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1904 - 1907 Marego (Kalahari)
The Story of Jacob Morenga: The Namibian Fighter Who Frustrated the Germans Schutztruppe During the German-Herero/nama Uprising: 1904 To 1907
Jacob Morenga known as the "Black Napoleon", (1875 – 20 September 1907) was an important figure in Namibia, then the German colony of Deutsch Sûdwest Afrika (DSWA) German South West Africa (GSWA). He was chief leader in the insurrection against the German Empire which took place between 1904 and 1908 and was best known for forging an alliance between the rival Herero and Nama tribes. After more than 50 battles and skirmishes with the German Schutztruppe between 1904 to 1907. By September 1907, German and Cape Colony forces were cooperating to locate Morenga. The unified German-British efforts were eventually successful. On 20 September 1907, a South African Cape Mounted Police (CMP) patrol under the command of Major Elliot, located Morenga and he was eventually shot and killed
BOOKS / BOEKE
Book: Mapolisa – Some Reminiscences of a Rhodesian Policeman
The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was one of the choice police forces in the British Commonwealth alongside the Royal Mounted Canadian Police (RCMP), Royal Hong Kong Police (RHKP), the Kenya Police, the Palestine Police and the Singapo
Gedenkmuur - Voortrekkermonument
South African Defence Force: Book: “uit Genade Bo Verdienste”
‘n Moet-lees-boek deur ‘n puik offisier van die SAW. Ek kon nie di boek neersit nadat ek dit begin lees het nie.
Police Humour
Humor: Smithie en Smittie in die Hof
‘… en dis juis teen daardie groot afdraende wat die spietkops almal gevang het. Voor die voet, lock stock en barrel …’
SAPS Pinetown
South African Police Services: Passing of Brigadier Matthyssen
The passing of Brig Matthyssen - SAPS Pinetown
Roll of Honour - Ererol
The Late Detective Sergeant Ian Richardson (sa Police)
WOW so glad to see the photo I had done for my old Friend Det Sgt Ian Richardson hangs with Pride the the Kimberley Boy's High School Memorial Library. Ian was killed in the Line of Duty while escorting the Lake Family Killers
Black on Black Violence
Black-on-Black Violence in South Africa – a Systemic Silence Around a Crisis
Swart-op-swart geweld is ’n ongemaklike maar kritieke werklikheid in Suid-Afrika – een wat dikwels in stilte verdwyn. Generaal Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi het onlangs ’n moedige beroep gedoen om dié onderwerp openlik te bespreek. In hierdie artikel ondersoek Fanie Bouwer die oorsake, gevolge en noodsaaklike oplossings vir hierdie krisis, en maak ’n dringende pleidooi vir eerlike gesprek en gemeenskapsherstel.
1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War
Bovenplaas and the boyhood of Jan Smuts
Bovenplaas and the boyhood of General JC "Jan" Smuts. He first went to school at the age of 12. Before then, his teachers were his parents, their farmworkers, and Mother Nature …
Military History
Full Report and Transcript of the South African Armed Forces Hearing, Truth and Reconcilliation Commission, 9 October 1997
Introduction and Context: A de facto declaration of war. On 2 November 1961, a secret meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) took place in a rented house in Emmerentia, Johannesburg. The purpo