by Hennie Heymans | Aug 12, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Military History, POW's / Krygsgevangenes, SA Military History, SADF Special Forces, SAP Brigade, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force (1912)
FREDERIK JACOBUS WAGENAAR GELDENHUIS (MM) (MMM) (MID) – WO (UNION DEFENCE FORCE, SA POLICE & SADF – RET) FJW Geldenhuis—Oom Fred: A Tribute to a Quiet Hero Hennie Heymans RSM (Ret) FJW Geldenhuis, affectionately known as Oom Fred, was my friend. When he relocated...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 9, 2025 | Military History, 1966 Beginning of the Bush War, 1966 Ongulambashe, Angola, Animals & Mascots, Cold War, Military Personalities, Nature Conservation, SA Military History, SADF Special Forces, South African Defence Force
EUGLOGY: COL JAN BREYTENBACH (SADF) Passing of a Warrior: Jan Breytenbach By John Elsegood from Australia / October 17, 2024 (Republished with permission) Photos by Alex Faria South Africa’s most decorated combat soldier, Colonel Jan Breytenbach, has died in his...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jun 9, 2025 | Military History, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Public Safety, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SADF Special Forces, SAP Commissioners, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad (SSVR - SSSC), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
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 purpose of the meeting, which was attended...
