by Henning van Aswegen | Jan 26, 2025 | Uncategorized, Historical photos, Military History
Abstract: Henning van Aswegen, Comrades Marathon, Anglo-Boer War, First World War. Sgt. Vic Clapham, founder of the Comrades Marathon, 1921 The oldest ultra-marathon in the World, the Comrades Marathon, founded by Sergeant Vic Clapham in 1921, will be run for the 98th...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jan 24, 2025 | SA Military History, Uncategorized
Chris Botha “Man, daardie verdomde geweer het neergekletter. Die ding het nie net gewoon geval nie. Hy het neergekletter. Die R1 se loop was met ‘n bakeliet-omhulsel beskerm. Ons het diѐ beskermer se skroefies ietwat losgedraai. Wanneer jy dan die drilbewegings...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jan 7, 2025 | Uncategorized, Military History, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
The writer of this article is Dirk Kriel, a product of Goudveld High School in Welkom, a competitive rugby player and a former national serviceman at 6 SA Infantry in Grahamstown. Dirk spent the last five months of his military service on the Angolan border, just...
by WPS | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
CLICK HERE for SQUAD CARS #11: "THE SAFE CRACKERS" SQUAD CARS, the famous Springbok Radio series of yesteryear about the SA Police Flying Squad, is now back as a podcast on our NONGQAI YOUTUBE channel! This is episode #11: “THE SAFE CRACKERS”....
by WPS | Mar 21, 2024 | Uncategorized, Archives Posts, BfSS NIS, Military History, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SAP History / Geskiedenis, South African Intelligence History
DAGBOEK ASSEBLIEF! NONGQAI en AKADEMIA FUNKSIE 26 MAART 17h00 NONGQAI is trots om aan te kondig dat Akademia Universiteit ingewillig het om saam te werk in die langtermyn-bewaring en indeksering van ons argief. Die bekendstellingsfunksie vir hierdie vennootskap vind...
by WPS | Oct 23, 2023 | Detective Mysteries, Uncategorized
ABSTRACT: How did a rural French priest in tiny Rennes-le-Chateau amass the equivalent of €25 million, 150 years ago, to lavishly decorate his tiny church and hugely expand the church domain, such as by building a new rectory complete with medieval walls and towers?...
