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Diamantstories: SA Polisie
Diamant- en Goudtak

Diamantstories: SA Polisie

Lieutenant Colonel Vel Kruger recounts two ingenious diamond-smuggling cases from the Alexander Bay Sperrgebiet — one involving a homing pigeon harness and another where a trainee detective earns his stripes under a thorn bush.

Duel: Magistrate Winburg: OFS Republic
Court Humor

Duel: Magistrate Winburg: OFS Republic

Abstract A humorous account of a nineteenth century Winburg magistrate and his clerk whose duel was abruptly ended by a mysterious shot. Excerpt In Winburg’s tense moment of absurdity, the magistrate and his clerk faced each other in a duel that promised scandal and tragedy — until a single thunderous shot rang out from nowhere, sending both men fleeing and restoring peace to the town.