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4th May
28th November
WATERJUMP UPDATE!!
The good news is that this years water jump will be a recruitment drive and anybody who is jump qualified can jump. Even if they are not on strength.
UPDATE!
This is the latest info…
24th September
Durban Military Tattoo
Event: Durban Military Tattoo 2008
What: Concert
Host: 1 Medical Battalion Group, Durban
Start Time: Thursday, September 24 at 7:00pm
End Time: Sunday, September 27 at 11:00pm
Where: Cyril Geogehan Cycle Track
7th September
Ek verwys na die onlangse artikels in die Beeld en Rapport tov n gedenkdiens te Vryheidspark vir die weduwees van die die slagoffers van die grens oorlog op 9 Augustus….
Recruitment at 3 Parachute Battalion, C Company
C Company, 3 Parachute Battalion is based at Fort Ikapa in Cape Town, Western Cape.
The unit is active with a full training programme that includes regular jumping opportunities. Members are regularly sent on courses and assist with a variety of military centred activities.
An active recruitment drive for both old SADF and TBVC, as well as new recruits [...]
Armistice Day
Armistice Day is the anniversary of the symbolic end of World War I on 11 November 1918. It commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany at Rethondes, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at eleven o’clock in the morning, the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day [...]
Cassinga battle account reveals biased claptrap
February 03, 2008 Edition 1
I have followed the Sunday Independent letters between Mike McWilliams and Randolph Vigne of Cape Town concerning the Battle of Cassinga. I am totally in agreement with Mike McWilliams since I too was there - in fact, as Mike’s commander on that fateful day.
Concerning Annemarie Heywood’s accusation in her The Cassinga [...]
