1942: WW2: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE BRIGADE: THE MURDER OF PRIVATE PIET ZULU AS DESCRIBED BY AN EYEWITNESS, SERGEANT J FOLSHER, MM

by | Jun 14, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, @nd South African Division, SAP History / Geskiedenis, South African Police Brigade, Tribute to SAP Members

1942: WW2: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE BRIGADE: THE MURDER OF PRIVATE J “PIET” ZULU AS DESCRIBED BY AN EYEWITNESS, SERGEANT J FOLSHER, MM Sergeant J Fölscher’s eyewitness account and further researched and compiled by Brig HB Heymans (SAP—Ret). Abstract The life...

Bovenplaas and the boyhood of Jan Smuts

by | Jun 11, 2025 | Military History, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, 1914 - 1918 - Battle of Kh Jibeit, 1914 Rebellion, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Defence, General JC Smuts, Military Personalities, SA Military History

BOVENPLAAS AND THE BOYHOOD OF JAN SMUTS Jan Christiaan Smuts first went to school at the age of 12. Before then, his teachers were his parents, their farmworkers, and Mother Nature …   By Greig Stewart Boplaas: The simple thatched house where Jan Smuts was born....