A memoir by Johan du Preez, July 2017. An intervention on foreign soilI heard the explosion only after I fell to the ground. The sound was muted as if it came from afar, somewhere from the surrounding bush. My first thought was that someone was shooting at me. At that Read more…
It was late in November 1975. I was the engineer troop commander (or the sappers, as we were referred to) during the advance by road of a battle group of the South African Army into Angola, destination Cela, a small town around 400 km south-east of Luanda. The convoy was Read more…
Iets wat ek vir byna 50 jaar verswyg het, was die gebeure daardie Woensdagmiddag in 1970 toe ek geskiedenis gemaak het. My stilswye was nie as gevolg van nederigheid oor hierdie uitsonderlike gebeurtenis nie, maar eerder as gevolg van verleentheid oor die manier hóé ek geskiedenis gemaak het. Hier volg Read more…