Today, October 27th, 1977 the South African recces (reconnosaince) and 32 Bn fought one of the most grueling battles in African history againts communist oppression.
We remember all those who fought bravely despite the losses we had. No air support or artillery against as much as 700 of the enemy - Swapo and Cubans - who had been well dug in and armed with heavy artillery and rockets.
Read an eyewitness account and also a shortened Afrikaans version.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Shame on the Anglo-Boer War museum!
On Friday I traveled 550 km (330 miles) to visit the Museum...
You could have guessed it, it was closed on account of maintenance, a neat little notice decorating the gates and acrid fumes emerging from the locked doors. There was nobody in sight to complain to. Dang!, it would have been nice to know the place was closed down, but this is so typically what has become of the administration in South Africa.
I checked the web site an hour before I left town and on coming back I did so again: NO WARNING posted there. What is the good of a web site you may ask. Hell if I know...
I can only hope this happens to visitors to Freedom Park too, that would only be culturally fair, don't you think?
You could have guessed it, it was closed on account of maintenance, a neat little notice decorating the gates and acrid fumes emerging from the locked doors. There was nobody in sight to complain to. Dang!, it would have been nice to know the place was closed down, but this is so typically what has become of the administration in South Africa.
I checked the web site an hour before I left town and on coming back I did so again: NO WARNING posted there. What is the good of a web site you may ask. Hell if I know...
I can only hope this happens to visitors to Freedom Park too, that would only be culturally fair, don't you think?
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