Stories
A collection of stories – some light-hearted, others more serious – that I've written over the years.
Sammajoor Pienaar en die rioolslik
Militêre Basis, Kroonstad. Stafsersant Donaldson was die transport-onderoffisier van 35 Geniesteuneenheid toe ek die eenheidsbevelvoerder aldaar was. In hierdie hoedanigheid was hy in beheer van die eenheid se voertuie wat sedanmotors, vragmotors, grondverskuiwingsmasjinerie en ander
Bad news and good news!
I was a South African Engineer Corps logistics officer at the South African Army Headquarters in Pretoria in 1984. During that time, a part-time citizen force engineer corps troop was assigned a three-week survey project
Die dag toe die kanon verkeerde kant toe gevuur het
Dit het gebeur in die jaar 1986. Ek was, as ’n lid van die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag, in daardie jaar by die Kommandement Westelike Provinsie Hoofkwartier in Kaapstad gestasioneer Die kommandement se Leëroffisiereklub – ’n statige
Where Africa gets under your skin – A memoir
About this memoir This memoir is not intended to be a day-by-day account of our journey or a travel guide to Botswana and Namibia’s Zambezi Region. Nor is it an attempt to record every place
Into a land unbothered by time – A memoir
“Remain dead still.” JJ’s voice over the two-way radio was calm, but the undertone carried urgency. “Engines off. No movement. No sound. Only silence.” A moment later, the dry riverbed in which we stopped seemed
A muddy challenge in the Karoo
A year or two ago, we found ourselves at an (in-law) family gathering on a game farm in the Karoo. Clan members travelled from far, ready to reconnect, share stories, and possibly test the limits