1971: LANDMINE VICTIM: CAPT HTS ‘BONNIE’ VAN EEDEN: SAP DURBAN WEST

Deon van Niekerk

SAP MEMORIAL: UNION BUILDINGS PRETRORIA

Comments by Brig HB Heymans:

“I was attending the officer’s course in Pretoria at the time, having come up from Durban. It was during a political congress meeting that we heard the then Prime Minister speak over the radio, declaring that the Police would, if necessary, conduct a hot pursuit into Zambia. The announcement stirred considerable excitement among us. We felt the pulse of the times — bold, uncertain, and charged with significance. Truly, we were living in eventful days.”

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