het begin met die stokkie, kinders bang vir hom gewees, lekker raps ding gewees, later in onbruik verval, jammer.

Gawie Botha Geskiednis!

Fanie Bouwer Dewallt, jong, ek sê weer: ek het die stokkie gelaaik, maar niks het by daai sersantstrepe gekom nie - nie eers al daai stêre en kastele ('pips') nie!

Japie de Jager Lekker ou safari pakke!! Ekstra kort broeke...of is dit sommer die pt shorts??

Fanie Bouwer Japie, dit was maar 'n goeie ding om met die kortbroeke weg te doen. Party baie warm gebiede was dit seker ok ... maat tog. Nou sien ek weer daar knopknieë en spykerbeentjies ....

Mariet Ferreira Eddie, ek en Elize het in Kaapstad saam gewerk 1974 1978. In die 80's het ek haar weer in Kemptonpark raakgeloop waar sy toe gestasioneer was.

dra nie

Sarie Van Niekerk Ja nee Fanie nie alle mans is gebore om kortbroeke te

Tiny Nortje Sarie, ek is een van hulle :-))

6.4 Lieut Boyle Orange River Colony Police - David Scholtz Lt Cecil D Boyle, Assistant District Commissioner, ORC Police, Lindley. Murdered see par 9.1 infra – Rex versus Celliers by David Scholtz.

6.5 Die Manne van Seksie A1 – Kompol x 302

Baie jare gelede, c1980, by Willie Wentzel se woning: vlnr Chris Joubert (betrag die potbrood), Willie Wentzel, Johan Pieters (pas van Vryheid), ? Grootman, Johan Visagè, Jorrie Jordaan, Dieck Diedericks, Fred Muller, ? Richards en ? Els

6.6 Chris van Vuuren

In ‘n ontspanne luim te Timour Hall Villa, Deon Huisamen (lt-kol - afgt) wat ook voorsitter

van IPA Wes-Kaap en ook die Gastehuis-bestuurder is en regs Chris van Vuuren wat op besoek in Suid-Afrika is.

6.7 Maj Gen PJ Dillon & Rev Doempie Cloete – Lt-Col William Marshall

Left: Brig (Rev) “Doempie” Cloete, Chaplain General of the SA Police and right Maj Gen Patrick James Dillon of the SA Police photographed on 8 th of December 1971, somewhere on the border. Ds Cloete is a WW2 & Korean Veteran, while Gen Dillon is also an “old warrior” from WW2, Bergville and Umgulambashe. During 1971, when the picture was taken, the SA Police were five years on the border, from 1966. Camouflage uniform was then not in general use.

6.8 Kimberley: PVAK / Local Criminal Record Centre – Patrick Coetzee Patrick Coetzee PKRS manne. Brig van Heerden, Maj Oosthuizen, Kapt de Jager en Kol van Vuuren. Dana Kruger Aai, nou onthou ek weer vir oud 26

majoor Oosthuizen. Het saam met hom in Soweto gewerk in 1992 terwyl ons met afgedeelde dienste daar betrokke was ... ek sal hom graag weer wil

opspoor

...

het

iemand

dalk

besonderhede?

7. WE REMEMBER / ONS ONTHOU 7.1 Stilte in die Hof – Len Els 7.1.1 Quantum van 'n man se regter testikel?? Abel Knater (skuilnaam) verskyn voor my as eiser in die siviele hof. Hy dagvaar die Minister van Polisie vir skadevergoeding weens pyn en leiding, emosionele skok en verlies aan lewensgenietinge. Hy getuig oor die noodlottige dag se gebeure, en dis duidelik dat dit nie Abel se dag was nie. Inteendeel. Abel stop een oggend by 'n robot in Mabopane op pad kafee toe vir die Sondag koerante, brood en melk. Twee rowers pluk die voorste deure oop, help Abel hardhandig uit sy BMW, neem die leisels oor en laat spat. Op hul hakke stop 'n vangwa met twee geregsdienaars aan boord wat die hele petalje waargeneem het, en hulle gelas Abel om in te klim. In wat Abel aanvanklik as sy 'lucky break' beskou het volg 'n wilde weste jaagtog aka James Bond. Die rowers verloor beheer van die BMW om 'n verkeersirkel, bots teen 'n boom en vlug te voet die bosse in. Abel en sy twee beskerm here volg te voet. Abel is geklee in 'n sweetpak en tekkies en is heelwat fikser as die dienaars van die gereg. Bygevolg is die scenario: rowers in eerste plek, Abel kortkop agter in tweede plek en onse dienaars wat sleg uitsak in derde plek. Die rowers spring oor 'n vier voet draad heining en Abel gee nie tou op nie. Hy druk met sy hande op die heining en lig die regter been soos 'n hond wat water afslaan ten einde oor te spring. Op die kritieke oomblik besluit een dienaar dat sy McDonald pens nooit sulke hoogtes sal oorbrug nie. Hy pluk sy dienspistool uit en laat spreekwoordelik waai. Kinkel in die verhaal: Abel is onder sy sweetpak, onderbroekloos! Die skoot klap en Abel groet finaal sy regter testikel: onder hom uitgeskiet. Abel gaan aant gille; die dienaar gaan aant gille en die rowers verdwyn in die bosse. Met uitspraak het ek op die meriete geen probleem nie. Die dienaar van die gereg was duidelik nalatig. Selfs grof nalatig. Die vasstelling van die quantum (bedrag) skadevergoeding gee egter hoofbrekings: Hoe bepaal jy die waarde in rand en sent van 'n man se regter testikel??

7.1.2 Teatime M’lord? Ek kla in 1989 sewe beskuldigdes (die sogenaamde politieke betrokkenes) in die Hooggeregshof aan op 'n aanklag van hoogverraad na die mislukte staatsgreep in Bophuthatswana. 'n Weermag kolonel getuig dat op die oggend van die staatsgreep twee van die beskuldigdes om 11:05 die basis besoek en die offisiere toegespreek het. Hul boodskap was duidelik: die koeël is deur die kerk; werk saam, beheer jul troepe of dra die gevolge. Die tyd van hierdie besoek was relevant aangesien die twee beweer het dat hulle om 11:00 elders was. Die kolonel hou egter voet by stuk. Hy getuig dat hy net by die teekamer opgedaag het toe die twee beskuldigdes hul opwagting maak. Regter Smit (skuilnaam) vra ietwat verbaas: “Colonel, a coup was attempted that morning at about 06:00 and was broadcasted on radio and TV. Everybody was aware of it. Yet you and your fellow officers were having tea?” Die kolonel ruk hom op en antwoord: “Milord, in the army 11:00 is teatime. Period.”

7.2 2008 Honde-eenheid: Kroonstad – Dog Squad - Dries van der Merwe Dies het vir ons lesers foto’s van kol “Van” van der Merwe van Kroonstad se Honde-eenheid gestuur. 2008 Kroonstad Dog Unit – It’s Commander and Staff

7.3 SAPS Botrivier - Stefan Andrzejewski Many of my friends know of my interest in Railways. Stefan Andrzejewski sent this photograph of the SA Police Service in Botrivier. Apparently they have taken over the Railway Station as a police station in Botrivier. (I have been a passenger numerous times from Cape Town over Faure, the Sir Lowry’s Pass via Caledon to Bredasdorp - the most southern railway station in Africa. (At Upington the SAPS Detectives have taken over part of the Upington Railway Station – so this is not a unique example.)

Note the two flags – SA National flag and the SAPS flag, nearest to the cameraman, on the platform at Botrivier.

A scenic picture from the train’s window on the Sir Lowry’s Pass looking down on Gordon’s Bay and the Strand. You can see the N2 Highway below and in the foreground. The railway line also starts at the bottom. Stellenbosch is to the far right - HBH

7.4 Pilatus Porter: “Vaalseun” – Johan Jacobs & Marius Swart Marius Swart: “Ja, maar vir die

wat nog nie bevoorreg was om in het

die masjien te vlieg nie, hy lekker voema, kort aanloopbaan nodig en hy kan so stadig en laag vlieg (bv

oor die

pad) dat jy bekommerd begin raak

hy gaan val. 'n Baie, baie cool vliegmasjien. Was onder andere in die voorste sitplek toe die vlieënier besluit om hom bietjie deur die klowe in die Drakensberge te vat! Whoohooo! Hy het rêrig krag en is erg hanteerbaar.”

7.5 Die Geregsdienaar op die “groot” voetspoor van die geweldenaar! Brig Hennie Goeiedag . Dankie vir my storie in Vol 3 no 1. Weerlig het my netwerk beskadig, tydelik probeer ek kontak maak deur ander kanale. Vandag gaan ons ‘n draai maak in die diepwater en gesels oor ‘n stukkie geskiedenis uit die era van die godewêreld en kuier rondom die “reuse voetspoor” nagelaat op die bodem van Suid Afrika,foto aangeheg. Laat weet maar of die stukkie stof, nadat u dit deurgelees het haalbaar is vir plasing in eNongqai. Groete Daan van Tonder

Nou ‘n stukkie

geskiedenis uit die era van die godewêreld in ‘n vroeëre dimensie - wie se voetafdruk op die bodem van Suid-Afrika vir ons nagelaat is.

Die reuse voetspoor,is vermoedelik getrap vyf duisend jaar gelede op warm lawa na vulkaniese uitbarstings met die sonvloed waar God se grimmigheid uitgestort is op die mens, nadat die seuns van God “gevalle engele” by die mooi dogters van die mens ingegaan en vir hulle kinders verwek het “reuse” wat God se skepping besmet en ontwrig het. (Gen.6:1-9) Met die sonvloed is hulle fisiese liggame vernietig, moontlik was “die een” op vlug vir God se toorn en oordeel; tekens en rotsformasies rondom, toon duidelike vulkaniese uitbarstings wat die toneel bevestig, die Wagters, die gevalle engele is in gevangenskap, maar hulle saad die reuse, se bose geeste is in die lug en hulle is ons stryd sê Efes.6:12. (Die reuse voetspoor in die vallei 40 km noord/oos vanaf Amsterdam, was deur skrywer besoek en die foto geneem.)

Hierdie indrukwekkende groot voetspoor is na berekening: ses vt (1,8m) lank, ses maal die grote van ‘n volgroeide man wat ses vt (182cm) in sy kouse staan en wie se voetspoor normaalweg 12dm (30cm) lank is, (dit sal ses mans neem van 6vt hoogte, met hulle voetspoor elk van 12dm, om die reus, se “spoor” van 6vt vol te staan, en as ons die ses mans vertikaal op mekaar plaas, is die gesamentlike hoogte 36vt dus was die reus na beraming 6 x 6vt = 36vt (10,97m) op sy voete, die hoogte van ‘n drie verdieping gebou, voorwaar iemand om mee rekenskap te hou; maar wat weet ons van die geweldenaars? Ons vind meer lig in die boek van “Henog" wat vandag nie meer as ‘n apokriewe boek beskou word nie maar as ‘n buite Bybelboek erken word, in hoofstuk 15:8 lees ons: “En nou die reuse wat voort gebring is uit die gees en uit die vlees, sal genoem word bose geeste op die aarde, en die aarde sal hulle woonplek wees”; vers 9 “Bose geeste het vanuit hulle liggame gegaan; omdat hulle gebore is uit die mens,......” Vers 11 “Die geeste van die reuse teister, onderdruk, vernietig, val aan, maak oorlog, bewerk vernietiging op die aarde en veroorsaak 31

moeilikheid; hulle eet nie voedsel nie maar is nogtans honger en dors en gee aanstoot” Vers 12 “Hierdie geeste sal in opstand kom teen die kinders van die mens en teen die vroue, want hulle het uit hulle voortgekom.”

Hierdie geweldenaars soek en vind skuiling in die vleeslike kleipot van die mens wie nie oorklee is met die heerlikheid van Christus nie. Dit is hierdie geweldenaars, teen wie ons as geregsdienaars vir baie eeue veg en stry, wie soveel smart en seer en bloedvergieting veroorsaak het. Die sleutel vir ons oorwinning lê nie in ons militêre toerusting en wapen arsenale nie, nee, ons oorwinning lê as ‘n gelowige, as ‘n individu, verskans in Efes.6:10-20 deur ons te oorklee met die volle wapenrusting van God, dan kan ons met gesag hierdie magte aandurf. Hierdie vlieënde onsigbare rebelse geeste sê Henog val aan, maak oorlog, vermoor en maak dood wie in hulle bereik is, sonder twyfel is hulle indirek verantwoordelik vir die duisende plaas moorde tussen ons boere gemeenskap,die vreemde aanslag op ons volk lei nou tot ‘n positiewe geestelike paraatheid wat die gevolge is van ‘n groot skaal se oorkleeding met die volle wapenrusting van God aan; om een geval te noem:-

Op Sondag 25 Feb 2007, na bekendstelling deur die pers trek verskillende Kerke saam in die N.G.Kerk op Amsterdam, elke besoeker toegerus met ‘n “simboliese wateroffer” as ‘n teken en bewys voor God van die duisende koelbloedige moorde op plase, het tydens die erediens die wateroffers as ‘n “offer”uitgegiet in een gemeenskaplike “kruik.”

Op Sondag 1 April 2007, is hierdie “simboliese wateroffer” uit die kruik vanaf Amsterdam geneem na Jerusalem, na die tuin in Getsemane, na ‘n kort plegtige erediens is hierdie wateroffer voor die aangesig van God uitgegiet as ‘n bede, as ‘n versugting en smeking om genade en hulp vir die geteikende Boerevolk in Suid Afrika, dit het geskied op die plek waar JESUS se gebedsworsteling plaasgevind het en sy sweet in bloeddruppels verander het. En van daardie oomblik af word geglo, en gebid dat elke druppeltjie water wat daar uitgestrooi lê in Getsemane, soos die bloed van Abel vanaf die aarde roep tot God! Om Hom te ontferm oor die wreedaardige barbaarse bloedvergieting in hierdie land.

Die boodskap deur

skrywer gebring binne in die tuin van Getsemane, het gewentel rondom Sef.3:10-12:(“Oorkant die riviere van Kus vandaan sal my aanbidders,my verstrooide gemeente,my offerande bring............)”

In die skrifgedeelte in vers 10, 11 en 12 lig die PROFEET sy oë weg vanaf Israel, met sy oë vêr gerig anderkant die riviere van Kus, (Etiopië,en die swart Kusietiese volke), in die vêr gerigte visie profeteer hy van God se aanbidders en verstrooide gemeente op die verre 32

suidpunt ( wie anders as die Boerevolk in Suid-Afrika kan dit wees?) - geografies gesien vanaf Israel, dui die profesie duidelik op Suid Afrika! In lig hiervan moet ons nie uit die oog verloor nie dat vyf eeue, gelede,het God hierdie Boerevolkie, afkomstig uit verskillende Europese lande, tydens die groot “revolusionêre” Kerk hervorming as verstrooide vlugtelinge geplant op die verste suidelike punt van hierdie groot donker Kontinent van Afrika, met ‘n sending om die evangelie lig te versprei. En vir eeue hierna is hierdie volkie verneder, gehaat, verdryf, agtervolg, gedood, vertrap, in bandelingskap weg gevoer, en nou op die einde, van hulle reg en mag ontneem.

VANDAG! Vyf jaar later na die “offer” in Jerusalem, is daar duidelike beroeringe sigbaar in die politieke wêreld in Suid Afrika, ‘n bewys dat God se hand in is beweging wie die magte en owerhede van die duisternis van hierdie wêreld verbreek, wie konings en regeerders afstel en aanstel in sy wysheid en krag. Vandag word Vers 12 - ‘n realiteit in ons midde: “En Ek sal tussen jou laat oorbly ‘n ellendige en geringe volk wat by die Naam van die HERE skuiling soek;” gekoppel aan die belofte in vers 11 “want dan sal Ek uit jou midde wegruim die wat in jou oormoedig jubel!!!"

As ‘n geregsdienaar, in diens van die allerhoogste God, hetsy in die verlede of hede het ons ‘n funksie om te vervul, u is deel van hierdie groot ratwerk om hierdie gemeenskaplike vyand van God, die geweldenaar die “reus,” in sy voetspoor te boei. Nie deur krag of geweld nie, maar deur my Gees, sê die HERE...(Sag.4:6) MARANATHA !!!

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Past. Daan van Tonder. danie@denhout.com

Die groot groep mense op die foto onder is Suid-Afrikaners, wat getuies is van die plegtige oomblik in Jerusalem, (skrywer heel voor regs op die punt staande, met die swart/wit gestreepte sweetbaadjie aan.)

7.6 Klipstapels van Gelofte: Ondervinding van ‘n Jong Seun – Johan Jacobs Dit is 16 Desember 1963, die plek is Paardekraal Monument te Krugersdorp. In die voorste banke sit ‘n jong 10 jarige seun, links van hom speel die militêre orkes. Van oral kom mense om politici te ondersteun, die Afrikaner staan sterk! Voor hom sien hy sy oupa vir oom Jan de Klerk groet, hulle is immers saam politici van die Nasionale Party. Hy voel trots om deel te wees van hierdie fees, hy het so baie kere die storie van die klipstapels en belofte van sy oupa gehoor en nou is hy deel hiervan. Perde kommando’s kom 33

fier en regop aangery met vryheidsvlae, gewere en blink gepoetste bandeliers. Afrikaners neem oral sitplekke in om na toesprake oor nasionalisme te luister. Trots staan dié seun langs sy oupa as dié ander besoekende politici ’n handdruk gee.

Die Lied van jong Suid Afrika word uit volle bors gesing gevolg deur die ‘hoor jy die magtige dreuning’ van die Stem.

Hý staan styf en regop en bekyk die erewag met

bewondering aan. Later as die Belofte van Bloedrivier en Paardekraal diep en hartseer gelees word in gebed, voel dié seun hoe sy jong hart met die Oranje Blanje Blou wat bokant hulle koppe wapper, vereenselwig.

Hý luister diep na sy oupa as hy die geskiedenis van die Gelofte van Bloedrivier en die Gelofte wat afgelê is op Paardekraal, voorlees: "In de tegenwoordigheid van den Almachtigen God, de kenner aller harten, onder bidden opziend om Zijn genadige hulp en ontferming, zijn wij, Burgers van de ZuidAfrikaansche

Republiek,

plechtig

overeengekomen,

gelijk

wij

bij

dezen

overeenkomen, om voor ons en onze kinderen een heilige verbond op te richten, het welk wij met plechtigen eed bezweren. Ruim veertig jaren is het gelede, dat onze vaderen de Kaapkolonie ontvlucht zijn, om een vrij en onafhanklik volk te worden. Deze veertig jaren waren veertig jaren van smart en lijden. Wij hebben Natal, den Oranje-Vrijstaat en de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek gesticht, en driemaal heeft de Engelsche Regering onze vrijheid vertrapt. En onze vlag, die onze vaderen met hun bloed en tranen gedoopt hebben, van den grond neergehaald. 35

Als door een dief in de nacht is onze vrije Republiek weggestolen. Wij kunnen en wij mogen dat niet dragen. God wil, dat de eerbied onzer vaderen en de liefde jegens onze kinderen ons voorschrijft, het erfpand der vaderen ongeschonden aan onze kinderen over te leveren. Daarom is het dat wij hier bijeentreden en dat wij elkander de hand geven als mannen, broeders, plechtig belovende, trouw te houden aan ons land en volk en met het oog op God same te werken, tot den dood toe. Zoo waarlijk helpe ons God Almachtig." Op 12 April 1877, annekseer Sir Shepstone die Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek, namens Engeland sonder dat 'n skoot geskiet is. Die anneksasie was 'n direkte gevolg van die ontdekking van goud in die ZAR, goud wat Engeland graag self wou hê. Die gebeure is gevolg deur 'n periode van lydelike verset deur die burgers van die ZAR en ook is daar verskeie deputasies onder leiding van die (vorige) adjunk-president Paul Kruger na Engeland gestuur. Hierdie deputasies en ook verskeie ander onderhandelings met Engeland het misluk en die burgers word opgeroep tot 'n vergadering te Paardekraal op 8 Desember 1880. Tydens hierdie vergadering, besluit sowat 6000 burgers, dat die tyd aangebreek het om iets daadwerkliks te doen. Op 'n voorstel van Paul Kruger het elke burger 'n klip stapel gepak op die plek waar die monument vandag staan. Op hierdie stadium is die Paardekraal Gelofte ook afgelê. Hierdie vergadering het die slag van Majuba tot gevolg gehad en die herstel van vryheid van die ZAR op 27 Februarie 1881. Van 13 tot 16 Desember 1881, hou 'n dankbare volk 'n reuse fees op die terrein en ook die eerste Staatsfees in 1886 is hier gevier.

In 1889 is die heer JC Human, (Human straat in Krugersdorp is na hom vernoem) wat landdros in Krugersdorp was, na president Paul Kruger wat toe die president van die Transvaal was om toestemming te vra om 'n monument op die terrein te bou. In 1890 besluit die regering om die monument op Paardekraal te bou oor die klipstapel. Meneer Wierda (hy was ook die argitek van die Wierda-brug oor Sesmyl Spruit in Centurion), is die argitek en die boumeester. Meneer WY Veitch het in April 1890, met die bou van die Monument begin en is voltooi in November van 1890. 38

Op 16 Desember 1891, is 'n huldigingsfees op Paardekraal gehou, waartydens president Paul Kruger die monument onthul het.

Dit was ook die eerste volksfees waar die

Gelofte van Bloedrivier op 16 Desember 1838, weer herdenk is. Tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog, in opdrag van Lord Roberts (gedurende Junie 1901), is die klipstapel onder die monument verwyder en onder die treinbrug by Vereeniging in die Vaalrivier gegooi. Die klippe het daar gelê tot in 2007 toe duikers dít uit die modder uitgegrawe het en weer onder die monument geplaas het. In 1916 is ’n groot volksfees op Paardekraal onder leiding van generaal Louis Botha gehou.

In die jare daarna het die Feeskommissie steeds voortgegaan om jaarliks ’n Geloftefees te reël, alhoewel dit beperk was tot die plaaslike omgewing. In 1946 is weer ’n begin gemaak met vyfjaarlikse feeste, wat goed bygewoon is.

Met die herdenking van die Anglo-Boere Oorlog gedurende Oktober 1999 tot 31 Mei 2002, het die Volkskomitee vir die Herdenking van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog al die geloftefeeskomitees in die land wat hulle gebonde gevoel het aan die geloftes van 1838 en 1880, genooi om ’n gedenksteen tydens Geloftedag op 16 Desember 2002 aan die Paardekraal Feeskommissie te oorhandig om in ’n gedenkmuur ingebou te word. Die gedenkmuur is die laaste toevoeging tot die monument en is 'n bewys dat die Afrikaner ook in hierdié tyd, steeds bereid is om sy Geloftes gestand te doen.

Nou na byna 50 jaar voel dáárdie jong seun nog steeds trots oor sy afrikaner geskiedenis...veral op die 16de Desember, en as sy volk se feeste vandag ‘n lae persentasie bywoning toon wonder hy net wat gaan in die toekoms gebeur. ©JohanJacobs12/01/2012 Verwysings en foto’s: • • •

Wikepidia - Die vrye Ensiklopedie Verskeie foto’s : Erkenning aan Paardekraal Verkennings Kommando Verskeie foto’s : Erkenning aan Dr Walker

7.7 Tak Vervoer Polisiëring / Branch Transport Policing

7.8 SAR Police: Honour bestowed upon Mr HL “Les” Pivnic by the former SAR & H Police

8 NATIONAL SECURITY NEWS / NUUS EN NASIONALE VEILIGHEID 8.1 Werknemer van die Polisie vertel hy haat witmense – Beeld 8.1.1 Brig Stef Grobler skryf: “Ek was verbaas om op bladsy 46 (in die vorige uitgawe) die artikel oor Juda Dagane te lees. Ek het hom ‘n paar jaar gelede as forensiese ondersoeker by die Spesiale Ondersoek Eenheid opgelei. Na sy opleiding was hy by die SIU (soos dit bekend is) in Pretoria geplaas tot hy bedank het. Die SIU was onlangs baie in die nuus met die hoof, Willie Hofmeyr wat deur Willem Heath vervang is en wie skaars twee weke later op sy beurt weer bedank het. Tydens die onderhoud wat ek met hom gevoer het voor sy aanstelling het hy vertel dat hy een of ander kwalifikasie in Amerika verwerf het. Of dit wel so is, weet ek nie want die bevestiging van persone se kwalifikasies was nie my verantwoordelikheid gewees nie. Hy het my nogal beïndruk en ek het aanbeveel dat hy in diens geneem word. Ek kan nie uit die vuis onthou hoe hy tydens opleiding presteer het nie. Hy moes goed gedoen het want ons minimum vereistes was 80%. Nou sien ek hy noem homself ‘n “forensiese analis” in die polisie.

Wie sou nou kon dink dat hy sulke dinge sou kwytraak? Gelukkig het ek darem heelhuids daar uitgekom want lyk my hy is ‘n heel gevaarlike kalant.”

8.2 Covert Action/ Koverte Aksie: Possible pre-emptive strike? Moontlike voorsprong operasies? 8.2.1 Israel uses risky "hits" in deadly shadow war Written by Reuters Thursday, 12 January 2012 13:54 – http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=22461:israel-uses-risky-qhitsq-in-deadly-shadowwar&catid=3:Civil%20Security&Itemid=113 If Mossad assassins were behind the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist it would be the latest chapter in a long history of Israeli covert action against foes best not confronted with full force. As always, Israeli officials declined any comment on the death of Mostafa AhmadiRoshan, who was blown up in his car, while Iran itself immediately pinned the blame on Israel. Cold-eyed calculus guides what Israeli officials call "precision thwarting," a euphemism that strives to focus blame on those marked for death while conveying reluctance to escalate the shadow war, Reuters reports. Critics condemn all such attacks on moral grounds, and also question the long-term efficiency of targeted killings, but Israeli officials, drawing on years of experience in the murky practice, believe they play a vital role in defending the state. When it comes to Iran, whose uranium enrichment and ballistic missile projects have suffered a surge of spectacular and often bloody mishaps in recent months, Israel measures the gains in terms of the delays they cause. "They are not keeping to the schedules they would like to keep to," former Mossad spymaster Meir Dagan said in a recent television interview, smilingly crediting the apparent sabotage spree to "God, who controls everything."

- Virtual Defections The daylight killings of atomic technicians such as Ahmadi-Roshan -- who, like others before him, fell victim to an explosive device attached to his car by a passing motorcyclist -obviously deplete Iran's pool of nuclear experts. It also provokes panic in surviving 43

colleagues, said an Israel official, generating a phenomenon that Mossad veterans dub "virtual defection." "It's not that we've been seeing mass resignations, but rather a sense of spreading paranoia given the degree to which their security has been compromised," the official, who has extensive Iran expertise, told Reuters. "It means they have to take more precautions, including, perhaps, being a little less keen to stand out for excellence in their nuclear work. That slows things down." History of hits The activation this week of an Iranian enrichment plant deep in a mountain drew condemnation from world powers which, along with many Gulf Arabs, see bomb-making potential in a nuclear programme that Tehran insists is for peaceful energy needs. Ahmadi-Roshan was at least the third expert linked to Iran's nuclear programme to be killed in the last two years. "I don't know who settled the score with the Iranian scientist, but I am definitely not shedding any tears," Israel's army spokesman Yoav Mordechai said on his Facebook page. Happy to deflect the blame, Israeli officials say many people have an interest in sabotaging Iranian operations. "I think several players, not only Israel, are active (in Iran)," former Mossad deputy director Ilan Mizrahi said on Wednesday. "It's not only countries, it is movements. You have the Iranian opposition, which is very strong. They have their own capabilities inside Iran." Yet Israel has an admitted history of state-sponsored assassination and intimidation, from letter-bombs it sent German scientists serving Egypt's missile programme in the 1960s to the Mossad hunt, using guns and booby-traps, for Palestinians involved in killing 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics. More recently, Israeli air-launched missiles and Special Forces picked off Palestinian uprising leaders. In 1995, motorbike-borne gunmen killed Islamic Jihad chief Fathi Shiqaqi in Malta, and another suspected Mossad team smothered Hamas commander Mahmoud alMabhouh in his Dubai hotel in 2010. Proponents of such tactics say they stave off more ruinous open war and few voices are raised in Israel in condemnation. Mabhouh had helped smuggle rockets to Palestinians, a threat Israel cited in justifying its 2008-2009 offensive on the Gaza Strip, amid international outcry at the high civilian toll. "When you are fighting terror, targeting the heads of terror organisations is positive," Mizrahi said, justifying killings. Back fire Against Iran's nuclear programme, Israel - like the United States - has hinted it could resort 44

to military force. But neither is keen to further destabilise the region by opening a new Muslim front, and military experts say Israel alone does not have the firepower to kill off Iran's nuclear programme in a single swoop. Assassinations carry their own incalculable risks, as the Mossad learned in 1997 when the men it sent to poison Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Amman bungled the job and were caught. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then in his first term, had ordered the hit under pressure to retaliate for Hamas suicide bombings. He ended up having to repair ties with Jordan by freeing Hamas's spiritual mentor, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, from prison - an unexpected boon for Palestinian radicals. Despite widespread speculation, Iran denied Israeli sabotage was to blame for a blast last November that killed a Revolutionary Guards general. On Wednesday it was swift not only to blame Israel, but also to publish the sensitive nature of the victim's work at the uranium enrichment facility of Natanz. "The Iranians are exposing this in order, ultimately, to provide a large degree of rationale and justification, both domestically and abroad, for what they will eventually consider as a reprisal," said Uzi Rabi, a Middle East expert at Tel Aviv University. He predicted an "unavoidable showdown," most likely in the Gulf, where Iran has threatened to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, with a possible spill over in the form of Israeli and Western air strikes on Iran. [Defenceweb.]

8.3 Uniform: African Union Peacekeepers for Somalia Here is a photograph of the AU’s uniform worn by peacekeepers in Somalia:

The whole article may be read when you click on the following link:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=22462:security-council-urges-reliable-support-forafrican-peacekeepers-in-somalia-&catid=54:Governance&Itemid=118

8.4 US exported US$4 billion worth of arms to Africa between 2003 and 2010 The United States sold US$14.304 billion worth of military equipment to the top six African defence spenders between 2003 and 2010, according to a new report released by the Congressional Research Service. Egypt alone accounted for US$14.1 billion in weapons sales during this period. Ref: http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22433:usexported-us4-billion-worth-of-arms-to-africa-between-2003-and2010&catid=54:Governance&Itemid=118 •

One wonders if Africa needs guns or butter?

8.5 A Good Question on Tax and Corruption:

8.5.1 Why do we pay tax? – Politicsweb - Rhoda Kadalie 05 January 2012 - Rhoda Kadalie says huge sums are stolen, and we get appalling services in return. Last month, the South African Revenue Services (SARS) demanded that I pay an extra R17 000 in taxes. I resent it deeply given our politicians' ravenous feeding at the trough and the endless deluge of corruption. Luxurious presidential and ministerial houses, lavish lifestyles, expensive cars, exorbitant salaries and undeserving perks that go with public life have become customary. Julius Malema epitomises this lifestyle. Never having done an honest day's work in his life, he owns a farm, is building a mansion for over R6 million in Sandton, and he has a whopping bank balance. Bankrolled by some of the ANC's elite, his other sources of wealth must surely come from our taxes via the procurement process. I have written to the Treasury asking them to give me a valid reason why I should pay in this amount given that a sizeable portion of the national budget goes into the private pockets of connected individuals. I need an explanation from the Minister of Finance why I need to comply with this demand. SA is a developing nation and despite an increase in tax collection (R599bn in 2009/10, an R8.4bn increase on the previous year), government has been everything but prudent with the management of the country's financial assets. Total tax revenue is made up of personal income tax (R205,2 billion), value-added tax (VAT) (R147,9 billion) and company income tax (R134,9 billion). In other words, individuals are heavily taxed vis a vis companies and vis a vis the appalling services we get in return. In the meantime, government is living it up and we are simply failing to keep government consumption at affordable levels. The widespread abuse of power, greed, corruption, misappropriation and mismanagement of tax revenues fly in the face of our constitutional obligations which demand accountability, transparency and public scrutiny. The fights around public office are so vicious because ANC members know that in running the country they have ownership and control of the economy for their own gain. It is this entitlement that will run SA into the ground. Billions wasted on the arms deal, millions on the travel scandal, hundreds of millions on Bheki Cele's Police Headquarters, not to speak of the investigation of 20 SABC employees accused of R2.7bn in tender and procurement rigging, leave us reeling just to comprehend it all. Then there is the building of 33 police stations to the value of R330 million without going through due process and the allegations that police officers were involved in their construction. The Department of Public Works itself is a nest of vipers and many of their officials have their hands in the cookie jar. Chapter 13 of the Constitution spells out very clearly the role of the Treasury and its obligation to "ensure both transparency and expenditure control." The Treasury may also "stop the transfer of funds to an organ of state if that organ of state commits a serious or persistent material breach of those measures." Government is in breach of its own Constitution for supporting organs of state that have literally stolen and misappropriated state funds. Instead of an equitable, efficient, and well accounted for tax system meant to achieve economic growth and the development of the poor, the Treasury remains a cash cow for the deployed cadres who will milk it until it is dry. 47

"Throw Them All Out" is a book my daughter sent me for Christmas. It details how American "politicians and their friends get rich off insider stock tips, land deals, and cronyism that would send the rest of us to prison." Similarly, our deployed cadres belong in jail. Few would be left to govern! This article first appeared in Die Burger. http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71619? oid=273684&sn=Detail&pid=71616

8.6 Afghan police detain two Britons with 30 rifles Slowly but surely the Afghans are taking a grip on their country and the days of the visiting security specialists are being numbered. Those serving there should take note of developments - HBH Written by Reuters Thursday, 05 January 2012 14:53 Two Britons and two Afghans have been detained for carrying dozens of AK-47 assault rifles in the Afghan capital, police said in what appeared to be the latest flare-up

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government and private security firms. Kabul police chief Ayoub Salangi said the four men were illegally carrying the weapons,

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ammunition, in the eastern part of the capital where there are several foreign military bases. "Some of the weapons did not have serial numbers or (the numbers) had been removed," Salangi told Reuters. He said the 30 rifles belonged to a foreign security firm in Kabul, Reuters reports. "We asked the company to show their licence but they are yet to do so," Salangi said, adding investigations were under way. Dozens of private security firms were set up in the years after the Taliban government was toppled in late 2001, providing security for businesses, embassies, aid projects and government offices. In August 2010, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he wanted private security firms -with the exception of firms whose guards work inside compounds used by foreign embassies -- to close by the end of that year. The deadline was later pushed back to March 2012. 48

Karzai has frequently said the security firms were the biggest barrier to the development of local police forces across Afghanistan. They have also been accused of acting with impunity and putting ordinary Afghans at risk with often heavy-handed tactics. It is intended a branch of the police, the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF), will take over the work done by private security firms, a process which has begun, but some in the industry do not believe the APPF will be ready in time. Foreign forces in Afghanistan are in the process of handing control of security over to the Afghan army and police, with foreign combat troops due to leave by the end of 2014. http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=22277:afghan-police-detain-two-britons-with-30rifles&catid=54:Governance&Itemid=118

8.7 Transport Minister Ignores Petition – Schalk de Beer & Sarie v Niekerk Dear fellow concerned citizen, Below are the contents of a media release that we have just sent out with respect to the petition you signed. I thought that you may like to know how much attention the Minister of Transport paid to it. JPSA knew all along that this could be, or should I say would be an eventuality however we followed due process and gave the Minister more than ample time in which to respond. Our letter to the World Health Organisation at the United Nations has been delivered and we will see what action, if any will be taken by the UN. This is not the end of the road for this campaign and if you are interested, we will be sending out emails in the near future with respect to other actions that we will be taking to halt the “blue light brigades” in South Africa. Once again, thank you for adding your voice to our petition and we assure you that we will keep fighting to bring about an end to this evil and many others that occur on our roads. JPSA MEDIA STATEMENT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO: ALL NEWS AND TRANSPORT EDITORS DATE: TUESDAY 3 JANUARY 2012 SUBJECT: TRANSPORT MINISTER IGNORES PETITION JOHANNESBURG – JPSA would like to confirm that as at Tuesday 3 January 2012, no response has been received to our Memorandum and Petition with respect to bringing a halt to “blue light brigades” which was hand delivered to the National Department of Transport on 1 December 2011 and gave the Minister until 31 December 2011 to act. As a result of his inaction a letter has been drafted and delivered to the World Health Organisation at the United Nations in line with what was stated in our Memorandum. Other avenues will also be pursued in due course. Prior to delivery of the letter taking place, we once again checked our post box to make certain that no response had been received. No other form of contact has been made either. Whilst we are not surprised that the Minister has chosen to ignore the petition which was signed by 46,646 people, we are nonetheless disappointed that our Minister of Transport has 49

seen fit to do so, given the fact that this petition came about as a result of the crashing into and serious injury of Thomas Ferreira, on 5 November 2011 and whom is still in a semicomatose state in a rehabilitation centre. The crash was allegedly caused by the driver of the Housing MEC for Gauteng’s driver proceeding through a red traffic light at speed, after switching on little more than a blue flashing light in his unmarked BMW X5 SUV. To date, we have not heard of any criminal charges having been brought against Mr Semietsi Joseph Modomai, although we have heard that statements have been taken from witnesses to the crash. By not so much as responding in any way whatsoever, the Minister has overtly shown his contempt for our organisation, 46,646 people and the safety of road users of this country. It is also notable that neither he, nor any other person from the National Department of Transport has so much as taken a minute to offer any sympathies to the Ferreira family or so much as mentioned this incident for that matter. To date, no financial assistance has been forthcoming to the Ferreira family with respect to Thomas’ medical bills (shortfalls) as was promised by Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane. The spokesperson for MEC Humphrey Mmemezi’s office has told the media that their office will be meeting with the Ferreira Family “in the New Year”. As a result, a trust fund was formed in December 2011 in order to assist the family with the medical shortfalls. The details of that trust account are as follows: Thomas Ferreira Relief Trust Standard Bank Melville Account Number: 037359363 Branch Code: 006105 Savings Account Howard Dembovsky – 082 418 6210 – email howard@jp-sa.org Best Regards, Howard Dembovsky National Chairman - Justice Project South Africa (NPC) Association Not For Gain | Incorporated as a non-profit company under the Companies Act, 2008 | Registration Number 2010/019972/08 Mobile: +27 (0) 82 418 6210 Fax: +27 (0) 86 647 3293 Website: www.jp-sa.org Follow JPSA on Twitter "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" – Martin Luther King "All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men and women do nothing" – Edmund Burke JPSA Head Office: Ground Floor, 500 Kyalami Boulevard, Kyalami Office Park, Kyalami.

8.8 FW de Klerk Foundation condemns Rev's kill whites call FW de Klerk Foundation - 09 January 2012 Formal hate speech complaint to be laid against Kemo Immanuel Waters

FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION RESPONDS TO THE HATE SPEECH BY THE REV KEMO IMMANUEL WATERS The F W de Klerk Foundation wishes to condemn in the strongest terms the message recently broadcast on Twitter by Kemo Immanuel Waters calling for white South Africans to be killed. According to Waters' message "The only way to end racism is to kill a material number of whites" (see report). There is a strong possibility that Waters - a DJ and self-proclaimed religious leader - is simply seeking publicity. However, in our complex multicultural and multiracial society we simply cannot afford any actions and statements by anyone that might lead to inter-racial violence. The Constitution quite rightly prohibits and use of freedom of expression to incite imminent violence or to advocate hatred that is based on race, ethnicity, gender or religion and that constitutes incitement to cause harm. The Foundation will lodge a formal complaint regarding Waters' statement with the Human Rights Commission. Statement issued by the FW de Klerk Foundation, January 9 2012 http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308? oid=274235&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389

8.9 SAPS save South Koreans from 419 scam kidnap gang Colonel 5)

McIntosh Polela - 09 January 2012 Father and daughter lured to SA, imprisoned in a house in Soweto (Jan

Six suspects arrested for kidnapping two South Korean Nationals 5 Jan 2012 Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) have arrested six suspects for allegedly kidnapping two Korean nationals lured to South Africa through a 419 scam. The 65 year-old father and his daughter, who is in her 30s apparently responded to an email from the suspects promising tens of millions of dollars. The duo arrived in South Africa from South Korea on Tuesday. The suspects allegedly tasked a driver to fetch the victims from OR Tambo airport. The driver and the two Korean nationals were kidnapped and kept at a house in Meadowlands, Soweto. The driver managed to escape and alert the police. The suspects demanded a 10 million US dollar ransom from the 65 year-old man's wife (who was back in South Korea), to be deposited into an account in Singapore. The amount was eventually negotiated down to 120 000 US dollars. While the negotiations were on-going, the wife alerted the South Korean embassy in South Africa. Members of the SAPS rescued the captives, before the ransom money was deposited. Six suspects (five foreign nationals and a South African) were arrested during a rescue operation in the early hours of this morning. They have been charged with kidnapping, and are expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate Court on Monday. The management of the SAPS would like to congratulate its members who were involved in the operation that saved the two South Koreans. Statement issued by Colonel McIntosh Polela, South African Police Service, January 5 2012 Ref: http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308? oid=274248&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389 51

8.10 Road Traffic Management Corp sows further confusion - Stuart Farrow Stuart Farrow - 23 December 2011. DA MP says acting CEO Collins Letsoale's appointment appears to have been illegitimate RTMC acting CEO must verify his appointment The acting CEO of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), Collins Letsoale, is sowing more confusion than clarity in trying to justify the deployment of the National Traffic Intervention Units (NTIU) into the provinces. The Democratic Alliance has been a strong exponent of visible policing for many years now but where we govern it is always done within the boundaries of the law and in a coordinated and controlled way. To simply impose this newly formed traffic police force - trained to track down toll evaders in Gauteng - on other provinces is not only arrogant but also dangerous. Provinces and their municipalities have autonomy within their areas of jurisdiction, granted to them by the Constitution. Deploying a force such as the NTIU outside of its jurisdiction will only add administrative confusion and resentment. Metros and municipalities have their own traffic officers who operate within their own jurisdictions which includes all roads running through them, be they national, provincial, district or local. Uncertainty still reigns around the appointment process of the acting CEO of the RTMC. In September 2001, the Labour Court ruled that the process that lead to the appointment of Collins Letsoale was not compliant with the act that governs such appointments. Mr Letsoale and the Department of Transport (DOT) had 60 days to lodge an appeal - which to our knowledge was never done. This effectively means that the status quo remains and that Mr Letsoale's appointment was illegitimate. This then, has serious repercussions for many of the processes which followed the botched appointment. The subsequent registering of the NTIU officers on eNatis and the issuing of Peace Officer Certificates by the Gauteng Police Commissioner might well be tainted and could bring the responsible Ministers into disrepute. The legality of these appointments has further ramifications: the motoring public could now be in a position to bring law suits against the RTMC and the DOT. All these concerns were expressed to the Minister of Transport during the Budget Debate in Parliament. The Minister chose to ignore them and as a result the Minister and the RTMC has opened themselves up for serious legal challenges which they could now become personally responsible for. Statement issued by Stuart Farrow MP, DA Shadow Minister of Transport, December 23 2011 http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308? oid=273151&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389

8.11 Etiek: R Adm (JG) Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala Misdaadrekord, maar sy leer etiek Maryna Lamprecht - 2012-01-03 12:11 Beeld Die vloot se voormalige eerste vroue-admiraal, wat skuldig bevind is aan aanranding en 52

bedrog, is deesdae die hoof van die SuidAfrikaanse Nasionale Weermag (SANW) se projek om jong burgers in morele waardes en etiek op te lei. Skout.adm. Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala het die SANW in 2008 onder ’n wolk verlaat en toe weer vir omstredenheid gesorg toe sy in Augustus 2010 in die weermag se reserwemag (RM) aangestel is. Me. Lindiwe Sisulu, minister van verdediging, het in antwoord op ’n parlementêre vraag van mnr. Pieter Groenewald, VF+-LP en -woordvoerder oor verdediging, gesê Litchfield-Tshabalala is deesdae koördineerder van die SANW se nasionale jeugdienstaakspan wat al 1 500 jeugdiges teen ’n koste van R35,2 miljoen opgelei het. Tydens dié opleiding word jeugdiges van onder meer lewensvaardighede en dissipline geleer, asook om ’n goeie rolmodel te wees en nie misdaad te pleeg nie. Leierskapsontwikkeling, fiksheid, patriotisme en drilvaardighede is ook deel van die kurrikulum. Litchfield-Tshabalala is skuldig bevind aan bedrog nadat sy R15 000 geëis het vir ’n weermagrekenaar wat nie werklik gesteel is nie en ’n ondergeskikte aangerand het. Sy het ’n opgeskorte vonnis van ’n jaar tronkstraf en ontslag uit die weermag ontvang. Sy het ’n R6 000-boete betaal en moes ook die R15 000 wat sy geëis het aan die weermag terugbetaal. “Dit is duidelik dat Litchfield-Tshabalala totaal onbevoeg is om in diens van die SANW te wees en sy moet dadelik afgedank word,” het Groenewald gesê. Hy het Litchfield-Tshabalala, wat sedert haar skuldigbevinding ’n militêre misdaadgeskiedenis het, as ’n “verleentheid en skande” vir die weermag en haar kollegas beskryf. “Dit skaad ook die beeld van die hele weermag en Suid-Afrika in die buiteland dat ons weermag misdadigers as senior offisiere het.” Mnr. Ndivhuwo Mabaya, Sisulu se woordvoerder, het gesê hy kan nie kommentaar lewer nie aangesien die minister nie vir die aanstelling van soldate verantwoordelik is nie. Mnr. Siphiwe Dlamini, departementele woordvoerder, het gesê die departement is bewus van Litchfield-Tshabalala se geskiedenis, maar haar misdaadgeskiedenis is ou nuus en haar aanstelling nie permanent nie. Sy is egter al langer as drie jaar in die pos. Volgens die departement van verdediging se regulasies mag iemand met ’n vorige strafregtelike oortreding nie as offisier in die RM aangestel word nie. Mnr. James Lorimer, waarnemende DA-woordvoerder oor verdediging, het gesê dit is ironies dat LitchfieldTshabalala jeugdiges leer van etiek en om goeie rolmodelle te wees. “As enigiemand ’n slegte rolmodel is, is dit Litchfield-Tshabalala.” 53

http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Misdaadrekord-maar-sy-leer-etiek-20120103 Photo: Litchfield-Tshabalala http://www.dod.mil.za/sasoldier/2006/solju06.pdf Also see the following on The Sunday Times website: Admiral's shock SANDF return - Charl du Plessis | 12 October, 2010 22:54

A top naval officer who resigned under a cloud more than a year ago after being convicted of fraud and assault is back in the defence force in a senior position.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article704001.ece/Admirals-shock-SANDF-return

8.12 SA Police Service ban use of rubber bullets on protesters Written by Sapa Monday, 16 January 2012 16:14 Police officers are no longer allowed to use rubber bullets or shotguns on protesters, the Afrikaans daily, Beeld, reported on Saturday. The order was made at the end of December by Lieutenant General Elias Mawela from the police's reaction unit to all police officers in the country. This follows widespread use of force by police, over the past two years, mainly in protests over service delivery. The use of force and rubber bullets was highlighted by the death of Andries Tatane last April during a protest in Ficksburg. According to the communiqué by Malewa there many control incidents where a large number of rubber bullets were used over the last few months. "Some of these incidents led to negative publicity in the media which led to questions about the use of rubber bullets in such situations," he reportedly wrote. Rubber bullets are, according to Regulation 262, to be used as a last resort. In spite of the regulation and that supplies of rubber bullets were recently decreased, there were still serious injuries," he said. "The use of rubber bullets and bird-shot must therefore summarily be halted." Negotiation remains the first option, then pyrotechnics [stun grenades], water cannons or tear gas can be used. The goal must be to defuse conflict with minimum force, Beeld said.

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8.13 Kenya Police Air Wing receives Eurocopter AS350B3e Written by defenceWeb Monday, 16 January 2012 12:49 The Kenya Police Air Wing has become the first African customer to receive Eurocopter’s AS350B3e Ecureuil helicopter, which features an uprated power plant for better overall performance. The aircraft is dedicated to police law enforcement and crime prevention missions including anti-poaching, antiterrorism operations. It will also be deployed in search & rescue, casualty evacuation, personnel transport and various other civic protection roles. The Kenya Police Air-Wing is the first African customer for the AS350 B3e, which features an uprated Turbomeca Arriel 2D turbine engine allowing better takeoff performance. Range and payload was a primary consideration in selecting the AS350 B3e as the Air-Wing required a helicopter capable of patrolling both the dense built up area around the major cities, Nairobi and Mombasa, but also to cover smaller towns and communities spread over large areas. Kenya has a land area of 580 000 square kilometres and a population of nearly 39 million residents. It has a diverse geography including a long Indian Ocean coastline. Inland, the terrain varies from savannah grasslands to forests, mountains and even dessert regions. The AS350 has also been ordered by law enforcement agencies in Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. Some 5 000 Ecureuil helicopters have been delivered in 98 countries for some 1 600 operators. These aircraft have cumulated more than 21 million flight hours. The AS350 was assembled by Eurocopter’s subsidiary Eurocopter Southern Africa at Grand Central airport, South Africa, and ferried to Kenya in early December. Eurocopter Southern Africa won the Kenyan order after a competitive tender. Established in 1994, the subsidiary employs 80 people to generate an annual turnover of over R300 million through the sale of helicopters and the maintenance of approximately 250 in the region. Able to provide technical as well as pilot training, Eurocopter Southern Africa is currently deploying a full flight Super Puma simulator in Johannesburg to offer basic and advanced simulator training to its African customers’ base. 55

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8.14 VF Plus vra herontwerp van provinsiale- en plaaslike regering - Jaco

Mulder Mediaverklaring: Provinsiale- en plaaslike regeringstelsel het reeds in Suid-Afrika gefaal, sê mnr Jaco Mulder, VF Plus LPW en leier van die party in Gauteng. Die verslag van die Ouditeur-generaal vir die 2010/11 finansiële jaar het getoon dat slegs 16 uit 121 oudits in nasionale departemente en provinsiale wetgewers skoon is en dat R26,4 miljard onreëlmatig bestee of vermors is. Dit verteenwoordig ‘n toename van R4 miljard van die vorige finansiële jaar. Verder duur die volgehoue agteruitgang van dienslewering en finansiële bestuur in plaaslike owerhede voort. Die grootskaalse vermorsing van belastingbetalersgeld het ‘n direkte negatiewe invloed op dienslewering. Die trek van provinsiale grense na 1994 en die voortgesette totstandkoming van groter munisipale gebiede met sentrale beheer, is net so lomp en onbillik as die onsinnige trek van grense in Afrika in die koloniale tyd en word tans deur onbevoegde amptenare en magsbehepte politici bestuur. Van die provinsies soos Limpopo en die Oos Kaap beskik oor geen ekonomie van skaal en sekere munisipaliteite en dienslewering in munisipaliteite word deur groot lomp rade en metrorade al verder van plaaslike gemeenskappe af weggeneem. Die VF Plus streef na groter besluitnemingsmagte vir plaaslike gemeenskappe omdat dit die werklikheid van Suid-Afrika weerspieel. Suid-Afrika is ‘n gemeenskap van gemeenskappe en vele gemeenskappe het unieke uitdagings en behoeftes wat tans nie aangespreek word met rampspoedige gevolge. Van die gemeenskappe is kultuurgemeenskappe en ander weer kultureel divers, maar geografies gemeenskaplike behoeftes. Elke gemeenskap het ‘n unieke karakter. Die nasionale raad van provinsies is ‘n wit olifant wat vervang behoort te word met ‘n nasionale raad van gemeenskappe. Kundigheid moet so na as moontlik op grondvlak ontplooi word en gemeenskappe behoort bemagtig te word om meer selfseggenskap oor hul eie sake te hê. Die Matjhabeng munisipaliteit in die Vrystaat wat uit Virginia, Ventersburg en Henneman bestaan het reeds laat in 2011 ‘n aansoek by die Afbakeningsraad ingedien om ‘n nuwe munisipaliteit te stig omdat die geldsake en dienslewering in die gebiede deur die bestaande stelsel vernietig is.

Die inwonersvereniging van Hartebeespoort in Noordwes naby Brits ondersoek tans ook die moontlikheid om ‘n ‘n eie munisipaliteit te stig en steun groei in sekere gedeeltes van Soweto om af te skei van die Johannesburg Metro. Die regering kan gerus gaan kers opsteek by gemeenskappe soos Orania, Kleinfontein en ander wat sonder staatshulp besig is om te ontwikkel tot ontwikkelingsgebiede wat die groter omgewing positief beïnvloed. Die Suid-Afrikaanse grondwet waarborg ‘n veilige leefruimte, toegang tot basiese dienste en skoon water vir alle burgers en die Staat het reeds hierin gefaal. Mulder het ‘n beroep gedoen op gemeenskappe om op geordende wyse hulself in te rig en die VF Plus te steun om selfseggenskap op te eis. Jaco Mulder LPW: VF Plus Leier Gauteng17 Januarie 2012 Kommentaar: Vanuit ‘n nasionale veiligheidsperspektief gesien is hierdie ‘n goeie voorstel. Bring die regering en die beheer oor fondse weer nader na grondvlak. Mense moet in “gemeentes” of “wagbuurtes” na hul eie sake omsien en dit kan ook lei tot beter misdaadvoorkoming deur eie gemeentelike polisie aan te stel. Ons sit al reeds met derduisende sekerheidswagte wat ook as eie gemeentelike polisie aangestel kan word – die basiese taak van gemeentelike polisie is verkeersbeheer en misdaadvoorkoming waarvoor daar ‘n groot behoefte is. Neem ‘n arm woonbuurt: Waarom moet hulle ‘n moderne vragmotor koop om vuilis te verwyder as dit ewe goed deur opkomende entrepreneurs met spanne donkies en waens gedoen kan word? Donkies kan “verniet” op die dorpsmeent wei soos in dae van ouds! Dit sal werk verskaf aan mense in die woonbuurt, veral as die vuilgoed gesorteer word in glas, papier, bottels, bene en metaal. (Vandag word alles net saamgepers en in ‘n gat gegooi.) Ons huur duisende wagte in ons woonbuurte. Indien ons gemeentelike polisie het, bied ons beter diensvoorwaardes en voordele vir ons eie mense aan om ons te beskerm. Tuisveiligheid kan nie uitgekontrakteer word nie – HBH. 8.15 R42m Postbank theft indicative suggests poor controls - DA Natasha Michael - 16 January 2012. Natasha Michael says bank's security systems need to be urgently checked Minister Pule must implement emergency measures to protect the poor The New Year's Day heist of R42 million from the South African Postbank points to serious flaws in the entity's security systems (see Sunday Times report). The security of these systems has important implications for poor South Africans. The bank not only targets low-income earners and provides banking services in poor rural areas, but its systems are used in the payment of social grants. I will be submitting a series of parliamentary questions to the Minister of Communications, Dina Pule to determine: • Which company was used to install cyber security systems for the Postbank Trust Centre; • How these systems are monitored; 57

Why the security systems, implemented at a cost of R15 million three years ago, failed; • How often the systems are checked for weaknesses; and • Who has access to the security systems? The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has launched an investigation into this heist. However, in addition, I will today be writing to Minister Pule to ask that she puts in place emergency interim measures to test the robustness of the Postbank's security systems, and implement improved checks and balances to ensure that all funds are kept safe. The Postbank system is used in the payment of grants as it allows funds to be paid directly into the accounts of grant beneficiaries. More than 15 million South Africans benefit from the almost R100 billion in social grants paid annually by the Department of Social Development. If the security of Postbank's systems is weak, as the New Year's Day heist has shown, the potential for the fraudulent payment of grants is enormous. Minister Pule must take swift action to ensure that the integrity of Postbank's systems is improved, and that South Africans, particularly grant recipients, are protected from their potential abuse. Statement issued by Natasha Michael MP, DA Shadow Minister of Communications, January 16 2012 Comment: What about RICA? – HBH •

8.16 DA will scrutinise any medical parole application by Selebi James Selfe - 16 January 2012 James Selfe says current application not accompanied by any medical report, so wouldn't qualify The DA will be scrutinising any medical parole application by Mr Selebi closely Media reports suggest that a group known as "The Friends of Jackie Selebi" have submitted an application that Mr Selebi be released on medical parole. If Mr Selebi qualifies for release on medical parole, then the procedure laid down in the Correctional Services Act and its regulations must be followed to the letter. The procedure starts with an application which must be accompanied by a written medical report, recommending placement on medical parole, and giving a complete medical diagnosis and prognosis, and reasons why medical parole should be considered. This medical report is considered by a medical advisory board, which may additionally obtain further medical advice from one or more specialists. Secondly, medical parole can only be granted if an offender: • "is suffering from a terminal disease or condition, or if the offender is rendered physically incapacitated as a result of injury, disease or illness so as to severely limit daily activity or inmate self care" AND • "the risk of reoffending is low" AND • "there are appropriate arrangements for the inmate's care in the community."

Assuming that the medical report as endorsed by the medical advisory board recommends placement on medical parole, the application must then be considered by a Parole Board, which must also consider: • whether the trial judge was aware of the medical condition at the time of sentencing; • any sentencing remarks made by the trial judge; • the type of offence and length of sentence outstanding; • previous criminal convictions; • the offender's conduct, adaptation and disciplinary record while serving his/her sentence; and • the likelihood of his/her relapse into crime. In this particular case, I understand that the application by "The Friends of Jackie Selebi" is not accompanied by a medical report, and therefore will not even be entertained by the Department of Correctional Services. While the DA supports the right of inmates who qualify for medical parole to be placed on such parole, it will scrutinise this, and any other application for medical parole, very closely to ensure that the procedures laid down by the Act are followed to the letter. This is both because of the blatant miscarriage of justice that occurred when Schabir Shaik was illegally released on medical parole, and because there are many unanswered questions that surround the seemingly very rapid onset of renal failure in the case of Jackie Selebi. Statement issued by James Selfe MP, DA Shadow Minister of Correctional Services, January 14 2012

8.17 Krakers verlam Israel - Praag Die webtuistes van Israel se aandelebeurs en nasionale lugdiens, El-Al, is dié week deur proPalestynse kuberkrakers aangeval. Die groep "Nagmerrie", het toegeslaan 'n dag nadat die Islamitiese Hamas belowe het om 'n kuberoorlog teen die Joodse staat te verdiep. Die onlangse aanval volg op 'n golf van soortgelyke kuberinbraakaanvalle waarin kredietkaartinligting van duisende Israeli's deur 'n kuberkraker vrygestel is. Die kraker het beweer dat hy 'n Saoedi is. "Die penetrasie in die Israeliese webwerwe open 'n nuwe front vir elektroniese verset en oorlog teen die Israeliese besetting," het Hamas se segsman, Sami Aboe Zoehri, gister gesê. Terwyl El-Al se webwerf kan glad nie kon laai nie, het die aandelebeurs se webtuistes slegs handelsyfers getoon, sonder die moontlikheid om enige ander aksie uit te voer. http://praag.co.za/nuus-magazine-402/internasionale-nuus-magazine-399/10870-krakersverlam-israel.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed %3A+praag+%28Pro-Afrikaanse+Aksiegroep%29

8.18 Gauteng Premier's Office detains sheriff - Jack Bloom Jack Bloom -18 January 2012 DA MPL says Diana Cheville prevented from removing furniture to pay off R9m court order GAUTENG PREMIER DEFIES LAW, OBSTRUCTS SHERIFF OF THE COURT 59

There is a dramatic stand-off this morning between the Gauteng Premier's Office and the Sheriff of the High Court who has come to remove furniture from the office to pay off a R9.25 million court order directing her to pay the medical costs and upkeep of 12-year-old Prince Sibusiso Khanyi. Mrs Diana Chivelli, the Deputy Sheriff for Johannesburg Central, has been locked by security on the third floor of the Premier's Office at 30 Simmonds Street in inner city Johannesburg. Security is also preventing the Red Ants from removing the furniture. Khanyi was brain-damaged when he was born in December 1999 at the Pholosong Hospital on the Far East Rand. The South Gauteng High Court found on 18 February 2011 that he suffered permanent brain injury because of hospital negligence. He lives with his family in Tsakane on the east rand. The furniture at her 13 story offices was attached by the Sheriff on 21 October last year. According to the inventory, the following goods worth about R1 million were attached: 270 Computers 270 Desks 600 Chairs 10 Lounge suites 100 Printers 10 Copiers 10 Fax machines 10 Small fridges 10 Microwaves 100 Filing cabinets The Sheriff is there to remove the furniture today as the premier has failed to respond to the court payment order. Her lawyers appealed the judgement, but this appeal has lapsed. It is an utter disgrace that the premier has failed to obey this court order that would assist Khanyi's struggling family to look after him. Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has to take responsibility for this debacle arising from her arrogance and incompetent lawyers. The situation now is extremely serious as it is a criminal offence in terms of the Supreme Court Act to obstruct the Sheriff in carrying out his duties. Mokonyane should obey the law just like everyone else and pay the full amount in good time. It's a very sad day for our province when the premier defies the law. Meanwhile, a disabled child suffers because her office has delayed in paying money that would ease his life and that of his family. Statement by Jack Bloom MPL, DA Gauteng Caucus Leader, January 18 2012 http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308? oid=275744&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389 8.19 De Lille commends Cape Town's fire-fighters Patricia de Lille - 18 January 2012 Mayor says Khayelitsha Fire Station responds to 80 fires a month SPEECH BY EXECUTIVE MAYOR, ALDERMAN PATRICIA DE LILLE, AT THE KHAYELITSHA FIRE STATION ON 18 JANUARY 2012 60

Mayor pays tribute to fire-fighters for outstanding service I am here to thank all the firemen and women throughout the city for dedicating their lives to keeping our communities safe. Your prompt responses when fires spread or natural disasters strike are often the difference between life and death in many communities. Many of you barely spend enough spend time with your own families out of service to the people of Cape Town. When many of us are enjoying the Festive Season with our families, you are the ones to whom we all turn to reduce the devastating effects of fires. The Khayelitsha Fire Station is one of the busiest in the metropole. The depot responds to an average of over 80 fire incidents per month. This figure rises exponentially during heat waves, such as the one we are currently experiencing, which are characterised by a high volume of fire incidents. Since January 2012 the station has responded to 108 fire incidents. Many of these are resolved without fatalities because our Fire and Rescue Services are wellequipped and trained to deal with fires. We value the outstanding work of all firefighters. This is why we are continuously exploring numerous interventions to help you to continue with your sterling service to the people of Cape Town. The City has over the last four years invested close to R200 million in the City's Fire and Rescue Services which has enabled us to meet the international baseline for responding to emergencies and substantially reduce fatalities from fire incidents in informal settlements. In December, the City distributed a total of 1 000 fire extinguishers, funded by the Mayoral Special Projects Fund, to households in Langa Zone 30, 31 and 32. More fire extinguishers will be distributed to other communities that are prone to fires once we have measured the effectiveness of the pilot project. The portable fire extinguishers are part of the City's broader plans to improve our capacity to prevent the devastating effects of fires and natural disasters. We also have a series of awareness programmes to educate residents to eliminate causes of avoidable fires. We have increased our investment in our Fire and Rescue Services department. We now have a total of 30 fire stations which are open 24 hours a day. We also appoint seasonal fire-fighters to enhance our capacity to deal with fires during this period when fire incidents are at their highest. The City is doing its utmost best to safeguard all communities. However, our efforts alone will never be enough to prevent fires. I urge all residents to take responsibility for fire safety where they live and work. This will reduce the unnecessary burden on our Fire and Rescue Services and free them to focus on unavoidable incidents. We must all play our part to keep our communities safe. Issued by Communication Department, City of Cape Town, January 18 2012

8.20 Veiligheidsfirmas groei met 2 000 in vyf jaar 2012-01-19 22:25 - Hilda Fourie

Bykans 2 000 nuwe veiligheidsmaatskappye wat gewapende reaksiedienste lewer, is van 2005 tot 2010 gestig. Mnr. Kerwin Lebone van die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge (SAIRV) wat dié navorsing gedoen het, het gesê ondernemings en huishoudings kies toenemend veiligheidsmaatskappye wat reaksiedienste lewer om hulle veilig te hou. Dr. Johan Burger, senior navorser van die Instituut vir Sekerheidstudie, het gesê weens die hoë vlakke van misdaad wat gerig is op eiendom, soos kapings, huisrooftogte, inbrake by huise en ondernemings sowel as rooftogte by ondernemings, sal daar ’n behoefte vir private veiligheidsmaatskappye wees. “Al is die polisie hoe goed, hulle kan nie oral wees nie,” het Burger gesê. Hy het ook die groei toegeskryf aan ’n verlies aan vertroue in die polisie. “Wat belangrik is, is dat veiligheidsmaatskappye die polisie moet aanvul en nie vervang nie.” Volgens die navorsing deur die SAIRV het die getal geregistreerde veiligheidsmaatskappye van 2005 tot 2010 toegeneem van 4?600 tot byna 7?500 (61%) – almal lewer nie ’n gewapende reaksiediens nie. Maatskappye wat spesifiek geld vervoer, het van 856 tot 2 183 (155%) gestyg. Maatskappye wat ondernemings oppas, het gestyg van 3 410 tot 5?752 (69%). Daar is 236% meer geregistreerde veiligheidswagte.3

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9.1 Rex v. Celliers - David Scholtz Dear friends and military historians, The other day I was trawling through the law reports of the Orange River Colony for 1903 and came across the interesting case of Rex v. Celliers, which had certain parallels with that of Salmon van As and Captain Miers4. The case recorded that on 23 December 1900 General de Wet recaptured Dewetsdorp and took a number of prisoners, including Lieutenant Boyle, who had been the assistant commandant of the town during the British occupation. Generals de Wet and Philip Botha decided to release all the prisoners, with the exception of Boyle. Shortly thereafter de Wet left for the south. The reason for the detention of Lieutenant Boyle was that inhabitants of the town and its surroundings had complained that Boyle had ill-treated women in the town. Philip Botha decided that Boyle should be executed. He instructed Kommandant Ben Celliers, who at the time was serving under Botha, to take Boyle on an hour's ride out of camp and to shoot and bury him. This order was carried out by Celliers. 3 http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Veiligheidsfirmas-groei-met-2-000-in-vyf-jaar-20120119 4 Salmon Gerhardus Van As was executed during June 1902 at Heidelberg by the British for the murder of Capt Roland Miers, SA Constabulary, during the AB War. Salomon van As is a family member Gen Salmon Gerhardus “Manie” Maritz – HBH

On 26 January 1901 President Steyn and General de Wet called on Celliers to account for his act and Philip Botha was suspended. Botha was subsequently killed in action before an enquiry could be held into his conduct in giving the order to Celliers. On 26 July 1901 Celliers was tried by a Boer court martial (krijgsraad) and was acquitted on the grounds that he had acted on the orders of Botha. Celliers was subsequently wounded and taken to the British military hospital in Kroonstad. In 1903 Celliers was tried for the murder of Boyle before a judge and jury of the High Court of the Orange River Colony. Fawkes J was the presiding Judge. As in the case of van As, Celliers was one of the exceptions to the general amnesty for combatants, which was agreed at the Peace of Vereeniging. At the trial Celliers was defended by General JBM Hertzog. Christiaan de Wet gave evidence at the trial. One of the legal arguments of the defence was that, since Celliers had been acquitted by the krijgsraad, he could not be tried again for the same offence. The judge held that, at the time, the krijgsraad was not a competent court recognised by the British Crown. In the judge's directions to the jury, he quoted an earlier decision in the Cape Colony that a soldier on active service was justified in obeying the order of his superior officer provided that the order was not manifestly illegal. At the end of the trial the jury acquitted Celliers. I attach a copy of the full law report for anyone who is interested and also the short biography of Lieutenant Boyle, which appears in Mildred Dooner's book. You will note that, prior to his capture, he was a member of the ORC Police and was the Assistant District Commissioner at Lindley. He is now buried in the Kroonstad Garden of Remembrance. After the British annexation of the Orange River Colony, many of the judges appointed to that Bench were Scottish. The reason was that Scots law was much closer to Roman-Dutch law than English law. The civil courts continued to apply Roman-Dutch law despite the annexation. Yours sincerely David Scholtz

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of superior officer.'

An acquittal by an incompetent court is no bar to a subsequent indictment for the same offence. Where a person is charged with shooting another while martial law is in force, he may justify such an act by pleading that he acted under orders of a superior officer ; but the onus of proving that such orders were not manifestly illegal will be upon the accused. In this case, which was one of the "excepted" cases under the Vereeniging Terms, the prisoner stood charged with the murder of one Lieutenant Boyle. During the late war the prisoner was on active service, and was promoted first to fieldcornet and later on to commandant. About the end of 1900 he was serving under General P. Botha. About the same time (23rd December, 1900) the town of Dewetsdorp was recaptured by General de Wet, and a number of prisoners taken, including, amongst others, one Lieutenant Boyle, who had been assistant commandant of that town during the British occupation. All the prisoners, with the exception of Boyle, were subsequently released by General de Wet; but on advice received front the inhabitants of Dewetsdorp and surroundings that Boyle had ill-treated women, Generals de Wet and P. Botha decided not to let Boyle go; at that time General P. Botha advised the execution of Boyle. Shortly after this occurrence General de Wet left for the south, and Boyle remained as a prisoner with the Boer forces under General P. Botha until the 2nd January, 1901. On the latter date the prisoner received orders from General Botha to take Boyle about an hour's ride out of camp and to shoot and bury him. This order the prisoner, accompanied by one Smalberger, carried out. On his return to camp prisoner made no secret of what he had done, and the order was never contradicted by General Botha. On the 26th January, 1901, the prisoner was called upon by General de Wet and President Steyn to account for this act, and about the same time General P. Botha was suspended for having given the orders to prisoner. Botha was killed in action before a suitable opportunity arose to inquire into his conduct in giving the orders. On the 26th July, 1901, however, the prisoner was tried by court-martial at a place called Blijdschap. At that trial Smalberger, who subsequently died, gave evidence, and the prisoner himself volunteered a statement. The court-martial found that the prisoner acted under orders from General P. Botha, and acquitted him. The prisoner was subsequently wounded and taken to the British military hospital at Kroonstad; on his recovery he gave information as to the whereabouts of the grave, and, accompanied by an escort, went to look for the grave, found it, and pointed it out.

Hertzog (with him de Jager), for the prisoner, raised the plea of autrefois acquit. Although the Krijgsraad or court-martial was incompetent ratione materiae, the acquittal by the same must stand, because the only way that acquittal could be set aside was by means of appeal; the judgment had to be upheld and considered as having force until annulled or declared void by a competent court having jurisdiction. In support he quoted Merlin, Rep. Un. de Jur, vol. 27, p. 152; Merlin, Quast. de .Droit, vol. 8, p. 208; Kersteman, Academie der Jonge Prak. pp. 207 et seq.; Kersteman, Woordenboek (Byvoegsel), sub voce Exceptie ; Gaill, Observ. van de Kays Pract. bk. 1, obs. 42; Groenewegen, de Leg. Abrog. ad Cod, lib. 7, tit. 48. It was a general observance and rule of law in all civilised countries that an acquittal by an incompetent court cannot be annulled. See Broom's Legal Maxims;, pp. 380 et seq.; Merlin, Rep, Un. de Jur. vol. 27, p.152; Merlin, Quaest. di Droit, vol. 8, p. 208; Holl. Wetbok Strafv. arts. 346-348; and Simon's Strafv. p. 179. The Krijgsraad was a competent court under the circumstances, because (a) the civil judicature had ceased and the court-martial was the only court ; (b) the State President had, by ordering the court-martial to try the case, made it a competent court. He referred to Halleck, vol. 2, p. 440. [FAWKES, J.: Will the Proclamation giving the court-martial jurisdiction be put in?] Unfortunately no copy of this Proclamation was obtainable. Law No. 34 of 1899 gave the State President the power to make laws, and this right was exercised in some cases. See the Proclamation bearing date 9th February, 1900. Barclay Lloyd, for the Crown: The Court could try the case again without, appeal from the incompetent court; see Regina. N. Ntoyaba (4 S.C. 249). [FAWKES, J.: The court-martial which tried the prisoner was not a competent court. Although the prisoner has been in actual peril he has not been in legal peril; the case will therefore have to proceed.] The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and evidence was then led bearing out the facts as already stated. Barclay Lloyd: The defence was that prisoner acted under orders, given by a superior officer, which he had to carry out. Supposing these orders had been given, the question still arose in how far the prisoner was justified in his action, and whether it relieved him of all guilt. A soldier was not justified in obeying all orders given by a superior officer, but would be justified in disobeying any orders which were manifestly illegal. He quoted Keighley v. Bell (4 F. & F. 763, 790) and Regina v. Smith (17 S.C. 561). Hertzog: There could be no doubt that the orders were given. A commander could destroy his prisoner if he found himself in a position where it would be dangerous to keep him; 65

but, of course, the necessity had to be a dire one. An inferior officer on active service must carry out the orders of a superior. It was the duty of the Crown to prove that the order was so manifestly illegal that the prisoner was not justified in obeying it. Forsyth, Cases and Opinions on Const. Law (1869 ed.), p. 216; Boehmerus, Obs. Sel. ad Carpz.: Obs. ad Quaest. sec. 2, p, 12; Leyserus, ad Pand. lib. 45, vol. 3, p. 45 ; Mascardus, de Probationibus, vol. 2, conclusio 1141. FAWKES, J.: In this case we have two classes of evidence, namely, the prisoner's confession and what is known as circumstantial evidence. Where a person is charged with murder, and circumstantial evidence is led to support the charge, it is the duty of the Crown to prove the body. It would be well to consider the facts of this case apart from the confession. The evidence goes to show that Lieutenant Boyle was captured by the Boer forces, and that thereafter, on a certain day, he was taken out by the prisoner, who returned with a riderless horse. Sometime afterwards a body was found by the prisoner, and you will have to satisfy yourselves as to the identity. It has been said that the body was found with leggings, while the prisoner tells you that he buried Boyle without leggings. A further important point is as regards the teeth. Both the descriptions given by Miss Boyle and the doctor are to the effect that the lower teeth were cramped. The left central incisor, the doctor says, was stopped with gold, and Miss Boyle says that her brother broke a similar tooth, which he had stopped with gold in her presence. Taking all the evidence as to identity, are youyou satisfied beyond any reasonable doubt that the body seen by the doctor was that of Lieutenant Boyle. If you are not satisfied, the case is not proved, and you will acquit the prisoner. If you are satisfied as to the identity, then, taking the prisoner's confession into account, you may come to the conclusion that the prisoner killed Lieutenant Boyle, and the killing will be proved. If, therefore, you are satisfied that the prisoner committed this act, you will be entitled to demand from the prisoner a justification for such act. The prisoner wishes to justify that act by asking you to believe that General Botha, his commanding officer, gave him the order to shoot Boyle, and that he carried out that order. Does that order, taking all the circumstances of the case into consideration, justify the act? If you find that the order was never given, then there is no justification whatever. General Botha was undoubtedly in command and the prisoner was bound to carry out his orders up to a certain point. General de Wet has told us that General Botha was instrumental in preventing the release of Boyle at the time when the other prisoners were released. You have been told that General Botha was standing nearby when the prisoner took Boyle out, and that he saw the prisoner ride out with Boyle with all the latter's belongings. You have further heard that General Botha was hasty, and that he was suspended by the President because of the order he was alleged to have given, and he never said anything about it. His son had said that the General denied having given the order, but I do not think it would be wise to lay too much stress on that. If on all the facts you come to the conclusion that General Botha gave the order, then the law governing the orders of a superior officer will have to be considered. Up to a quite recent date there was no direct authority, but only a dictum of WILLES, J., in the case of Keighley v. Bell. But the law as I am going to state it to you was laid down in the case of Regina v. Smith (17 S.C. 561). It was there laid down by SOLOMON. J., that a soldier on active service was justified in obeying the order of his superior officer, provided that order was not manifestly illegal. In that case the defence was that the man was shot as it was necessary for the safety of the 66

patrol concerned. It is for the prisoner to prove that the orders were not manifestly illegal. If, therefore, you find that the orders were manifestly illegal, and that the prisoner was aware of the manifest illegality, you will find him guilty. But the first point for you to decide is, Was Lieutenant Boyle killed, and was the body that was found that of Lieutenant Boyle? The jury found the prisoner not guilty, and he was acquitted. Attorney for prisoner: J. P. van Zijl.

9.2 1967 Ovamboland in the rainy Season / Ovamboland in die Reëntyd – Gawie Botha

9.3 1969 SA Police Chopper Accident Rundu –William Marshall (SANDF)

Caption reads: Chopper accident near Rundu. Pilot Lt Ray Ledly with Maj Gert Booysen and Capt At Botha (SAP) as passengers on 29 December 1969.

9.4 Belangstelling in Polisie-geskiedenis Deel 3a – François Gunter 1967 – Pa – Grensdiens, SAW (Persone onbekend)

My Pa met HMK saam met ander lede

Polisiehelikopter no 37 Polisiehelikopter no 50 Polisiehelikopter no 37

Kapelaan besoek – Dis seker waarom die twee manne safari-pakke op die gerens dra?

“Patches” – Fixing bicylce! - HBH

1967 Besoek aan kraal, almal het weggehardloop.

9.5 Walvisbaai – William Marshall

9.6 Unveiling of Monument in commemoration of the Night Attack of 5/6 August 1901 by the Bushveldt Carbineers on the Letaba Commando – Charles Leach PO Box 143 Louis Trichardt 0920 Limpopo South Africa Tel: +27 83 228 3874 Office: +27 15 516 5221 charles@leachprinters.co.za www.angloboerwarmuseum.co.za SA Tourist Guide LP 0867

Unveiling of Monument in commemoration of the Night Attack of 5/6 August 1901 by the Bushveldt Carbineers on the Letaba Commando.

On Saturday 10 December 2011, a number interested people including descendants of Commandant Willem Herculaas Viljoen, Sergeant Frank Eland, Hendrik A. Jacobs, and with sincere apologies from Ronnie Visser, (descendant of Floris Visser) gathered on the farm Duivelskloof, just outside the present-day town of Modjajiskloof. The occasion was the unveiling of a monument in honour of those who died during, or as a result of the attack on the Viljoen homestead.

- Captain Percy Hunt Bushveldt Carbineers On the night of 5 / 6 August 1901, a 17-member patrol of the Bushveldt Carbineers, commanded by Captain Percy Hunt and supported by an estimated 300-strong contingent of ‘Queen’ Modjadji’s warriors and witch doctors, attacked a section of the Letaba (Viljoen) Commando numbering about the same in strength as the BVC patrol. Veldt-Cornet Barend Viljoen commanded the men who were sheltered in the Viljoen family homestead that night. The action that took place that night resulted in the deaths – on the commando side – of Veld-Cornet Barend Viljoen, his brother J.J.Viljoen and G. Hartzenberg. On the British side, Captain Percy Hunt and Sergeant Frank Eland died. Three Commando members were wounded, of who two died the following day. The third wounded man, Josef (Floris) Visser, was the first of many prisoners, surrendered Burghers and their children as well as witnesses to the killings that were shot dead by the Bushveldt Carbineers and the British Army Intelligence Department under Captain Alfred ‘Bulala’ Taylor. Visser was executed and buried in the sand of the Koedoes River near the confluence with the Gemsbok Spruit. Sergeant Frank Eland was buried at Ravenshill and Captain Percy Hunt at Medingen Mission Church. The Viljoen brothers as well as G. Hartzenburg were buried together in the Viljoen Family Cemetery and their mortal remains were later reinterred at Hero’s Acre in Duivelskloof.

- Lt. ‘Breaker’ Morant When Lt. ‘Breaker’ Morant had learnt of the death of his friend, Capt. Hunt and that the bodies of both Hunt and Barend Viljoen had been mutilated, he blamed the Boer Commando members and swore that from then on they would ‘…take no more prisoners.’ The wounded Floris Visser was the first victim of many. It has thus been stated by many commentators that the incident commemorated here was actually the ‘spark’ that ignited the killing spree that followed until the officers were 81

arrested, charged with 13 counts of murder found guilty on 12 counts and executed in Pretoria on 27 February, 1902 The ruins of the once large homestead on land belonging to Mr Piet van Niekerk and the clearing of invader bush, building of the monument and spraying with herbicide was done by Theo Dicke, his son Fritz and a team of workers from their farm. Master of Ceremonies, Prof Louis Changuion, sketched the background to the Bushveldt Carbineers and the war in Duivelskloof area and Charles Leach, assisted by Hansie van Schalkwyk, whose grandfather, a commando member, was present on the veranda that night, gave an overview of how the attack could have unfolded. The monument was unveiled by Annette van Rensburg, grand-niece of Barend Viljoen together with Margaret Barrett, grand-daughter of Frank Eland. Hansie van Schalkwyk, grand-son of H.J. Jacobs is seen with the two ladies. Note the flight of steps which could have been used by Hunt to reach the verandah and down which he could have tumbled after receiving a body shot at almost point blank range from the rifle of Jacobs, who claimed to have fired the first shot at the British officer who shouted: “Surrender, you are surrounded!” This is the second last monument to be erected on the Bushveldt Carbineers Route thereby all but completing the objective of providing future generations with granite information tablets detailing the events surrounding each specific site with relevance to the period of occupation of the Zoutpansberg / Spelonken and Letaba areas by the Bushveldt Carbineers. The last monument will be erected on Ballymore at the mass grave site of the eight Burghers shot by the BVC on 23 August. This event will hopefully take place later this year.

Master of Ceremonies, Prof. Louis Changuion.

Friends and neighbours before the Anglo-Boer War and still friends more than 100 years later. Annette van Rensburg-Viljoen and Margaret Barrett and Hansie van Schalkwyk.

Annette van Rensburg-Viljoen and Margaret Barrett and Hansie van Schalkwyk.

Charles Leach, Annette van Rensburg-Viljoen and Margaret Barrett and Louis Changuion.

Part of the gathering standing on the stairs leading up to the veranda.

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10. HERALDRY, UNIFORMS, COLOURS, FLAGS, MEDALS, MEMORIALS / HERALDIEK, UNIFORMS, VAANDEELS, VLAE, MEDALJES, GEDENKTEKENS 10.1 Belangstelling in Polisie-geskiedenis en heraldiek Deel 3 – François Gunter

10.2 Difference during 1971 between the then “old” and “new” SAP Uniform Photo – Lt-Col W Marshall (SANDF)

Left: Brig (Rev) MDV “Doempie” Cloete, Chaplain General of the SA Police and Maj Gen Patrick James Dillon of the SA Police photographed somewhere on the border. 89

- Presidential Citation: Ds Cloete Ds Cloete is wearing the Presidential Citation on his right chest. In those days Constables and Sergeants wore numbers on their chest on the same spot where he is displaying the Presidential Citation. At that stage Officers and W/O’s – or nobody for that matter – wore name tags!

- Presidential Citation Sergeant Desmond Welthagen Sergeant Desmond Welthagen of the SA Police, former SAAF, also wore his Presidential Citation on his chest during parades in Durban, but I cannot remember if he also wore his “police number” on his right chest.5 Note the “summer” uniform worn by the Brigadier with “old” British style gorget patches and Acorn-leaved cap peak. The General sports the “new” Aloe-style gorget patches (for generals) and cap (brig – gen) – even worn by the SAPS today. Both officers would have carried Officers’ Canes covered in brown leather. Officers’ canes are not visible in the picture.

- Officer’s Cap Left: Here is a photograph of General Gideon Joubert with the blue and grey cap. The cap has with a grey top and it has the blue senior officer’s cap band. He is wearing a white shirt, the photo was most probably taken after a formal parade – otherwise he would have worn a grey shirt.

He is sporting the “old” SAP senior officers worsted cap badge with the “new” cap peak and the “new” gorget patches.

The South African Police chose the Aloe as motif to depict hardiness. Brig Paul Roux replied to my question jokingly: “It’s because the Police have it so bitter!”

“In days of old” commissioned officers did not qualify for “good service” medals – that is why the Commissioner has so few medals!

5 Sgt Des Welthagen was also at the “Battle of Umgulambashe” on 26 August 1966. He was also a SAAF Korean Veteran. We were in the same drill platoon at various parades and he was “our” Platoon-Sgt in the Durban Mobile Unit (1965 – 1966).

Both officers wear the worsted cap badge for senior officers - then worn from Lt-Col to General. This cap badge has since been replaced by a gilt and enamel cap badge for senior officers from Major to General in the former SA Police. (In those days W/O to Major wore the voided gilt cap badge.) The photo of the two Senior Officers was taken in 1971, the year when the light khaki summer dress for officers was discontinued and declared obsolete.

- “Geldenhuys-style” uniform The “Geldenhuys-style” uniform is not in yet in use. [No blue shirt, no light blue cap (on the top) or blue flannels and no easy slip on rank insignia! Gen Mike Geldenhuys “dollied” up the uniform of the Police Major. The major also then wore gorget patches and Senior Officers cap badge. Ds Van Heerden was originally

Left: The “old” SAP This major is also wearing a

major’s uniform with white shirt for “ceremonial” from Durban-South and was well W/O – Major voided purposes. known to the police before cap badge and No name tags or numbers appointed as chaplain. “British-style” peak. were worn by WarrantOfficers and Commissioned Right:

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Officers.

“Geldenhuys-style” uniform with slip on rank insignia, gorget patches, blue cap band and

metal

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officer’s cap badge.

The whistle cord was then made from plated leather – later a blue material cord.

Last developments: Constable to Captain later wore the same voided badge. I queried a friend at the SAP Quartermaster who replied: “We had to keep too many different items in stock.” I was a pity because we did away with traditions that existed in force for years and years!

- Officer’s Cane During the time of General JV van der Merwe the officers’ cane was abolished.

- Comment on “old summer uniform” The summer uniform worn by the Brigadier is in my view the most uncomfortable uniform ever devised by any Quartermaster! You could not lift your arms between your head; you had to wear a vest because it was very coarse! After a day on the beach it was no pleasure to wear the Summer Uniform on duty in Durban! With shorts you had to carry your baton in your hand – or tie your handcuffs to the baton over your shoulder on beats and executive duties – HBH

10.3 10.4 10.5 Mr Steve Seargent (UK) 11. VESTED INTERESTS OF VETERANS /LEDEAANGELEENTHERDE 11.1 Polmed 11.2 Injuries on duty / Beserings aandiens Geen verdere inligting ontvang nie – die manne (en vroue) sukkel nog steeds!

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12.2 Blue and Old Gold: Brig J Appleby - Howard Timmins Blue and Old Gold is published by permission of the Commissioner of the BSA Police, Brig J Appleby. The publisher is Howard Timmins of Cape Town during the 1950’s.

- Man-eating crocodile

- BSAP Animal Transport: Horses, Mules & Camels

12.3 Servamus – January 2012

12.3.1 Sgt Shaun Havenga & Const Robert Tshivhula

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13. SPORT 13.1 Speurder-konstabel GF “Gert” Potgieter - hekkies

14. HUMOUR IN UNIFORM 14.1

15. ANECDOTES, A POINT TO PONDER, ETC 15.1 -Audrey Hepburn For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. ... People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, 99

and the other for helping others.

15.2 Om dood te gaan .... Marthin Jacobs Marthin skryf: “Om dood te gaan is geen kuns nie: die slegste kry dit reg. Om te lewe is 'n kuns: die beste kry dit nie goed reg nie.” - C.J. Langenhoven

15.3 Koot Swanepoel – Pitkos Mense wat op "waterloop" het almal een ding in gemeen - hulle "trek" kritiek. Mattheüs 14:32-34. "Waterlopers" is mense wat volgens hulle uniekheid leef en dikwels die onmoontlike aandurf. Hoe "waterlopers" op kritiek reageer, bepaal hulle lewensgehalte en kreatiwiteit. Sou jy sê dat iemand nog nooit op jou tone getrap het of dat jy nog nooit op iemand se tone getrap het nie (kritiek), staan jy dalk iewers botstil. Kritiek van tyd tot tyd deur 'n ware vriend is opbouend en nie vernietigend van aard nie. Almal het al 'n goeie vriend of twee verloor wat nie na welmenende en goed bedoelde teregwysings wou luister nie. Ander kan dalk dieselfde van my sê. As mens ouer word, is eerlikheid meer belangrik as om "maskers" te dra. Daar moet geen begeerte wees om mense te beïndruk nie. Om te kritiseer is baie makliker as om skeppend te leef. Kritici is selde kunstenaars, skrywers, digters of probleemoplossers nie! Wie het nie al in die slaggat van kritiek geval nie? Ek het dikwels in die verlede tyd gemors met kritiek in plaas van opbou. Ons moet almal eerder in die "bouspan" en nie in die "slopingspan" werk nie! Wanneer die Heilige Gees in en deur ons op al die vangplekke en slaggate van Godsdiens wys, kritiseer ons nie. Ons bid steeds vir die hele familie van GOD. "Vriendelike woorde is soos 'n boom wat lewe gee, maar woorde wat seermaak, kan 'n mens in jou gemoed aantas." Spr. 15:4 Lewende Bybel. Kom ons maak Kol. 2:8 in die Living Bible ons fondament "Don't let they spoil your faith and joy with their philosophies, their wrong and shallow answers built on men's thoughts and ideas, instead of on what Christ has said." Kom ons probeer nie ons kritici verkeerd bewys nie. Kom ons straal die Christusgeur na hulle uit. 11 Kor. 2:14 - 17. Dit is die aroma van Lewe. Kritiek is soos om kleilat te gooi. Min mense onthou die speletjie. As kind het ons dit baie gespeel. 'n Kleibal vooraan 'n slap lat is 'n lekker koeël. Ons het daarmee "oorlog" gemaak. Al gooi jy jou "vyand" raak - onthou jou hande is ook vol modder. Kritiek is moddergooi. Al 100

is die modder wat jy gooi (kritiek) die waarheid - jou hande waarmee jy gooi is ook met modder besmeer. Seuns van GOD spandeer hulle tyd en energie skeppend en nie om te kritiseer en te veroordeel nie. Geestelike volwasse-wordende Christene is soos sterre in die donker wêreld. Ons leef en laat leef. "That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guiltless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of GOD without blemish (faultless) in the midst of a crooked and wicked generation - spiritually perverted and perverse. Among whom you are seen as bright lights stars or beacons shining out clearly - in the dark world." Fil. 2:15 -Amplified Bible.

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16. OOR DIE NONGQAI SE DRUMPEL 17. NEWS FROM ALL OVER - THE POLICE POST BAG / NUUS POS VAN HEINDE EN VERRE - POLISIE-POSSAK 17.1 Len Els Salute, Twee happies humor aangeheg, een oor die weermag en een oor die polisie. Gaan redelik druk by my: my seun kuier vanaf Greytown en my dogter kraam (hopelik) die 11de. My eerste kleinkind (seun!) Ek sê vir skoonseun hy kan hom 'n Blou Bul grootmaak of 'n Leeu, selfs 'n Shark, gee nie om nie. Maar op daai laaitie se 1ste verjaarsdag koop Oupa vir hom 'n karate pak! Gegroet, Len Els. •

Oupa en Alexander pryk op par 2.5.1. Vir die Humor sien par 7.1. Nou weet ons lesers hoe Lentulus lyk! Geluk met Alexander! Baie dankie vir die kostelike stories!

17.2 Stef Grobler Hi Hennie, Ek het pas die nuutste aflewering gelees en, soos gewoonlik bring dit baie herinneringe terug. Ek was verbaas om op bladsy 46 die artikel oor Juda Dagane te lees. Ek het hom ‘n paar jaar gelede as forensiese ondersoeker by die Spesiale Ondersoek Eenheid opgelei. Na sy opleiding was hy by die SIU (soos dit bekend is) in Pretoria geplaas tot hy bedank het. Die SIU was onlangs baie in die nuus met die hoof, Willie Hofmeyr wat deur Willem Heath vervang is en wie skaars twee weke later op sy beurt weer bedank het. 101

Tydens die onderhoud wat ek met hom gevoer het voor sy aanstelling het hy vertel dat hy een of ander kwalifikasie in Amerika verwerf het. Of dit wel so is, weet ek nie want die bevestiging van persone se kwalifikasies was nie my verantwoordelikheid gewees nie. Hy het my nogal beïndruk en ek het aanbeveel dat hy in diens geneem word. Ek kan nie uit die vuis onthou hoe hy tydens opleiding presteer het nie. Hy moes goed gedoen het want ons minimum vereistes was 80%. Nou sien ek hy noem homself ‘n “forensiese analis” in die polisie. Wie sou nou kon dink dat hy sulke dinge sou kwytraak? Gelukkig het ek darem heelhuids daar uitgekom want lyk my hy is ‘n heel gevaarlike kalant. Op ‘n heel ander noot. My oorlede pa, Taffy Grobler (Hendrik Christoffel - afgetree as Luitenant met magnommer 15486) het gedurende die Tweede Wêreldoorlog in die Midde Ooste diens gedoen. Ek het nou die dag ‘n Kerskaartjie van 1941 by ‘n niggie van my gekry wat hy aan haar ma-hulle gestuur het. Dis in puik toestand en bevat ‘n foto van hom en een van my ma. Indien jy daarin belang sou stel, sal ek dit graag aan jou beskikbaar stel om te plaas. Hy was sy lewe lank in die SAP orkes en was ook die orrelis in die Kollege se kerk gewees. Na sy aftrede het hy onder andere as “Special” in Distrik 43 se teleks kantoor gewerk en is later na die SAKB oorgeplaas waar hy hulle medies gedoen het. Destyds, toe hy aangesluit het, was hy die enigste Afrikaner in die orkes wat net uit Engelse bestaan het. Die orkes het toe lede uit elke Engelse graafskap behalwe Wallis gehad. Hy is toe dadelik meegedeel dat hy Wallis moet verteenwoordig en is hy “Taffy” genoem. Die naam het tot sy dood by hom gebly en baie mense – insluitende goeie vriende – het geglo dat dit sy doopnaam was. Groete, Stef Grobler Baie dankie Stef – Jou brief hier in geheel geplaas, ek het ook jou brief in twee verdeel en elke deel elders onder ‘n opskrif geplaas - HBH

17.3 Johan van den Berg Hallo Hennie, Het jongste uitgawe van eNongqai baie geniet. Dankie vir die dekking tov my navraag en ons nuusbrief, dit word baie waardeer. Ek stuur die nuusbrief-kennisgewing aan vir Rodney Warwick – ek is seker hy sal dit ook baie waardeer. Voorspoed en sterkte vir 2012! Groete

17.4 Kol Andy Malan Brigadier, Ek het u e-Nongqai met groot belangstelling gelees, werklik u het pragtige inhoud, oa die brief van genl Georg Meiring aan alle grenssoldate, ek was nie eers bewus van so iets nie. Interessant ook om te let op ‘n fort in Eshowe met u tydskrif se naam. En die rol van die Vloot in Operasie Savannah! En soveel wat ek graag weer in diepte weer sal lees as ek kansie maak. 102

Baie dankie, u het my skrywe baie goed geplaas en ek waardeer dat u die gelofte in aparte blokke uitgelig het. Ek weet nie dat die Engelse weergawe bekend is nie, het dit nog net een keer gesien, so in u tydskrif is dit nogal uniek. Ek sien graag uit om weer ‘n koffietjie saam met u te geniet. Ons bly elke dag so bedrywig, / ..... / dat ek nie aldag my draaie kry nie. Mag u in hierdie Nuwe Jaar innig en oorvloedig oorlaai word met die keur van Onse Vader se seëninge. Andy Malan

17.5 Riana Dreyer – Inligting oor Treinroof Goeiedag mnr Heymans, Ek het u epos adres gekry by mnr Piet Conradie. Ek is opsoek na inligting oor 'n rooftog laat 60's vroeg 70 jare, dit was etlike duisende rande wat geroof is vanaf die trein. As u enige inligting het of weet van iemand wat my kan help sal ek dit waardeer. By voorbaat dankie Riana Dreyer

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19. THE MARKET PLACE / DIE MARK 19.1 GOSPEL ISRAEL GALA 2012” - Jannie Otto “GOSPEL ISRAEL GALA 2012” in JERUSALEM saam met Jannie & Heleen Otto Vertrekdatum: Woensdag, 26 September 2012 SKEMATIESE REISPLAN (O)-Ontbyt (A)-Aandete (*)-Ete aan boord

Jannie & Heleen Otto

Dag 1: Woensdag, 26 September JOHANNESBURG – KAЇRO Ontmoet om 18:00 by die Egyptair toonbank in die Internasionale vertreksaal van die Johannesburgse O.R. Tambo Internasionale Lughawe. Vertrek om 21:45 na Kaïro. Oornag aan BOORD (A*) Dag 2: Donderdag, 27 September TEL

AVIV

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CAESAREA

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KAЇRO –

MEGIDDO

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KARMEL – GALILEA Stryk om 05:40 in Kaïro neer. Sluit om 09:00 aan by die vlug na Tel Aviv. Ons toerbus staan met die aankoms om 10:10 gereed om ons na Caesarea te neem. Vertrek vanoggend na Caesarea en sien die indrukwekkende amfiteater wat op die oewer van die Middellandse geleë is.

Ons volgende stop is Megiddo met sy uitsig oor die vlakte van Armageddon.

Reis verder na die Berg Karmel. Dit is hier waar Elia die priesters van Baäl gekonfronteer het.

Vertrek na Nasaret waar Jesus grootgeword het.

Vertoef by die Kerk van

Aankondiging, Maria se put en Josef se grot. Ons bestemming is die See van Galilea. Aandete en oornag in die omgewing van GALILEA (O)(A) Dag 3:

Vrydag, 28 September

GALILEA

OMGEWING Ontbyt word in die hotel bedien.

Ons program

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Galilea in. Besoek die boot Museum, Kapernaum, die berg van Saligsprekinge, Mensa Christi en Tabgha waar die brood en vis vermeerder is. Vanmiddag

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die

aanbiddingsgeleentheid op die See van Galilea. Keer terug na ons hotel vir aandete en oornag in die omgewing van GALILEA (O)(A)

Dag 4: Saterdag, 29 September

JERIGO – DOOIE SEE

Vertrek vanoggend na Jerigo waar ons die Berg van Versoeking per kabelspoor besoek. Die volgende hoogtepunt is die besoek aan die doopplek by Betabara waar Jesus gedoop is. Ons bestemming is die “laagste” plek op aarde. Die Dooie see is sowat 400 meter onder seespieël geleë. Geleentheid om letterlik “op” die water van die see te dryf. Vanaand se hoogtepunt is die “Gospel Israel Gala" in die Woestyn waar die lofprys- en aanbiddingsaand deur Dr Isak Burger gelei word. Oornag by die DOOIE SEE (O)(A) Dag 5: Sondag, 30 September

MASADA – QUMRAN – BETHLEHEM – JERUSALEM

Reis vanoggend na die bergvesting Massada en neem die kabelspoor na die kruin. Vertrek na Qumran waar die Dooie See Boekrolle ontdek is. Ons volgende stop is Betlehem waar ons ook die Herdersvelde besoek. Reis verder na Jerusalem, die Stad van Vrede soos vroeg in die Bybel na verwys word. Aandete en oornag in JERUSALEM (O)(A) Dag 6: Maandag, 01 Oktober

JERUSALEM

Bring besoek aan die Olyfberg en die tuin van Getsemané as inleiding tot ons besoek aan Jerusalem. Die huis van Kajafas, bekend as Peter in Gallicantu, is vanoggend op ons program. Bring besoek aan die Klaagmuur. Toer dan deur die Ou Stad met die Bad van 105

Bethesda, St Anne se kerk en volg die roete van die via Dolorosa. Sluit ons besoek aan Jerusalem by die Tuingraf af waar nagmaal bedien word. Aandete en oornag in JERUSALEM (O)(A) Dag 7: Dinsdag, 02 Oktober JERUSALEM Ontbyt word in ons hotel bedien. Ons het die dag vry in Jerusalem om die ou stad op eie stoom te verken. Stap op die ou stadsmure en maak tyd om daardie belangrike aandenkings aan te skaf. Geniet ‘n vroeë aandete by ons hotel. Vanaand se hoogtepunt is die “Gospel Israel Gala-aand” in die ou stad van Jerusalem. Ons gewilde Gospel-sangers gaan hierdie aand onvergeetlik maak! Oornag in JERUSALEM (O)(A) Dag 8: Woensdag, 03 Oktober JERUSALEM – TEL AVIV Vertrek vanoggend na Tel Aviv. Geleentheid om besoek te bring aan “Genesis Land” waar ons karavaan Kamele gereed staan om ons na Abraham se tent te neem. Bring besoek aan Joppe vanwaar Jona na Tarsis sou vlug. Die huis van Simon die leerlooier is vandag nog hier te sien. Oorplasing na ons hotel. Ons het die middag vry om op die oewer van die Middellandse see te ontspan. Aandete en oornag in TEL AVIV (O)(A) Dag 9: Donderdag, 04 Oktober

TEL AVIV – KAЇRO

Vertrek vroegoggend na die lughawe vir die vlug wat om 12:00 na Kaïro vertrek. Met die aankoms om 13:10 word ons ontmoet vir ‘n besoek aan die Piramides en die Sfinks. Oorplasing na ons hotel vir aandete. Ons hotelkamers is tot ons beskikking om gereed te maak vir die terugvlug. Oorplasing na die lughawe vir die vlug wat om 23:30 na Johannesburg vertrek. Oornag aan BOORD (O)(A) Dag 10: Vrydag, 05 Oktober JOHANNESBURG

Stryk om 07:35 in Johannesburg neer – ryk aan ervaring en verryk in die gees. Eendag maak ons weer so! (O*) Toerprys: R19 974 gebaseer op R7,80 = US$1,00 Lugreisgeld: R6 324 / Landreëlings: R13 650 (US$1 750) Tariewe gebaseer op 48 passasiers wat saamreis

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Ingesluit: • Ekonomiese retoervlugte insluitend lughawebelasting en brandstofheffing • Lughawe/hotel retoer oorplasings • Twee etes per dag soos per program • Driester toeristeklas akkommodasie • Engelssprekende toergidse en luukse toerbusse • Besigtigingstoere soos per program • Gospel Israel Gala toegangskaartjie • Toegangskaartjie vir die GIG lofprysingsgeleentheid • Fooitjies aan toergidse, busbestuurders, portiere, hotelpersoneel

Nie ingesluit: • Opsionele enkelkamer US$75 per nag • Opsionele reisversekering • Visum vir Egipte kan deur ons kantoor verkry word R120 Nota: Die organiserende agente behou die reg om kunstenaars of predikers te vervang indien omstandighede dit vereis. Reisplan is onderhewig aan verandering indien nodig

Vir nadere besonderhede, kontak Jannie of Heleen Tel: 012 335 6419 / 082 851 6204 jannieotto@ballmail.co.za

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21. INDEMITY / VRYWARING Die e-Nongqai bevat die uiteenlopende en diverse persoonlike menings van verskillende korrespondente en die opsteller van e-Nongqai kan nie vir enige deel van die inhoud daarvan in sy persoonlike hoedanigheid verantwoordelik gehou word nie. The e-Nongqai contains various and sundry personal opinions of different correspondents and the compiler of e-Nongqai cannot be held responsible for any of their comments. To ensure the accuracy of the information herein, every precaution has been taken, however neither the Editor nor a Contributor can be held liable for any inaccuracies or damages that may arise.

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