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 TERRORISTE STEEDS KAMPIOENE
AFGEMAAI
DIE dood van ‘n seun en ver-
niinking van twee burgerlikes
STILL CHAMPIONS

Vol 38 Maart 1987

lieur 'n bomontploffing op Osha-
kati bevcstig nogmaals dat Plan-
terroriste (militêre vleuel van
Swapo) steeds Owanibo se inwo-
ners intimideer, aldus 'n verkla-
ring van die SWA Gebicdsmag.
Nog twee mense is vermoor en
agt burgerlikes in myn- en inti-
midasievporvalle beseer. Ses
burgerlikes is dood cn twee be­
seer toe hulle mortiere by On-
dangwa opgetel hot.
S2 Plan-terroriste wat hul ver-
liese vanjaar op 254 te slaan
bring, is deur die Veiligheids-
magte doodgeskiet. 1 261 mor-
tierbonime en 328 RPG7-vuur-
pyle is gebuit.
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INHOLl) • tOM KMS
New shipyard strengthens
ties between RSA, Chile... 4
All South A fricans should
be p r o u d o f A r m e d
Forces.............................. 6
VIoot bewys trefkrag en
b e tro u b a a rh e id van sy
missiele............................ 9
P ro d u k tiw ite it: Nie maar
net'n geloofsdaad........... 10
Spanwerk, blitsige optrede
kniehalter perdegriep in
die SAW........................... 12
Ligloop vir hierdie Militêre
PoiisiemanI...................... 13
140 Eskader presteer.......... 13
Cheque presented to Heart
Clinic................................ 13
O u d -S p rin g b o k sê; Nou
twyfel ek nie meer’ ........... 14
Army calls upon Navy and
SA Air Force.................... 15
L u g m a g m u s e u m : 'n
Droom kry gestalte........... 16
Command changes in S i­
mon's Town..................... 17
in Taiwan.........................
Weermagdamesvereniging
hou seminaar oor weer-
baarheid...........................
R apportryers vereer mev
IVIargot Malan...................
42 Squadron: a deeprooted
tradition............................
Phone for flowers................
Bom! Dorp wys wat gedoen
van
kan word..........................
Nuwe bevelvoerder vir LMB
T?
From the past/Uit die ver-
• POSTAL ADDRESS lede.................................. 27
Private Bag X I58, R aising a ch u ckle about
Pretoria 0001. Army life........................... 28
• STREET ADDRESS; Troopie products launched... 28
Vleisie' blaas en tokkel die
Paulhof
Minnaar Paul Kruger Streets hele boksendaais............. 29
PRETORIA 0002 Blokkiesraaisel.................... 30
Grand display by the SADF
• TELEPHONE:
at opening of Parliament... 32
Pretoria (012) 211015/6,'7/8
Troepe voor g root u itd a -
ging - en hulle wen! 34
Rekord ge ta l NDPs meld
hulle vir diensplig aan...... 38
SUBSCRIPTIONS S A D F t o t h e r e s c u e as
RSA & SWA
R 14— 12 months floods hit Ladysmith......... 40
R25 — 24 months S ick-bay one of the most
R36 — 36 months advanced in RSA............. 42
and GST (postage in­ Technicon lectured on ter­
cluded) rorism............................... 42
FOREIGN St er k opt r e de b e v o r d e r
groei................................. 43
R25 — 12 months
R apportryers vereer geni
(surface mall)
l\^agnus Malan................. 43
R35 — 12 months
(airmail) Hospital choir wows them
in the C ape...................... 44
17 Mess on Wynberg Hill cel­
ebrates centenary............ 45
Langebaanweg ................ 22 SADF veterans enjoy new
18 SAW op voorpunt van sta- zest for life ....................... 46
biliteit................................ 23
Ge wi l d e Di r e k t e u r Ver -
19 Proud citizens greet men
pleegkunde tree a f........... 47
of the SA Navy................. 23
20 The Warsaw Air Drop: SA Marines thoroughly prepa­
red to fight for their
20 pilots known as the bra­
vest .................................. 24 country............................. 48
22 Plans continue for a modern Forward March!................... 50
and viable SA Air Force .... 26 SPORT................................ 54

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S M le d e e n N D P s m et d ie ra n g k o rp o ra a l (o f e k w iv a le n t) en
h o e r w a t m a a n d e lik s R 0 .6 0 b e ta a l vir 'n p e rs o o n lik e ko p ie
v a n P A R A T U S o m dit by 'n a d re s va n hul k e u s e te la a t af-
le w e r, m a a r w a t on s n o g nie v a n hul p o s a d re s v o o rs ie n het
n ie. m o e t dit o n v e rw y ld d o e n d e u r 'n p o s k a a rt m e t b e s o n d e r-
h e d e w a t hul m a g s n o m m e r in slu it te s tu u r a a n P A R A T U S ,
P riv a a ts a k X 158, P re to ria 00 01. M A N S K A P P E e n O N D E R -
K O R P O R A A L S (O F E K W IV A L E N T ) w a t m a a n d e lik s R 0,2 0 b e ­
ta a l o m b y hul e e n h e id to e g a n g to t P a ra tu s te g e n ie t in le e s -
k a m e rs e n s . m o e t la a t w e e t a s h u lle P a ra tu s n ie g e re e ld sien
n ie. G e b ru ik b o s la a n d e a d re s .
P F m e m b e rs a n d N S M fro m th e >nnk o f c o rp o ra l (o r e q u iv a ­
le n t) u p w a rd s w h o a re p a y in g R 0.6 0 p e r m on th fo r a p e rs o n a l
c o p y of P A R A T U S s e n t to an a d d re s s o f th e ir c h o ic e b u t w h o
h a v e no t y e t g iv e n us th e ir p o s ta l a d d re s s , m u st d o so w ith ­
o u t d e la y b y s e n d in g a p o s tc a rd to P A R A T U S , P riv a te B ag
X 158 , P re to ria 0 0 0 1 . W e a ls o n e e d y o u r s e rv ic e n u m b e r. P R I­
V A T E S A N D L A N C E C O R P O R A L S (O R E Q U IV A L E N T ) w h o
a r e p a y in g R 0 .2 0 a m o n th fo r a c c e s s to P a ra tu s a t th e ir unit
w h e re c o p ie s a r e d e liv e re d fo r re a d in g ro o m s e tc . m ust
p le a s e le t u s k n o w if th e y a re not s e e in g P a ra tu s re g u la rly .
U s e th e a d d r e s s g iv e n a b o v e .

PARATUS • MAART 1987


New shipyarc
strengthens ties
between RSA, Chile
'IES between South Africa and Chile were recently strengthened
with the inauguration of a new shipyard built by the two countries.
The shipyard, built at an approximate
cost of R27-million in the w orld’s south­
ernm ost city, Punta Arenas in Chile, is
the result of a combined effort by the
Sandock-Austral company of South
Africa, and the Astillero y l^aestranzas
de la Arm ada (ASMAR) company of
Chile. They formed a new company, the
S tra it of l\/lagellan S hipyard Ltd.
(SAEM).
The partners constructed the ship­
yard over a period of two years and it
became fully operational recently. It
was officially opened by Adm José Mer­
ino, Chief of the Chilean Navy, and
m em ber of the Government Junta of
Chile, in November last year at Bahia
Catalina, north of Punta Arenas.
The vice-chairman of SAEM, R Adm
Harald Rosenqvist, in his speech high­
lighted the fact that shipping activity in
the area had risen dram atically and a
ship repairing facility had become an
absolute necessity. He attributed the in­
crease to the hightened interest in the
Antarctic territory, oil exploitation in the
Magellan Strait by both Chile and Ar­
gentina, naval movements in the area
as well as the growth of fishing fleets
active in the region. The shipyard will
also serve as a new growth point and
offer m any job opportunities for the
local community.
In his speech, the chairman of
SAEM, Mr P.F. de Villiers, said that in
spite o f language as well as climatic
4 PARATUS • MARCH 1987
By Capt André van de V e n te r.
between these countries are thus vital
to all the countries of the W est and in
common interest,” he said.
The new shipyard at the southern tip
of South America was built for the re­
pair and maintenance of seagoing ves­
sels with a maximum length of 130
metres and it has a lift capacity of 4 000
tonnes. With the support of the ASMAR
plant in Punta Arenas, w ork can also be
carried out on electronic, navigational
and comm unications equipm ent, as
well as on internal com bustion engines.
Two vessels can be repaired simul­
taneously at the shipyard w hich has a
4 Diagram of what the shipyard actually
looks like.
rail stretching more than 300 metres
into the sea. A vessel needing mainten­
ance is then brought onshore by means
of a cradle which runs on this rail.
differences, an excellent working re­
C hilean governm ent dignatories,
lationship between the two partners
senior officers of the Chilean Navy, mili­
had developed and mutual dealings
tary and police officers and business­
were professional and business-like at
all times. men as well as the am bassadors of the
two countries attended the ceremony.
At a private luncheon later, Adm Mer­
Sandock-Austral was represented by
ino told senior guests of the vital neces­
Mr De Villiers, Lt Gen J.R. Dutton and
sity of the West to achieve and maintain
Mr J. Grobler.
control of the seas in the Southern
ik
Hemisphere.
The three legs of the tripod on which
this control rested were South Africa,
Chile and New Zealand. “ Friendly ties
Inspecting the Strait of Magellan Shipyard are, from left, the Managing Director of San­
dock-Austral and chairman of SAEM, Mr P.F. de Villiers; the Chief of the Chilean Navy,
Adm Jose Merino; R Adm Harald Rosenqvist, vice-chairman of SAEM and Capt L
Doren, Officer Commanding the shipyard.
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By L CpI S.B. Cohen Photos: Sea A.B. Ingram

t the Castle in Cape Town the State President, Mr P.W. Bo­

A tha, recently presented the Order of the Star of South Africa
to the following members of the SA Defence Force; V Adm M.A.
Beklcer, Chief of Staff Finance and Maj Gen C.J. Lloyd of Army
Headquarters (Class One, Gold) and Maj Gen C.F. Scheepers,
Chief of Medical Staff Operations, Maj Gen C.P. Naudé, Chaplain
General and Brig A.W. van den Aardweg of the Chaplaincy Ser­
vice (Class Two, Silver).

A quarter guard supplied by

the State President's Unit, the
SA Navy Band, National Flags
and beautiful floral arrange­
ments greeted the dignitaries
and Members of Parliament in­
cluding Gen Magnus Malan,
Minister of Defence; former
State President, Mr Marais Vil-
joen; Mr R.F. Botha, Minister of 1912 - 1987
Foreign Affairs and Gen Jannie
Geldenhuys, Chief of the SA De­ The State President Mr P.W.
fence Force. Botha, and Mrs Elize Botha at
In his welcoming address the the Castle where Orders of the
State President stressed that Star of South Africa were
due to external pressure, threats awarded, amongst others, to
and acts of physical aggression, five members of the SA Defence
South Africa would always need Force.
a strong and prepared Defence
Force. All South Africans should
be proud of their Armed Forces
which have leaders ranking
amongst the top in the world.
Mr Botha continued: "The Or­
‘All South Africans should
be oroud of Armed Forces’
der of the Star of South Africa is
awarded for exceptional service
of military or security importance
to the RSA.” Of the recipients,
Mr Botha said: "Their deeds
V Adm f^arthinus Albertus Bek-
speak of initiative, loyalty and
ker and fVlaj Gen Charles Jo­
excellence. They invariably re­
hannes Lloyd waiting to be pre­
new my beliefs in the future and
sented with the Order of the Star
our ability to face the challenges
of South Africa: Class One,
that lie ahead. We shall do so
Gold.
with devotion and growing patri­
otism."
The Order of the Star of South Class three: Commander
Africa (non-military) was pre­ Awards to Mr B.C. de Bruyn, Mr
sented to: P.F. de Villiers, Mr J.D. Hare
Class one: Grand Cross and Dr L.J. Pasques.
(Gold) to Dr L.D. Barnard. Class four: Officer Awards to
Class two: Grand Officer (Sil­ Mr E.V.H. Corbishley, Mr A.J.
ver) Mr T.R. Gibbons, Dr T.J. Koch, Mr K.F.W. Kolbe, Col
Hugo, Prof 0. Searl, Mr P.C. N.N.D. Orpen, Dr J.L Steyn and
Smith and Mr T.D. Zeederburg Col E.S. Thompson.
(posthumously).

Recipients of the Order of the Star of South Africa: Class Two, Silver (from I to r) Maj Gen Coenraad
Frederik Scheepers, Maj Gen Christiaan Petrus Naudó and Brig Andrew William van den Aardweg.
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have all been proven in com bat by arm oured units and
m echanised infantry in the most testing Southern African
environm ent. Furtherm ore, these vehicles have been e xp orted
to foreign countries w h ere they have similarly given an excellent
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T h e sophisticated research and developm ent capabilities o f the
G ro u p ensure on going studies which have already p rodu ced a
n ew generation o f advanced com bat vehicles as well as a series
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T h e S andock Shipyard in Durban was originally well-known for
its efficient construction o f fishing trawlers and coastguard
vessels. In latter years it has develo p ed into a facility capable of
producing highly sophisticated naval craft, as witnessed by the
series o f fast missile-carrying vessels for the Strike Craft Flotilla
o f the South African N avy. T h e s e ships, designed for quick
strike and return are o f a battle-proven design and have
exceptional fii'e-power for their size.
T h e shipyard has the capacity o f constructing vessels o f up to
35000 tons and isisupported by com prehensive back-up such as
com plete electrical services and ship’s carpentry.
In addition, Sandock-Austral Lim ited is well-known inter­
nationally for its efficient ship repair capability.
PARATUS • MAART 1987
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Lid van die Bankorp-groep
BANCURA R *g .N o . 7 0 /0 1 5 7 7 /0 6

Vloot bewys trefkrag
en betroubaarheid
van sy missiele
YDENS pasafgelope vlootoefeninge in die diep see oos van
T
seer.
Richardsbaai het aanvalsvaartule van die Suid-Afrikaanse Vloot
teensl(ípmissiele suksesvol na twee oppervlakteteikens gelan-
In beide gevalle is die teiken getref
en vernietig met die eerste en enigste
missiel w at deur die aanvalsvaartuie
gelanseer is. Skepe van sowel die Dur­
banse as Sim onstadse aanvalsvaar-
tuigeskaders was by die vlootoefeninge
betrokke.
’n Mlssiel word gelanseer.
nie aangesien die water daar meer as
1 500 m eter diep is.
Die skip-tot-skip missiele is van oor
die horison na die teikens gevuur en die
daaropvolgende ontploffings het n ko-
lom van water omtrent 2 000 meter die
lug in geskiet. Die kolom was van 'n
groot afstand af duidelik sigbaar met
die blote oog (kyk foto’s),
Albei teikens het inderwaarheid heel-
temal gedisintegreer en gesink se-
kondes nadat dit getref was. Die ge-
weld van die ontploffings was sodanig
dat geen wrakstukke in die teikenge-
bied oorgebly het nie.
Hierdie jongste geslaagde missiel-
lanserings deur die Ministerklas aan-
valsvaartuie van die Suid-Afrikaanse
Vloot, wat deur ’n Durbanse skeeps-
werf gebou word, het die volgehoue be­
troubaarheid van die w apenstelsels van
die skepe bo alle twyfel bevestig.
Die teikengebied was ver buite nor-
male skeepsroetes en gevestigde vis-
gronde. Dit het die SA Vloot dus 'n
guide geleentheid gebied om die m is­
siele te lanseer sender om komm er-
siële skeepvaart in gevaar te stel. Daar
was ook geen skade aan die seelewe
Die teiken word getref.
PARATUS • MAART 1987

PRODUKTIWITEIT: Nie
net n ae ooísaaaa
1987 is die SAW se produktlwl-
teitsjaar. Maar dit kan verwarrend
wees. Die bedoeling is dat produlcti-
witeit en doeltreffende bestuur slno-
niem m oet word - vir baie jare vo-
rentoe. 1987 is siegs die jaar waarin
die program in alle erns aangepak
word.
Vir dié doel is daar in Junie 1986 opdrag
gegee dat n SAW Produktiwiteitswerkgroep
gestig moet word. Die werkgroep besfaan uit
n verleenwcordiger van elke Weermags-
deel, stafafdeling en ondersteuningsdiens
met die Hoof van Weermagstaf as voorsitter.
Die werkgroep het reeds in Julie 1986 sy
werksaamhede begin met die doel om aan
die produktlwiteitsverbeteringsprogram
(PVP) van die SAW momentum te gee en
koórdinering te bewerkstellig.
Daar is gou besef dat die produk-
tiwiteitskonsep baie voordele vir die SAW
inhou en opieiding is as eerste prioriteit ge-
stel. n Driedaagse kursus is bygewoon, wat
deur die Nasionale Pr'oduktlwiteitsinstituut
(NPI) aangebied is. Die gees van die kursus
is aansteeklik. Verskeie oorspronklike idees
is geopper om bestaande steisels en me-
todes aan te pas om n beter uitset/inset-ver-
houding te verkry. En die idees is nie net
teekamer-wensdenkery om die SAW te om-
skep in n super organisasie nie. Die werk­
groep bestaan uit verskeie generaals, briga­
diers en kolonels wat die idees in die praktyk
kan laat inslag vind. En dit is die maatslaf
van sukses vir die hele program.
Genl Jannie Geldenhuys, Hoof van die SA
Weermag, se wens is dat die SAW in eie
belang en ook in nasionale belang produkti-
witeit op 'n deurlopende grondslag moet be-
vorder. Definitiewe meetbare resultate is es-
sensieel om verbeterings voor te stel.
Fondse moet in die proses gespaar word en
kan vir noodsaaklike kapitaalprojekte aange-
wend word. Daarby word produktiwi-
teitspanne gevisualiseer wat regdeur die
10 PARATUS • MARCH 1987
D e u r It g e n l I.R . G le e s o n ,
H o o f v a n W e e rm a g s ta f
1912 - 1987
Die Produktiwiteitswerkgroep besig
met n kursus by die Nasionale Produk-
tiwiteitsinstituut (NPI).
Wat is ons benadering tov produktiwiteit?
Die H SAW het dit soos volg verduidelik: "To
a greater or lesser extent we have always
been productivity conscious. We have tried
to make our people aware of the concept of
productivity. We have launched several
schemes such as loss control and savings
schemes - all things allied to productivity
and we are proud of the fact that we ob­
tained good results. Now we have to go
about in a formal way. We have decided on a
two-pronged attack. Firstly, we would decen­
tralise so that the heads of the different ser­
vices and divisions would themselves be re­
sponsible in their own areas and would iden­
tify the problems they wish to focus on in
Weermag op n gereelde grondslag byme- order to increase productivity. Secondly,
kaar kom om beter en slimmer werksme- areas of common interests throughout all
todes te ontwikkel en saam te implementeer. divisions will be tackled on a centralised ba­
sis."
Tydens die opening van NAPROQSA se
Produktiwiteitsverbetering in die SAW is
jaarlikse Konvensie vir 1987 het genl Gel­
denhuys as openingspreker gewys op die n besondere uitdaging en daar is reeds dui-
belangrikheid van produktiwiteit vir die land. delike en doelgerigte riglyne vir alle lede in
Hy het gesê: "I can see no way how we can die SAW gestel. Dit vereis nie groot veran-
increase our standard of living or even main­ dering in ons bestuurstyl nie, maar die toe-
tain our present standard of living if we do passing van verskillende tegnieke. Kom ons
not make dramatic strides in increasing pro­ aanvaar die uitdaging met die houding
ductivity." WERK SLIMMER/WORK SIVIARTER.
’n Meer produktiewe
SAW: Elkeen se
verantwoordelikheid
Deur kapt K.D. Koekemoer, Persoonlike
Stafoffisier van Hoof van Weerm agstaf
EDERT die stigting van die Unieverdedigingsmag in 1912 het die
S Republiek van Suid-Afrika se gewapende magte nog altyd die bo-
toon gevoer in sy verdedigingsrol. In verskeie veldslae soos El Ala-
mein en Battle of the Lakes het die RSA magte ’n besondere bydrae tot
oorwinning gelewer.
Die verskeie medaljes en dekorasies toegeken die afgelope 75 jaar
A bevestig ook die individuele kwaliteite teenwoordig. Vandag word die
SAW en die Israeliese Weermag deur verskeie kenners uitgesonder
y iy as van die mees gedugte in die wêreld, alhoewel relatief klein in ver-
houding tot dié van ander Westerse- of Oosblokmagte.
 Die SAW se gevegsrekord alleen kan egter nie 'n aanduiding gee
van sy produktiwiteit nie. Produktiwiteit word gedefinieer as die ver-
houding tussen uitset en inset. Operasionele resultate is slegs die
uitset. Kontemporêre ekonomiese probleme, kwantitatiewe opbou van
die vyand en die noodsaaklikheid in moderne tye vir doeltreffende
bestuur dwing ons om te kyk na wat dit gekos het om n.resultaat te
bereik. Daarom moet ons die insette ook in berekening bring (uitrus-
ting, personeel, finansies), en dit in 'n indeks uitdruk teenoor die uitset
om dit vergelykbaar te maak oortyd en met ander soortgelyke eenhe-
de/aktiwiteite. Hoe hoër die syfer, hoe meer produktief.

STELSELKONSEP

ie identifisering van insette en uitsette en die meting daarvan is

D normaalweg meer problematies in n diensorganisasie as in n
produksiemaatskappy. Dit is belangrik om die volgende skematiese
voorstelling altyd byderhand te hou om wanvertolkings te voorkom:

INSETTE TRANSFORMERINGS- UITSETTE

t ____ PROSESSE
bv bv bv U gent I.R. Gleeson, SAW Produkliwiteilsoffisier (Hoof van
Uitrusting Vyand gedood Weermagstaf) en lede van die S/AIV Produktiwiteitswerkgroep besig
Personeel Operasies Opgeleide personeel met sindikaatwerk om die SA W se produktiwiteitsverbeteringsprogram
Finansies Oefeninge Gebiedsbeveiliging (PSP) saam te stel.
Opieiding Insidente verminder

Fig 1: n Oopstelsel-model produktiwiteit (William G. Ouchi, Theory Z: How American Business

Bg model met voorbeeide kan eerstens uit n globale SAW oogpunt can meet the Japanese Challenge). Die siening in die SAW blyk dik-
beskou word. Vir n werwingskantoor kan die aantal onderhoudvoer- wels te wees dat n hoër salaris die opiossing vir hoër produktiwiteit sal
ders as n inset dien, en die aantal onderhoude gevoer of persone wees. Ander is weer van mening dat erkenning, en nie beloning nie,
aangestel as uitset. Lg dien dan weer as inset vir die SAW model. Vir die verhoogde produktiwiteit sal meebring. Die opiossing is egter meer
n opieidingseenheid kan die aantal instrukteurs tot die aantal rekruteingewikkeld as net die een of die ander. Volgens die behoefte teoretici
as n produktiwiteitsyfer dien. Die opgeleide troepe is dan weer n inset
soos Herzberg, IVIcClelland en N^aslow is geld nie n belangrike moti-
vir bg model. veerder nie, of dan slegs totdat dit ontvang word of in soverre dit mag
(Power) bekom. Dit word duidelik geillustreer deur n vergelyking van
WANBEGRIPPE die inkomstesyfer per werker teenoor die produksie-uitset oor die jare
1974 tot 1986. Daaruit word afgelei dat minder geproduseer is terwyl
n D r ODUKTIWITEITSVERBETERINGSPROGRAM (PVP) bete- n hoer inkomste daarvoor ontvang is. Dit is dus nie korrek om blinde-
I ken nie net dat daar harder gewerk moet word, of langer ure lings te beweer dat meer geld hoër produksie sal meebring nie. n
nie. Dit beteken ook nie dat (nog) kostes gesny moet word me. Ort kan Verhoogde uitset impliseer in elk geval net hoer produktiwiteit as die
wel deel daarvan wees. Produktiwiteitsverbetering impliseer dat beide inset konstant bly of minder styg in verhouding tot die uitset, tenwyl die
die insette en die uitsette aangespreek moet word, of ten minste een gehalte konstant bly.

STEEDS KAMPIOENE • STILL CHAMPIONS

tenwyl die ander konstant gehou word. Dit is die verhouding tussen die ELKEEN SE VERANTWOORDELIKHEID
uitset/inset wat moet verhoog. terwyl die gehalte gehandhaaf, of ver- Elke individu in die SAW het n tweeledige verantwoordelikheid;
beter word indien nodig. a. Om sy individuele bydrae te maksimaliseer.
b. Om sy bydrae tot organisasiefaktore te bevorder; bv perso-
VOORBEELD neelbestuurders wat moet toesien dat die individu se belange
versoen word met die organisasies se behoeftes.
RODUKTIWITEIT beteken dat daar slimmer gewerk moet word
P om die verlangde resultaat te bereik. Neem die skietopleiding van
2 groepe rekrute as voorbeeld, waar die verlangde resultaat deur
beide groepe bereik word (gehalte). Die een groep van 100 rekrute het WAT KAN GEDOEN WORD?
5 instrukteurs wat elk 12 ure gespandeer het aan opieiding. Die groep
se arbeidsproduktlwiteitsyfer
100 =1,67
5 x 1 2 ure
B EANTWOORD aan uself die volgende vrae en dink dan weer na
oor u produktiwiteit in die SAW:

Die ander groep van 150 rekrute met 7 instrukteurs wat elk 14 ure
gespandeer het se syfer
150 =1,53
7 x 1 4 ure
Eg se produktiwiteit is dus hoër. Indien die eenheid die volgende
inname se syfer bereken en vergelyk met die voriges, ontstaan 'n
indeks, maw 'n reeks van syfers. Die arbeidsproduktlwiteitsyfer kan
gekombineer word met ander insette soos brandstof, ammunisie ver-
bruik, ens om n totale produktiwiteitsyfer te gee.
DIE MENSFAKTOR
a. Is u meeste van die dag besig? Indien u bystanddiens verrig,
kan u nie die tyd meer produktief gebruik nie?
b. Is u besig met dit wat u doelstellings gaan bereik?
c. Is u doelstellings korrek gestel en verstaan u dit?
d. Bereik u die resultaat in die kortste moontlike tyd?
e. Voldoen dit aan die gehalte, maw is die persone aan wie u n
diens lewer tevrede?
f. Kan u die resultaat nie met minder hulpmiddels of personeel
bereik het nie? (onnodige vermorsing, luukshede).
g. Is die middele tot u doel nog nie middelle of word dit opsigself
die doel?
h. Skep u nie onnodige ekstra werk in die proses om n taak af te

V OLGENS Ouchi se beskrywing van die Z-teorie (’n Japanse be- handel nie?
stuurstyl) is betrokkenheid van werkers die sleutel tot verhoogde i. Gee u orders wat "hurry up and wait" veroorsaakl

PARATUS • MAART 1987 11

ik
 Spanwerk, blitsige
optrede kniehalter 1912-1987

Deur It Stella Blom

perdegriep in SAW Foto:

S sers Leonie Rourke

PANWERK en blltsige op­

S trede is die redes hoel(om
die groot perdegriep nie sy slag
in die SA Weermag se stalle kon
slaan nie. Net ’n bale klein per-
sentasie van die Weermag se
perde het dié siekte opgedoen
wat die perdebedryf regoor die
land feitiik lamgelé hiet.

Die virus het in die middel van Desember

1986 ook na een Weermagstal versprei na-
dat ’n aantal van die Weermag se perde on-
wetend in n besmette siviele perdewa ver-
voer moes word omdat die Weermag se eie
waens toe in die werkswinkels was.
Die virus het sy kop in Suid-Afrika uitge-
steek omdat perde deesdae per vliegtuig
van oorsee af hier aanland. n Perd is net 14
dae besmet met die virus en in die ou dae
toe perde nog n bootreis van drie of vier
weke na Suid-Afrika moes onderneem, was
die perd dus nie meer besmet met sy aan-
koms nie.
Die virus is 'n soortgelyke tipe as wat
mense aantas. Die eerste simptome van dié
griep, wat uiters vinnig versprei, is ’n harde
droë hoes wat gepaard gaan met n hoë
koors. Hierdie olikheid wyk egter binne so-
wat drie dae as n bakteriese infeksie nie
intree nie. In so 'n geval ontwikkel die perd
ook ’n loopneus. Sy longslymvlies word af-
gebreek en nou neem dit drie tot vier weke
vir die perd om te herstel. Sowat 15 persent
van die perde wat die siekte opdoen hou ook
permanente longskade oor.
Daarom is streng voorsorgsmaatreëls in
Weermaggeledere getref. Al die sentra waar
perde aangewend word, is tot die einde van
Voorkoming is beter as geneslng. Kapt Louis Gouws, die veearts van die SAW Berede
Januarie 1987 onder kwarantyn geplaas.
Sentrum op Potchefslroom, het gesorg dat al die Sentrum se perde geënt is teen die
Mense wat met 'n siek perd in aanraking
groot perdegriep.
was, kon die kampe vir 24 uur nie binnegaan
nie en daarna moes hulle 'n stortbad neem
en skoon klere aantrek alvorens hulle in die
kamp toegelaat Is. 'n Week daarna behoort die perd dan im- het die siekte vrygespring danksy streng
Daar was ook voortdurend genoeg perso- muun te wees. Die perd moet nou egter jaar- voorsorgsmaatreels. Talle byeenkomste
neel om 'n noodgeval te hanteer en genoeg liks geënt word om sy immuniteit te behou. moes gekanselleer word in 'n landwye po-
medikasie was beskikbaar. Al die perde wat siek was, moes 'n deeglike ging om die versprelding van die virus te
ondersoek ondergaan om hul hart- en long- bekamp.
funksies te toets voordat hulle geleidelik Die entstof waarmee die perde behandel
weer kon begin werk. is, is redelik duur, maar die Weermag het
ie voorkomende behandeling van die
D perdegriep tsehels dat die perd met ’n
dosis entstof geent word wat drie weke
Die griep het nietemin vir 'n mate van ont-
wrigting in Weermaggeledere gesorg. Siek
later perde was vir sowat drie maande buite ak-
steeds duisende rande bespaar. As dit in ag
geneem word dat dit sowat R300 kos om
een perd wat reeds siek is te behandel, was
opgevolg word met 'n aanvullingsinspuiting. sie. Die Berede Sentrum op Potchefstroom elke sent wat bestee is goud werd.

12 PARATUS • MARCH 1987

 Ligloop vir hierdie
Militêre Polisieman
Deur sktr J.A. van Wyk
Foto: Wrn D. Holland
’n Mllit6re Pollsleman vlr wle daar llgge-
loop moet word, Is stafsersant Wletz
Steyn van Provoosskooí In Voortrek-
kerhoogte. Nie net Is hy onlangs aange-
wys as die Mllitére Pollsle se “Pres-
teerder van die Jaar" nle, maar hy Is
ook ’n Sprlngbok-kragopteller.
By Provoosskcx)! is ’n trofee as Pres-
teerder van die Jaar deur l<ol F. Thirion aan
s sers Steyn oorhandig. Volgens kol Thi­
rion is hy ’n waardlge ontvanger van hier­
die trofee en het hy dit verdien deur buiten-
gewoon te presteer op die gebied van
veral die opgradering van ’n besi<er-
mingsvleuel.
For Heart Clinic
THE Spare Parts Distribution Centre at Na­
val Base Simon’s Town has for the second
time made a donation to the South African
Defence Force Rehabilitation Centre. Ear­
lier, the Unit had presented R1 000 worth of
140 Eskader beloon vir prestasie
SEDERT 140 Eskader in 1976 op On-
dangwa as ’n Radar-eskader ontplooi is, het
hy homself in vele operasies as uiters doel-
treffend bewys. Uit erkenning vir sy knap
werk is die eenheid onlangs vereer met die
Wei Gedaan-toekenning van die Hoof van
die Lugmag.
Ander eienskappe wat tot sy sukses by-
gedra het, was persooniike inisiatief, be-
heer oor homself sowel as sy ondergeskik-
tes en leierskap, sowel as sy prestasies op
die sportterrein, in sy werk en op sosiale
vlak.
Hy het ook ’n goue medalje verower ty-
dens die Weermag-kampioenskappe en in
November verlede jaar wen hy die Kam-
pioen van Kampioene-kompetisie.
Stafsersant Steyn is tans die Suid-Afri-
kaanse kragoptelkampioen en kan daar-
mee spog dat die Suid-Afrikaanse rekord,
en ook moontlik die Afrika-rekord, agter sy
naam pronk. Dié gewig was ’n byna onge-
looflike 370kg,
Om twee meisies sommer so op te tel, is vir
s sers W.H.D. Steyn geen probleem nie. Hy
is die Suid-Afril<aanse l<ragoptel-l<ampioen.
Die twee dametjies is Micky Basson en Ja­
net Benson, beide van Provoosskool.
heart monitors to the Heart Clinic at 2 Mili­
tary Hospital in Wynberg. Now, the Officer
Commanding the Centre, Cdr Wreford
Dettmer, presented a cheque to Maj Gen
D.P. Knobel, Chief of Medical Staff Opera­
tions. The cheque, for R3 000 came from
funds raised from the sale of First Day Cov­
ers commemorating the 25th anniversary of
the Unit.
Maj L. W. van Rooyen ontvang die Wei Ge-
daan-sertifikaat van kol D.R. Jacobs, bevel-
voerder van LMB Ondangwa.
nog nooit onder die minimum vereiste ge-
daal nie. Dit is te danke aan die toewyding
In 1982, tydens Projek Vertigo, het 140 van die tegniese personeel wat spesiale
Eskader as ’n Sektorbeheersentrum begin diens by 140 Eskader verrig dat die eenheid
funksioneer en was toe verantwoordelik vir so n hoe dlensbaarheid het.
lugruimbeheer in die hele Sektor 10.
Al is die Eskader se uitrusting tegnoiogies
oud in vergelyking met die hedendaagse ra­
dars, het sy operaslonele doeltreffendheld
PARATUS • MAART 1987 13
 Inspeksietyd! Twee be-
kende inwoners van Still champions
Stellenbosch word hier Steeds kampioene
dear RSM Pieter Wes-
sels (regs) vertel dat hul
oorpakke gerus 'n bie-
tjie netjieser kan lyk.
Pietman Retief (links),
skakeldirekteur van
Oude Meester, en Jan-
nie Engelbrecht, wyn-
■boer en oud-Spring-
bokvleuel, was twee
van die sowat 124 1 9 1 2 -1 9 8 7
manne wat vir 'n week
deur die plaaslike Kom-
mando opgelei is.
Deur w rn E. Janssen

F o to ’s : See A .8 . Ingram

Oud-Springbok: ‘Nou
twyfel ek nie meer’
EN lekker warm Sondag op Stellenbosch. Namiddag. Sowat 124 begin met ’n nuwe ondervirtding.

E “ouer manne” kus vroulief en kinders tot siens en betree die

paradegrond. Vir ’n week lank is huile nie wynboere of sake-
manne of akademici nie, maar word hulle vir iandsdlens opgelei.
Vir die sewe dae is die gemak van die huis Die eersle dag word afgestaan aan admi-
Om 05H45 elke oggend is die manne aan-
gesê om uit die vere te klim, waarna die
inspeksie gevolg het. Darem nie so streng
soos in die geval van basiese troepe nie,
maar tog moes die bed netjies lyk, die ste-
agtergelaat en was tente die manne se voor- nistrasie en elkeen ondergaan ’n deeglike wels blink en die eetgerei op die bed uitge-
land. Maar in ruii daarvoor kamp hulle in mediese en tandheelkundige ondersoek. pak word. Van opgewondenheid was die
seker een van die mooiste plekke in Suid- Hierna word die “ civvy-klere” verruil vir 'n manne dikwels reeds om 04h00 soggens
Afrika - Jonkershoekvallei. bruin oorpak en almal is slaggereed om !e wakker.

Lik lak lik, laki Vir die meeste manne was drilwerk iets vreemds, maar ná 'n paar dae se oefening het die arms al netjies begin saamswaai.
-

14 PARATU8 • MARCH I S ' -

 ie dae Is verdeel in praktiese en teore-
D tiese opleiding. VIr die meeste kam-
pers was dit die eerste keer dat hulle gedril
het, maar volgens maj J.A. van der Merwe,
tweede in bevel by die kamp, was die dril-
werk verbasend skerp.
Aandag is gegee aan makkerhulp, sa-
lueer en eerbewys, samewerking tussen die
SA Polisie en die Weermag, die take van
skildwagte en talle ander militêre aspekte.
Die klem is veral gelê op padversperrings
en deursoeking aangesien dié Komtnando-
lede grotendeels die Polisie sal bystaan in
sulke fake wanneer dit nodig is.
Op die Vrydag is almal af skietbaan toe
om hul vernuf met die R1-geweer te toets.
Die meeste van die skutters het nog nooit
tevore met dié geweer geskiet nie en sterk
wedywering het tussen hulle ontstaan. Daar- Naval Citizen Force mem bers receiving instructions on proper positioning while
die aand het almal gesellig om die vuur ver-
m anning a road block.
keer om 'n stukkie vieis te braai.
Die volgende dag was seker die hoogte-
punt van die week, n Medaljeparade is Sa-
terdagmiddag deur die Stellenbosse Kom-
mando aangebied, en hier sou die kampers
die erewag vorm,
Flink en trots het die skutters - almal tus­
sen 34 an 50 jaar oud - voor brig A.K. de
Jager, Bevelvoerder Kommandement WP,
tot ’n halt gekom terwy! hul gesinne be-
wonderend sit en toekyk het. En kort daarna
het die manne hul goed gepak, blad geskud
en weer huis toe gekeer.

ie reaksie ná die kamp was besonder

D gunstig. Volgens maj Van der Merwe
was daar slegs een of twee gevalle waar
manne bang was dat hul siviele beroepe on-
der die week se kamp sou ly.
“ 0ns het hulle egter huis toe laat gaan vir
'n paar ure indien omstandighede by die
werk of huis dit verlang het. Snaaks genoeg An A rm y instructor demonstrates the correct handling o f a R1 rifle to the assembled
was dit vir 'n klompie manne nodig om terug Citizen Force members.
te keer, maar hulle het die dae so geniet dat
hulle in die kamp gebly het. E are all family, and it Is with
“ Al hierdie kampers sal deeltyds aange-
W
ARMY
this in mind that the Army
wend word en ons sal elke nou en dan 'n
inskerpingsaksie reel. In sy geheel gesien now calls upon the assistance of Na­
was hierdie week 'n groot sukses.” het hy val and Air Force Citizen Force mem­
bygevoeg. > bers,” said Cmdt L. Nel in welcoming
En wat sê die kampers? Twee van die the men of the Navy to the SA Army

bekendste "ou manne” wat daar was, is
seker die oud-Springbokrugbyvleuel Jannie
Engelbrecht, en die skakeldirekteur van
Oude Meester, Pietman Relief.
Sktr Engelbrecht het die week bale inte-
ressant en leersaam gevind. "Enige twyfel
wat ek oor die noodsaaklikheid daarvan ge-
had het, het nou verdwyn. Ek sal hierdie
week nie gou vergeet nie en ek hoop dat dié
stelsel uitgebrei word. Dit moet egter nie
langer as 'n week wees nie, want dit sou
probieme kan veroorsaak vir mense wat hul
eie sakeondernemings het," het hy gesê.
Sktr Retief het die week as bale harde
werk, maar terselfdertyd genotvol, be-
stempel. "Ek het ’n beter insig in die dissi-
pline, benadering en opvoedingsaksie van
CALLS
Gym nasium at H eidelberg.
The first intake of Navy CF members from
the SAS Magaliesburg and the SAS lnl<on-
koni to undergo Army training were also visi­
ted by Commodore Lambert Woodburne,
Chief of Naval Staff Operations. The training
is aimed at easing the commitments of Army
CF members and will take the form of urban
counter-insurgency training before being
used to help control the internal unrest situa­
tion and return everything to normal.
UPON
NAVY,
Cdre Woodburne assured the men that
they were only on "loan" to the Army. "This
is a special situation. In normal times you will
go back to your ships or units."
Cmdt L. Nel of Wit Command, compared
the need for more infantry type men to a

die Weermag gekry,” het hy bygevoeg.
Die Stellenbosse Kommando sal moontlik
later vanjaar 'n tweede groep manne oproep
om ’n week van funksionele opleiding te on-
dergaan.
SAAF
situation where a farmer experiences diffi­
culties on his land and calls on his brothers
and sisters for help; and so now in the same
way does the Army call on its brothers in the
other Arms of the SADF.

PARATUS • MAART 1987 15

 VLIEG IN DIE BLOED! # -
Die SA Lugmagmuseum:
’n Droom kry gestalte
ET 14 500 vliegure agter die rug en die vaardlgheid om sowat 80 verskillende soorte viiegtuie,
M stokoud én nuut, in die lug te hou, is kmdt Tony Smit, wat onlangs die leisels by die SA Lugmagmu­
seum oorgeneem het, uitgeknip vir dié werk.
viiegtuie het nog altyd 'n rol in kmdt Smit
se lewe gespeel. Hy het sy broer leer vlieg,
sy pa was ’n vlieënier in die Lugmag en nou
staan sy seun se kop in dieselfde rigting.
Selfs toe hy nog lid van ’n operasionele
eskader was, was kmdt Smit al betrokke by
die vlieg van wuseumvliegtuie by lugskoue,
'n tydverdryf waarmee hy al agt jaar besig is.
Hy beskryf homself as ietwat van 'n “ nut­
case" oor die ou viiegtuie wat 'n rol gespeel
het in die Suid-Afrikaanse militêre lugvaart-
geskiedenis. Hy het veral vir die Mustang en
die Spitfire ’n sagte plekkie.
As 16-jarige seun het kmdt Smit met 'n
vakleerlingskap as elektrisiën begin en as
elektriese ingenieur gekwalifiseer. In 1957
het hy hom by die SA Lugmag aangesluit
waar hy vir 'n jaar aan die radarafdeling ver-
bonde was. Maar die vlieggogga het gebyt
en kmdt Smit het hom by die destydse Rho-
desiese Lugmag aangesluit waar hy vir 15
jaar as vlieênier diens gedoen het. Daarna is
hy 'n kantoorwerk aangebied wat hom laat
besluit het om sy vierke te sprei.
16 PARATUS * MARCH 1987
Deur It Stella Blom
Diê[:0Q¥0si:‘ ¥líégtvig ,
, 'áM''' :-0^g0kikker ^
■wmít Is ’n éaié spasiaie ,^
sy h&e! m m te oplei-
dmgsvlug as student-
vlieërtier in die Rhode-
siese Lugmag asook sy
heel eerste sotovlug
daatin ondemeem. By
kmdt Smit is vtnr Anton
D enner, Johan du
Preez, Tony Rodrigues
en Johan Lok, wat lede
van die restourasiespan
is wai daarvoor moet
sorg dat die Provost
teen Mei of Junie weer
sal kan viieg. - foto:
Wrn W.A. Liebman
In 1974 het hy hom met die rang van kap- teur by LMB Swartkop was, en 'n Lodestar in
tein weer by die SA Lugmag aangesluit. Hy die lug te kry. Die Vampire, die SA Lugmag
was verbonde aan 44 Eskader en 21 Es­ se eerste straalvliegtuig, Shackleton, Sabre
kader voordat hy bevel van 41 Eskader oor­ en Provost se name is ook op die aksielys.
geneem het. Daarna loop die pad reguit na Daar is boonop ’n sterk moontlikheid dat 'n
die Lugmagmuseum. Mustang en ’n Kitty Hawk ook museum-
eiendom gaan word.
Die totale waarde van die viiegtuie wat in
m d t Smit is vasbeslote om van die
K nuwe SA Lugmagmuseum, wat teen ’n
die nuwe museum uitgestal gaan word, is
onskatbaar. Kmdt Smit vertel dat 'n Spitfire
koste van sowat RIO,6 miljoen by LMB deesdae teen sowat R1 miljoen verkoop
Swartkop gebou gaan word, sover moontlik word, 'n Kitty Hawk kan ongeveer R600 000
'n lewende, vlieënde museum te maak. haal en ’n Mustang sowat R800 000.
Verskeie lewende museumstukke, waar- Kmdt Smit is vol vertroue dat daar genoeg
onder die Hornet Moth, Fairchild, Chipmunk, geld ingesamel sal word sodat bouwerk aan
Alouette en Sikorsky S55-helikopter, het dié die nuwe museum teen Julie sal kan begin.
droom reeds halfpad bewaarheid. 'n Edgar As alles voor die wind gaan, behoort die ge­
Percival EP 9 begin ook binnekort met toets- bou teen die einde van 1988 voltooi te wees.
vlugte en 'n Tiger Moth wat in Empangeni LMB Swartkop Is as standplaas vir die mu­
herbou word, behoort teen April weer die seum gekies omdat die SA Lugmag sy ont-
naam vliegtuig werd te wees. staan daar gehad het.
Vanjaar gaan kmdt Smit en sy span ver- Administrasie neem baie van kmdt Smit
der woeker met hul talente om ’n Spitfire, ’n se tyd in beslag, maar hy sit dikwels self
Ventura waarop kmdt Smit se pa 'n instruk- hand by met die restourasiewerk. En as hy
sê "in die museum werk almal saam", bs-
doel hy dit! Selfs sy, vrou en kinders word oor
naweke ingespan en sender die hulp van die
eskaders sou sake ook maar bedroef gelyk
het. 17 Eskader het gehelp met die op-
knapping van die Alouette ii en 19 Eskader
het die Sikorsky herbou, 35 Eskader het die
Chipmunk laat herteef terwyt 41 Eskader
tans doenig is met die restourasie van die
Provost, Dit is 'n werk wat geduld en toewy-
dlng vra. Dit het bv ‘n jaar geneem net om al
die verf van die Provost te verwyder.
Kmdt Smit het salts oorsese bondgsnote.
Voigens horn speel politiek hier geen roi nie.
Regoor die wêreld help entoesiaste mekaar
dmv ruiltransaksies in wat hulle die “ war
bird' -speletjie noem.
Kmdt Smit beskou sy werk by die mu­
seum as 'n baie interessante, uitdagende en
beionencfe pos. Hy beWemtoon dit egter dat
die ondersteuning van elke M van die SAW
nodig is om ons militêre lugvaartgeskiedenis
en -erfenis op te bou.

C AP T R.H.L. Harrison, the new Officer

Tywan Ferreira, winner of the silver medal at
the 17th World Children's Art Exhibition, is
flanked by her proud parents, W 0 1 Phil Fer­
reira of 4 Air Depot and his lovely wife
Sheila. Tywan is holding an example of her
work. 'f
Command changes C o m m a n d in g S A S S IM O N S B E R G
(right), is seen here receiving the tele­
ring through scope, which in the Navy symbolises
command, from his predecessor Capt
Simon’s Town H.J. Grimbeek.
Other com m and changes in the New
Year in the Naval Command West re­
gion included: C apt E.M. Green, for­
m erly SSO Training in Muizenberg, re­
places Capt C.J. M oon as Officer Com­
m anding S A S TAFELBERG. Capt
Moon has been appointed on the staff
a t Naval C om m and West, while Capt
Harrison follows in Capt Grim beek's
footsteps as O fficer Commanding SAS
SIMONSBERG. C apt Grimbeek has
been transferred to the SA Defence
College in Pretoria.

Tywan becomes great achiever in Taiwan

To have one over-achiever in the family
is usually enough to be a source of
great pride to a doting parent. In most cases
two would be a cause for great rejoycing.
W01 Phil Ferreira and his wife, Sheila, seen
here with their daughter Tywan, must be
really ecstatic. They have four talented chil­
dren in their family, and four beautiful daugh­
ters at that,
Tywan, who is sixteen years old, has re­
cently won a second place in a prestigious
international art exhibition held in the Repub­
lic of China, The 17th World Children's Art
Exhibition is attended by children of all ages
from many countries, and Tywan secured a
silver medal, certainly no mean achievement
so early in this young artist's career.
Closer to home she has won a gold certifi­
cate at the Grahamstown exhibition in 1985.
The painting which won this certificate was
later bought by the Argentinian Government,
and is now on permanent display.
Tywan is a std 9 pupil of the elite Pretoria
School of Art, Ballet, Music and Drama. Her
younger sister, Noni, is all set to follow in her
footsteps, Noni is a std 6 pupil at the same
school. The two babies of this talented fam­
ily, Gabi, 11, and Sharia, 9, are still in pri­
mary school, but are planning to attend the
same school as well.

PARATUS • MAART 1987 17

/9/2 - 1987

O M saam te val met die 75ste bestaansjaar van die SA Weermag,

het die Weermagdamesvereniging (WDV) ’n seminaar oor
weerbaarheid aangebied met die tema “ Die wil om te wen”.

Drie sprekers is genooi om referate

oor onderw erpe van kardinale belang te
iew er. Relevant tot die polem iek
rondom die Kerk en politieke kwessies
was d r Ed Caíne se toespraak oor die
aanslag teen die Kerk.
DIE WIL
OM TE
Lt kol N.J. Slabber het ’n interes-
sante referaat gelewer oor die toestand
in Swart woongebiede. Met die beper-
king op nuus weens die noodtoestand
was sy praatjies des te meer insigge-

WEN ■■■ A'

wend.
Swart onderwys is deesdae toene-
mend onder die loep by diverse groepe
en mev. A. du Pisanie het dié area be-
kyk. Sy het veral klem gelê op die be- Mev M. Geldenhuys
grip “ Peoples’ E ducation” .

Helping to create
a stable future
M RS M. Geldenhuys, wife of the
C hief of the SA Defence Force,
Weermagdamesvereniging
beywer horn vir stabiele
toekoms vir Suid-AMa
said in her welcoming speech that the
Defence Force Ladies' Association -
the largest ladies’ organization in South
Africa - had to do its utm ost in helping
to create a stable future for the country.
Mrs Geldenhuys highlighted certain
steps which had to be taken to achieve
the goals of the DFLA:

- The DFLA had to organize in such a

Die W eermagdamesvereniging het on-
langs ’n sem inaar aangebied met die
tema "Die wil om te wen". H ier staan
drie van die sprekers - It kol N.J. Slab­
ber, m ev A. du Pisanie en d r E. Caine
b y m e v G. Putter, wat die sem inaar ge-
reël het.
w ay as to enable women in the
SADF to become involved and do
their bit in some o r other task. For
this reason the DFLA had estab­
lished a five-front system to co-ordi­
nate nationwide efforts.
- Training was a necessity to achieve
the goals decided upon.
- Knowledge was very important to
perform the tasks properly.
- Goals could not be achieved in a co­
incidental manner and this made de­
cent planning vitally important.
‘ T h e DFLA is determined to assist in
achieving the goals of the SADF and
RSA by performing the tasks for women
in the Defence Force," Mrs Gelden­
huys said.

18 PARATUS • MARCH 1987

 Vieisie blaas, tokke
die hele boksendaais
"My son Grant would often bring some of
his pals home for a weekend pass whilst
doing National Service. All their stories
were an Incredible source of Inspiration."
iili—
his pals when they were out on weekend
pass and discuss Army life. As the beer
empties become more and more, so did the
humorous content of the stories. This was
an incredible source of inspiration for the
Vasbyt series.”
Keith has also spent time with troepies in
their various camps, where he would stroll
around gathering information and inspiration
for his cartoons.
“ Since Grant cleared out of the Army it
has become increasingly difficult to find
ideas because of a lack of communication
with people in the services. I would very
much like, with the SADF’s cooperation, to
spend more time with servicemen in their
camps, especially the Navy which is a
branch of the Defence Force on which I have
hardly touched.”
Vasbyt has, over the years, raised many a
chuckle and although unintentional, also
stood on a few toes. However, the good
natured tongue in cheek depiction of Army
life by Mr Stevens creates a pleasant diver­
sion from the unavoidably more serious as­
pects of the SADF. Hopefully Vasbyt will be
in our magazines and newspapers for many
years to come.

Deur kapt André van de Venter

F dit nou ’n mondfluitjie of ’n

O orrei is, ’n banjo of ’n k o n s e r-
tina - vir stafsersant Vieisie van
R e n s b u rg m a a k dit nie saak nie . Hy S sers Vieisie van Rensburg met ’n paar mm leklnstrum ente wat hy kan bespeel.
blaas, tokkel of pomp sommer die
h e le b o k s e n d a a is .
S sers Van Rensburg, die afgelope
sewe ja a r 'n bekende by Infanterieskool
op Oudtshoorn, maak reeds sedert sy
hoërskooldae musiek. En musiek kán
hy maak. Om sy eie woorde te gebruik:
"E k kan myself reghelp op alles be-
halwe 'n vio o l.”
Voordat sy liefde vir die piatteland
horn na Oudtshoorn gebring het, het
s sers Van Rensburg aan die Vermaak-
likheidsgroep van die W eerm ag onder
leiding van George Hayden behoort en
(Foto: Wrn D. Holland)
in 'n stadium ook musiek gemaak in die
orkeste van die Lugmag en die Ge-
vangenisdiens.
In 1970 bring s sers Van Rensburg
sy eerste langspeelplaat op die mark en
sedertdien het nog vier solus sewe-
plate die lig gesien. By dié geleenthede
het bekendes in die musiekwêreld soos
Flippie van Vuuren, Zane Cronjé, Han-
sie Roodt en Chris du Toit saam met
horn opgetree.
NIeteenstaande sy 53 somers is
s sers Van Rensburg steeds aktief be-
sig om musiek te maak en tree hy en sy
groep, Anonymous, gereeld by troues,
danspartye en ander onthale in die om-
gewing op.
As hy so terugdink aan sy lewe was
daar één persoon wat uitstaan as die
grootste dryfveer en inspirasie agier sy
musiekloopbaan - wyle It kol Koops
van’t Jagt, ’n man by wie hy geweldig
baie geleer het, sê s sers Vieisie van
Rensburg.

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wys wa
aedoen
kan word Doeltreffende noodbohandellng la seker een van die beiangriksta aapekte as dit kom by die
bantering van 'n ramp. Hier word van die “beseerdes” na die ambuians gedra.

OORREESBURG het onlangs ’n brand fay die brandstofdepot. Die brand­ Oorhoofse kodrdinering is van die uiterste

M ’ n groot prestasle behaal deur weer word hierheen verskuif en die hoof van
Burg B aktiveer die beheersentrum.
een van die eerste dorpe te word wat
Vyf minute later is daar ’n ontploffing by ’n
die A*graderlng In Burgerlike Be- piaaslike laerskool waarin talle letrlinge
skermlng kon slaag. dood of beseer is.
Dit was die scenario wat aan die lede van
Burg B geskets is en van hier af moes elk-
In “ Oefening Samoa" - waarby 'n groqt een weet wat om waar en wanneer te doen.
deal van die dorp betrek is - is die Burgerlike En die inwoners van Moorreesburg het met
Beskermingsorganisasie van Moorreesburg geesdrif en toewyding gereageer.
deeglik getoets. Nie allsen is dlenste soos die SAP, brand­
Om 08h15 ontvang 'n piaaslike winkel 'n weer, Swartland-Kommando en die Afde-
bomdreigement en hier word die ontruiming llngsraad betrokke nie, maar ook die ge-
van winkels en die rol van die SA Pollsie en wone man en vrou in die straat wat optree as
die brandweer geëvalueer. mediese personeel en bemanning van die
Om 08H30 ontvang die SAP ’n oproep oor beheer- en inligtingsentrum.
belang om 'n ramp met welslae te hanteer
en die skakeiing tussen die verskiilende af-
delings op die dorp het baie bei'ndruk.
Ná afloop van die oefening het kmdt PJ.
Goussard, S01 Burg B, Kmdmt WP, gesê
dat Moorreesburg sender twyfel aan die A-
gradering voidoen. Hy het gesê dit is bemoe-
digend dat 'n dorp so doeltreffend kan op­
tree in geval van 'n ramp en die hoop uitge*
spreek dat ander dorpe ook so 'n hoë stan-
daard sal handhaaf.
Ten spyte van ’n paar foutjies en enkele
misverstande verdien Moorreesburg 'n
piuimpie vir sy optrede aangesien dit die eer­
ste volskaatse oefening was. Oié dorp kan
die toekoms met vertroue ingaan.

LMB Langebaanweg kry ’n nuwe baas

ANAF 1 Januarie 1987 staan Lugmag- onlangs deur die vorige bevelvoerder, kol
V basis Langebaanweg onder nuwe be-
stuur. Die bevel van LMB Langebaanweg is
F.T. du Toit, links op die foto, aan kol M.
Rutch oorhandig tydens 'n luisterryke pa­
rade by die basis.
Kol Du Toit het tydens die seremonie die
lede van die basis en hul gesinne bedank vir Vf.
ÊM
hul steun en lojaliteit gedurende die afgelope
jaar. Hy het voorta daarop gewys dat gemeet
aan die aantal uitvlugte wat vanaf LMB
Langebaanweg plaasvind, dit die besigste
basis in die SA Lugmag is.
Kol Rutch het tydens die bevelsoorname
plegtig belowe om te alle tye net sy bests
diens aan Langebaanweg en die Lugmag te
lewer.
Die parade het tydens die laaste verby-
mars van kol Du Toit afskeid geneem op die
maat van "Sal ons ou vriende oolt vergeet” .
Die spontane toejuiging van die toeskouers
MILBO tydens die laaste verbymars het nie net die
HELPS YOU gewildheid van kol Du Toit weerspieél nie
TO OWN YOUR DREAMHOUSE maar ook 'n groot taak op die skouers van
kol Rutch geplaas.
FOR A BEAUTIFUL STAND Tydens 'n skemerkelkonthaal ná afloop
IN SWARTKOP Xa OR van die parade het kol Rutch en ay vrou die
ORCHARDS X10 CONTACT mense van die basis ontmoet.

Ik
MAJ NAOMI SMITH
(012) 323-0302(W) 468444(H)
ik SAW op
voorpunt
van
stabiliteit
Oeur wrn E. Janssen
“Pit Is goed dat hierdie dinge gebeur,
want 8Ó word die bande tussen die breë
gemeenskap en die Kommando-eenhold,
ona Weermag due, stewiger en hegter.”
SÓ het die Minister van Verdediging, geni
Magnus Malan. gesê toe Kemptonpark-
Komtnando op 14 Februarie sy Reg van
Vrye Toegang tot Kemptonpark beoefen het.
Die Weermag het ’n trotse rekord oor sy
75 bestaansjare, het genI Malan gesê. “ Hy is
gerespekteerd en word geag. In baie kringe
word hy selfs gevrees. Eintiik is dit onnodig,
want slegs wie hom soek of tart, sal horn in
die Weermag vasioop en seerkry.”
Proud citizens greet men of the SA Navy
he granting of the Freedom of a
T City or Town to a military unit is an Senior Staff Officer of Naval Base Simon's
ancient tradition dating back to feudalTown, Is well qualified to make these re­
times. It Is symbolic of the trust and con­
fidence that the City has for the unit that
is based in its area. The Illustrious past of
Simon’s Town Is Inextricably linked and
Interwoven with the history of the South
African Navy.
“It is thus fitting that, during the Sim- the main street of Simon’s Town to record
on's Town Festival Week, a parade by the
Navy exercising their Right to the Free­
dom of Simon's Town be held."
The South African Navy Band marches past the podium where Cllr H. Dilley, Mayor of Simon’s
Town, Capt P.R. te Roux, Officer Commanding Naval Base Simon’s Town and Cdr P.R.
Bredenkamp, Executive and Senior Staff Officer of the Naval Base took the salute.
Geni Malan het verwys na die SAW se
betrokkenheid in Suidwes-Afrika. In sy byna
twintig jaar daar het die Weermag nog nooit
bloedneus gekry nie en steeds teken hy suk-
sesse teen SWAPO en dié se meelopers
aan.
Hy het ook ‘n woordjie tot die soldaat ge-
rig, "Om soldaat te wees, is om professio-
neel te wees. Hierdie professionaliteit rus op
lojaliteit en doelgerigtheid, Wie lojaal en
doelgerig werk, lewer diens - professionele
diens.”
Geni Malan het gesê dit is vanselfspre-
kend dat die Weermag en die land se ander
Veiligheidsmagte fisiese terrorisme kan be-
stry. Dit Is hulle taak om ons mense te be-
skerm en sekuriteit en veiligheid te verskaf,
en dit is ’n taak wat nie verwaarioos sal word
nie.
"Die funksie en diens van die SAW - in
die besonder in sy feesjaar - is om op die
By L CpI G.D. Cohen
Cdr P.R. Bredenkamp, Executive and
marks, having twice led parades of this
nature.
The Freedom of Entry to Simon’s Town
was originally conferred on the South African
Navy on 16 March 1972 when 214 men
under the command of the then Cdr J.W.
Sleigh (now R Adm Sleigh) marched down
the honour of accepting the Freedom of the
City.
After this historic march-past, the Navy
. . . , 0 0
Geni maj C.P. van der Westhuizen, Bevel-
voerder van Kommandement Witwaters-
rand, raadslid H. Wolvaardi, burgemeester
van Kemptonpark en kol LJ. Trichardt, Be-
veivoerder van Groep 41 HK.
voorpunt te wees en 'n omgewing van stabi­
liteit te skep. Uit stabiliteit kom normaliteit.
En binne so 'n klimaat kan sake soos werk-
loosheid, behuising, die maatskaplike le-
wenskwaliteit van mense en onderwys be-
hooriik aangespreek word.
“ Die Weermag is, saam met ons ander
Veiligheidsmagte, getaak om hierdie ktimaat
te skep. Daarmee dien hy Suid-Afrika, die
belange van hierdie land en van a! sy
mense. Daarom het die SAW u steun nodig.
U steun, u erkenning, gee horn inspirasie,
gee hom nuwe krag en hou hom op die voor­
punt. Dis waar die SAW ná 75 jaar staan,"
het geni Malan afgesluit.
have exercised their right on no fewer than
seven occasions, the first being on Navy
Day in 1974. Following that, parades have
taken place in 1975; 1982 on the Navy’s
Silver Jubilee; 1983 as part of Simon's
Town’s Centenary Celebration; 1985 when
the Freedom of Simon's Town was con­
ferred on the State President; 1985 when
MCM Submarine Flotilla celebrated their
30th Anniversary and, finally, during the
Simon’s Town Festival Week.
As part of the Week’s festivities, the Navy
contributed dog displays performed by the
Dog School, concerts by the Navy Band on
Jubilee Square, the parading of the Navy
colour and the placing of ceremonial sentries
outside the entrance to Admiralty House.
The highlight, however, was the march-
past of 300 Navy personnel which Included
Swans and the Sea Cadets from all parts of
the Republic who were undergoing a cadet
camp/training session in Simon’s Town. The
salute was taken by the Mayor of Simon’s
Town, Councillor H. Dilley, accompanied by
Capt. P.R. le Roux, Officer Commanding
Naval Base Simon's Town and Cdr Breden­
kamp.
As was the case during the other parades
in Simon’s Town, the proud citizens of the
town turned out en mass to greet the men of
the South African Navy, and the Navy did not
disappoint them, marching down the Main
Street, parading the Navy Colour to the de­
light of onlookers.
PARATUS » M M R T 1887 23
 1 9 1 2 - 1 9 8 7

‘A life and
death
struggle was
taking place
still champions before us...
Steeds kampioene

I N the autumn of 1944 the capital city of Poland,

Warsaw, was being racked by a massive German
offensive. The Poles would not see their freedom de­
nied however, and launched an uprising, fuelled by
the heroic supply drops of Allied air crews.

SA pilots known as
In the thick of things were South African
pilots of 31 and 34 Squadrons under Col J.A.
Williams, DSO, DFC. Flying their Liberators
to near stall speeds of 215 km per hour, they
made valuable supply drops of light machine
guns, ammunition, hand grenades, radio
equipment, food and medical supplies.
The flights began from the Foggia airfield
complex in Italy, a round trip of 3 200 kms
most daring during
Warsaw Air Drop
taking 10 to 11 hours.
On the night of 8 August 1944, the first
flights were made and it became apparent
as the days passed that more aircraft would
be required to handle the urgent daily need
for supplies.

N the night of 13/14 August 1944, the
O first full-scale effort was made when 28
B24 Liberators, including 10 from 31 Squad­
ron, set out on the hazardous flight to War­
saw,
“ Our course had to zig-zag to miss ground
controlled interception areas,” wrote Maj
Jack van Eyssen years later, (He was later
given an honorary commission as Colonel of
31 Squadron.)
“ Soon darkness set in and the Danube
appeared as a thin blue ribbon below. To the
north lay the Carpathians and bad weather,
where we were tossed about in the clouds
and lit up too frequently by lightning."
For the crew of the B24 Liberator, Warsaw
was drawing nearer and that meant the dan­
gers of ground to air shelling and harrass-
ment from German fighter aircraft.
Inside the cabin, Maj Van Eyssen re­
called, they picked up jazz music from Radio
Warsaw, which not only guided the aircraft to
Warsaw but eased the tension.
"As we drew closer, we were shocked by
what we saw despite having been told what
to expect at our briefing.
“ Rows upon rows of buildings were on fire
and sent palls of smoke thousands of feet
into the a ir . . . a life and death struggle was

Against all odds, these crewmen flew

their Liberator aircraft during the Warsaw
Air Drop operation. The South African
crews became respected as among the
most daring, often flying barely metres
above the rooftops of Warsaw to drop
their supplies.
By R e B.L. Davies
The memorial erected single handedly by
Polish citizen Mr Bronislaw Kowalski to
the memory of 2 L t Bob Hamilton, Sgt
Leslie Mayes and Sgt Herbert Hudson
who died when their Liberator aircraft
came down In fiames outside Warsaw. It
stands 20km outside Warsaw In the vil­
lage o f MIchalln. The site of the memorial
Is locally known as “Airm en’s Hill”.

“ Second Lieutenant Bob Burgess became

the youngest recipient of the DSO when he,
as second pilot, took command of a crippled
Liberator and flew it eastwards to safety.
“ The pilot, due to ‘lack of moral fibre', had
without a word to his crew stepped out into
the night by parachute. Bob, who had never
before landed a Liberator, did so skilfully at
the first light of dawn” .
Another account wrote of a Maj Bill Senn
who was awarded the DFC for homing a
badly damaged Liberator whilst injured.
Maj Van Eyssen himself came through a
harrowing ordeal when the aircraft he was in
became a blazing wreck in midair. He man­
aged to parachute to safety with five others.

A head on view o f a Liberator aircraft used during the Warsaw A ir Drop. The aircraft could become alrborn carrying loads ot ;jp to 'J0
tons.

taking place before us", said Maj Van Eys­

sen, a captain at the time.

e a n w h ile on the ground the Polish

M “ Home Guard", who had captured 70
per cent of the city by 6 August, were looking
to the Russians for assistance.
But the call for help was not answered as
the Russians were playing their own waiting
game in the hope of establishing a puppet
Communist government in Poland.
The gallant Poles, fighting tenaciously
against overwhelming odds, became de­
pendant upon the West to drop supplies.
And during these flights 31 aircraft were lost,
11 of which were of the SAAF,
South African pilots became known as the
most daring throughout the operation and
would often take their Liberators barely
metres above the rooftops of Warsaw to en­ Maj J.L. van Eyssen stands next to a
sure that relief cannisters fell to the ground Despite their efforts, the Allied aircraft photograph of a Liberator aircraft taken
with minimal damage. faced an impossible task. For even with their over the Yogoslav mountains. During the
In his writings on the air drop, Maj Van supplies, the Polish resistance fighters were Warsaw A ir Drop he captained Liberator
A-Able on a supply mission from Foggia
Eyssen mentioned “ the individual heroism eventually forced to capitulate.
In Southern Italy to the Resistance Move­
that should not be forgotten. • Continued on p 26 ment In Warsaw, Poland.

PARATUS • MAART 1987 25

 THE WARSAW AIR DROP
• Conttnusd from p 25
l t h o u g h the air drop failed, it served
A to cement a bond between Poles and
South Africans based on mutual respect and
sincere friendship. Evidence of this are the
annual commemoration services arranged
by the various Polish communities country­
wide.
And proof that the 40 South Africans who
gave their lives during the operation are not
forgotten, lives in stories that filter through
from the Commonwealth War Graves Com­
mission.
Recently the Commission informed Maj
Van Eyssen of a public spirited Pole, Mr Bro­
nislaw Kowalski, who single handedly
erected a shrine in the woo^s near the vil­
lage of Mlchalin, outside Warsaw.
The shrine marks the exact spot where a
SAAF Liberator crashed in flames at mid­
Plans continue for viable
and modern SA Air Force
h e South African Air Force recently celebrated Its 67th birthday
T with an Air Force Day parade at the Defence Force Sports Club In
Voortrekkerhoogte.
The Review Officer at the parade was the
Chief of the Air Force, Lt Gen D.J. Earp, who
was accompanied by Maj Gen A.J.S. van
26 PARATUS * MARCH 1987
night on 14 August 1944, It was erected to
the memory of Second Lieutenant R.G.
'Bob' Hamilton, Sergeant Leslie Mayes and
Sergeant Herbert Hudson.
While South African pilots were dropping
valuable supplies over Warsaw, man like
Mr E.G.Y. de Virion were conducting
perilous Bortles agêlnat the Germans In a
bid to keep Warsaw free. Mr De Virion
displays his Armla Krajowa, o r Home
Army band, the only uniform worn by the
Polish Resistance Fighters. He now re­
sides In Johannesburg.
der Lith, Chief of Air Staff Operations and
Maj Gen F.H.F. Bolton, Chief of Air Staff Lo­
gistics.
Li Gen Earp began his speech at the well
attended parade by welcoming dignitaries
who were present, including the Deputy
Minister of Defence Mr W.N. Breytenbach
and the Chief of the SADF Gen Jannie Gel-
denhuys.
Lt Gen Earp said the Air Force Day was
especially important this year since it coin­
cided with the 75th anniversary of the SADF.
He recalled how in 1922 SAAF aircraft
were used in action during the Rand Revolt
and the Bondelswarts Rebellion of SWA,
and again during the flehoboth Rebellion of
1925 and the Ovambo Revolt of 1935. He
said it was interesting to note that so soon
after its formation the SAAF was already in­
volved in maintaining law and order, and that
The Review Officer on the SAAF’s birth­
day was Lt Gen O.J. Earp (right). With him
are Maj Gen F.H.F. Bolton (centre) and
Maj Gen A.J.S. van der LIth.
it was strange that these days some people
do not agree with this role.
HEN the Second World War broke
W out in 1939, the SAAF consisted of
only a small fighting element which quickly
swelled through civilian volunteers until by
the end of the war the SAAF could boast 35
 FROM THE PAST • UIT DIE VERLEDE

^ 1912-87 The UDF’s first real test ^ 1912-87

ONLY two years after the establishment of
the Union of South Africa (1910), the Union
Defence Force (UDF) was established when
the Defence Act (Act No 13 of 1912) was
officially promulgated in the Government
Gazette of 14 June. The Act was prepared
by Gen J.C. Smuts who, according to the
First Union Government Notice, No 1 of May
31 1910, was given the first portfolio of De­
fence.
On 1 July 1912, the actual provisions of
the Act were Implemented. The Headquar­
ters of the UDF was established in Pretoria.
On 1 April 1913, an official Permanent Force
was established.
The newly constituted UDF barely had
time to organize itself when it was con­
fronted by its first real test in the form of the
industrial disturbances of 1914. The rapid
mobilization of the forces clearly unnerved
the strike leaders, and by mid-January, law
and order had been restored throughout the
Union.

The Transvaal Scottish assisted in the quelling of the industrial unrest. Here they are pictured
in front of the Johannesburg Station in 1914.

introduction of the AXH-1 attack helicopter

and the Cheetah fighter, and the develop­
ment of remotely piloted vehicles. He once
again expressed the SAAF's commitment to
the future, saying that it would continue to
plan for a modern and viable air force able to
survive and win once the 21st century is
upon us.

CFS Dunnottar

N a less formal note, the Central Flying

Soldiers of the future! F Sgt P M Eras­
mus keeps an eye art some o f the young­
sters m they "try out" the weapons on
display.
operational squadrons and a strength of
45 000 people. In addition, 34 000 pilots
from throughout the Commonwealth were
also trained in South Africa, ample proof of
the vital contribution made by this country to
that war effort.
Shortly after the war, the SAAF took part
in the Berlin Air Lift, which succeeded in
curbing the first post-war efforts of Soviet
Russia to spread communism. Thereafter
Korea became the target of communist ex­
pansion. Again the SAAF lent Its helping
hand. 2 Sqn, “ The Flying Cheetahs” , was
awarded the American Presidential Unit
Citation for its outstanding performance in
the war. After Korea, the winds of change
swept over Africa, and somehow, unheeded
by the West, communism blew in with the
wind.
Lt Gen Earp also commended the SAAF
for its steadfast performance against
SWAPO over the last 20 years, adding that
the SAAF could be proud of its long history
of success in combat as well as its continu­
ous service and aid to peoples throughout
the sub-continent.
Lt Gen Earp finished his speech by re­
viewing the past year in terms of the SAAF's
stated commitment towards modernization,
pointing out the achievements such as the
O School at Dunnottar had an open day
for the public. Wide eyed school children
were there in their droves as they wondered
about, fascinated by .all the exhibits which
the men of the Flying School had so excel­
lently prepared. On exhibit were weaponry,
survival and fire fighting equipment, uni­
forms, electronic gadgetry and aircraft, to
mention but a few.
The Central Flying School is the hub of
the SAAF’s fire fighting forces. In fact it is the
place where the core of the SAAF’s fire fight­
ers are trained. An outstanding display of the
fire fighting efficiency of the school was
shown to the public as well as a demonstra­
tion of dog handling. Some impressive aero­
batics were performed by Maj H.P. Meyer.
Col J.F.F. Ciiliers, Officer Commanding
the School, and his men can be justly proud
for having provided so wonderful a day at
which a lot of fun was had by all.

PARATUS • MAART 1987 27

• By Pte G. Pentopoulos Photos: Pte R. Moore

•‘An Incredible lot of detail goes Into f^ese ‘Vasbyt’ cartoons "What Inspired me to start a cartoon series depleting Army
and I often spend a whole morning on a single drawing.” life?"

l t h o u g h the south African

A Defence Force is an organi­
sation with definite goals about KEITH STEVENS:
which it is very serious, it is re­

Raising a ciiuclde
freshing to see a light hearted
portrayal of the men in uniform.
Keith Stevens is a man that all,of South
Africa knows, not by sight, but through his

about Army life

numerous comic strip characters. Everyone
knows that notorious road hog TJ, or the
beer guzzling rugby fanatic, Flip Foster and
that typical South African family of Ben and
Babsie's. Members of the SADF especially,
are more than familiar with the bungling
“ troepies" in Vasbyt.
Keith has been cartooning for many the military and all its peculiarities was “ When my son, who is now a major with
years, and when his son Grant began his stimulated. This saw the birth of the "Vas- the Transvaal Scottish, was doing his Na­
National Service in 1980, Keith’s interest in byt” cartoon series. tional Service, I would often sit with him and

TROOPIE PRODUCTS LAUNCHED r/ie Director of UP FRONT PROMO­

TIONS, Mr Charlie Fox. and Maj Gen R.
Badenhorst, Chairman of the South Afri­
h e Chief of the SA Army, Lt Gen A. J. can Army Foundation, display some o f
T Liebenberg, recently attended the
launch of a new promotional company at a By Pte D.R. Falkow
the products marketed under the new
“ TROOPIE" label at a function held re­
ceremony held in Johannesburg. The com­ cently in Johannesburg. ~
pany, ‘Up Front Promotions', involves itself (Photo: Pte R.M. Moore)
with the obtaining of high quality goods pro­
duced for the normal market, at a lower price
for the men in uniform. These goods are all
sold under the "Troopie" brand name.
A proportion of the profits are then do­
nated to the Army Foundation who channel
the money into projects such as housing,
holiday resorts and better study aids for mili­
tary personnel.
The Director of Up Front Promotions’, Mr
Charlie Fox, said that the whole “ Troopie”
products concept is a fun idea.
“ The profits are all used for light-hearted
goals and not to buy weapons or machines
of war,” he said.
The “ Troopie Products” range include toi­
letries, T-shirts, music cassettes, souvenirs
and even perfume for the ladies at home.
They incorporate all aspects of the troopie’s
life.
At the start of the evening the whole of
Rosebank, where the function was being
held, was engulfed in darkness. The whole
area experienced a power failure. Fortuna­
tely, the standard and quality of the products
were so high that this unfortunate factor did
not dampen the mood when the lights finally
came on.

28 PARATUS • MARCH 1987

Liberation
theology
D r Ed Caine, Director of United
Christian Action and editor of
Signpost, declared that liberation the­
ology had no Christian content, but
merely was the Marxist ideology
dressed up with religious language. He
then set out to prove his statement.
"Whereas Christianity is based on
the Holiness of God, liberation theology
adopts the Marxist’s view that ‘God is
nothing but an illusion, a fantasy, a hu­
man projection'.
“ Furthernnore, according to the Bible,
God created man in His own image and
sin exists in the heart of every individ­
ual.”
Liberation theology, on the other
hand, stated that sin is not in the heart
of man, but in the environment. There­
fore, man is not responsible for his ac­
tion. The only existing sinners are the
exploiters. Salvation could thus only
come if Socialism was imposed on a
society.
In liberation theology the freedom
fighter (guerilla) is seen as the resurrec­
tion of Christ and thus one has to take a
revolutionary stand to create a just so­
ciety.
Referring to the impact of liberation
theology on Christian Churches, Dr
Caine stated that the SA Council of
Churches and the SA Catholic Bishops’
Conference were the main thrust of this
theology.
According to him, both bodies were
out of step with the churches they
claimed to represent.
To counteract liberation theology. Dr
Caine said, one had to know your Bible
well, become, actively engaged (as
“ Marxism loves pacifists"), and pray
against the Satanic onslaught on Chris­
tian Churches.
Onluste minder
ná noodtoestand
L T kol N.J. Slabber, senior stafoffi-
sier van die Distrikskommandant,
Kempton Park, het ’n vergelyking ge-
gee van toestande in Swart woonge-
biede voor en ná die afkondiglng van
die tweede noodtoestand op 12 Junie
1986. Hy het hom op die woongebied
Tembisa toegespits.
“ Sedert die ophefflng van die eerste
noodtoestand op 7 Maart 1986 is 'n
groot toename in die voorkoms van
openbare geweld en onlusteverwante
voorvalle ondervind.
“ Voorvalle was normaalweg spo-
radies van aard, maar het in intensiteit
toegeneem rondom begrafnisse van
/9/2 1987
onluste-slagoffers of herdenkingsdae
rondom die sogenaamde rewolu-
sionêre kalender.
“ Die noodtoestand was in hierdie "Hoewel probleme later ontstaan het
tydperk nie van krag nie en die Veilig- betreffende die wettigheid van die
heidsmagte moes dour middel van beë- noodregulasies, bly laasgenoemde
digde verklarlngs aansoek doen om be- steeds ’n sterk instrument in die hande
perkings ingestel te kry.” van die fvlagte om wet en orde te hand-
Op die oog af lyk dit asof die beper- haaf.” het hy gesê,
kings die Veiligheidsmagte se taak aan- ‘‘Onlustevoorvalle en insidente het af­
sienlik vergemaklik het, maar telkens geneem. Die afkondiging van die
het die radikales ’n skuiwergat gevind tweede noodtoestand was noodsaaklik
om hul veldtogte voort te sit. en die sukses daarvan duidelik waar-
Probleme wat die Magte ondervind neembaar,” het It kol Slabber afgesluit.
het, is die Comrades se instelling van • Mev Du Pisanie, assistent-direkteur
Peoples' Courts en die doodstraf sen­ (Spesiale Opdragte) by die Departe-
der verhoor, winkel- en skoolboikotte, ment van Onderwys en Opieiding,
roof, moord, verkragtings en ander ge- se toespraak is deur hear departe-
welddadige dade. Weens intimidasie rnent as “ sensitief” beskryf en mag
het die aanmelding van ernstige sake nie gepubfiseer word nie.
by die Polisie afgeneem. Die WDV sal later vanjaar verdere
Ná die afkondiging van die tweede weerbaarheidsaktiwiteite aanbied.
noodtoestand is ’n korttermyn stabilise-
ringsprogram opgestel waarin spesi-
fieke take aan die Veiligheidsmagte op-
gedra is. ■
Waar sake aanvanklik nie by die Po­
lisie aangemeld is nie, het die publiek
algaande begin om weer sake aan te
meld. Inligting het ook begin invloei, tel­
kens deur anonieme telefoonoproepe.
Mev Margot Malan deur die
Rapportryerskorps vereer
M ev Margot IVIalan, eggenote van
die Minister van Verdediging, Is
onlangs deur die GenI Christiaan
Beyers-Rapportryerskorps as die
“ Vrou van die Jaar” vir 1986 aange-
wys. By dieselfde geleentheld Is geni
Magnus Malan deyr die Korps as die
“ Man van die Jaar” aangewys.
Ter viering van die geleentheid is ’n dinee
aangebied waar eretoekennings aan die eg-
paar oorhandig is. Op die foto regs oorhan-
dig die kunstenaar Phil Minnaar die Emily
Hobhouse-beeld namens die Rapportryers
aan mev Malan.
In haar eretoekenning word mev Malan
aangeprys vir die wyse waarop sy as egge­
note van die Minister van Verdediging haar
gade bystaan in die uitvoering van sy pligte,
die voorbeeld wat sy vir vroue in die Weer-
magfamilie stel, motivering van die Suid-Afri-
kaanse soldaat met haar positiewe bood-
skappe, as hoofbeskermvrou van die SAW gestremde soldate en die waardevolle by-
Rehabilitasiefonds waardeur sy 'n reuse-by- drae wat sy lewer in die komitees waann sy
drae lewer in die poging tot herstel van die as eggenote van die Minister dien.
PARATUS • MAAHT 1987 19

42 Sqn:
A deep
rootec
tradition
O N 23 January 1987, 42 Squad­
ron of Air Force Base Potchef-
stroom celebrated its 42nd birthday
w ith a parade during the afternoon
a n d , later that evening, a dinner and
d ance. The squadron also hosted a
reunion for all its ex-m em bers who
tu rn ed up from all parts of the coun­
try for the occasion.
Established in Italy during World War
II as 42 Air Observation Post (AOP), the
squadron has over the last 42 years culti­
vated a deep rooted tradition and a proud
and noteworthy operational record.
The present 42 Squadron traces its an­
cestry to a small unit created in the closing
stages of World War II during the Italian
Campaign. The unit, 42 Air Observation Post
Flight, was officially brought into being at
Bari on 23 January 1945, and was probably
the smallest frontline SAAF unit to serve in
the war.
The unit was "born” out of the RAF, since
it was the British 655 Squadron that provided
the original four Auster Mk-5 aircraft with
which the unit operated.
The unit was officially disbanded in Au­
gust 1945. Thus ended the wartime flying
activity of the SAAF's smallest unit. Despite
its short existence, the unit established the
valuable foundation for a post-war AOP
squadron.
In April 1947, 42 AOP Flight was re-estab­
lished at Potchefstroom under operational
control of 40 Squadron. By mid 1947, 42
AOP was the sole flying unit at Potchef­
stroom.
In 1962, reorganization and moderniza­
tion took place, and with the Introduction of
the first Cessna 185 Sky Wagons, 42 AOP
was enlarged to a fully fledged squadron,
entitled 42 Army Air Reconnaissance
Squadron.
An Italian aircraft designer, Dr Ermano
Bazzocchi (present Managing Director of
20 PARATUS • MARCH 1987
By Pte G. Pentopoulos Photos: R e P. Schedler
Standing in front of the Bosbok, the aircraft
which he designed, is Dr Ermano Bazzocchi
(centre) Managing Director of Aermacchi in
Italy. The Bosbok is presently used by 42
Squadron. Dr Bazzocchi was in Potchef­
stroom on the occasion of 42 Squadron's
42nd birthday. Flanking him are (right) f^aj
Gen A.J.S. van der Lith, Chief of Air Staff
Operations, and Cmdt D.F. Spolander (left),
the new OC of 42 Squadron.
Aermacchi in Italy) designed an aircraft
which has become almost synonymous with
42 Squadron, the Bosbok, which was intro­
duced into service alongside the Cessna in
1973.
In 1980, Air Force Station Potchef-
slroom's status was graded up to that of an
Air Force Base. In 1981, Operation Protea
took place and 42 Squadron took part. After
the Operation Capt D.J. Laubser was
awarded the Honoris Crux.
At the beginning of 1987, on New Year’s
Day, 42 Squadron received a new Officer
Commanding. Cmdt D.F. Spolan'der took
over from Cmdt A.J. Grobbelaar.
Stilt champions
Steeds kampioene
1912-1987
Another
first from
SADFI
S ADFI is now a fully fledged
mem ber of Interflora. Soon the
well known Interflora sign will be dis­
played at SADFI outlets.
It will now be possible for SADFI s cus­
tomers to send flowers to loved ones any­
where in the RSA and South West Africa (or
even abroad) provided there is an Interflora
florist in the particular town. Interflora is an
international organisation with ± 700 mem­
ber florists in all the major cities and towns in
the RSA/SWA, and 60 000 members world­
wide.
This new venture will be of particular interr
est to National Servicemen who will now be
able to express their love for their girl friends
with an arrangement of flowers delivered to
her doorstep (not to mention the romantic
message on the accompanying card).
The hassle of finding a gift for f^om on
Mothers' Day will also be something of the
past. All one has to do is to pay a visit to the
nearest SADFI store manager, select an ar­
rangement from the brochure and settle the
account. SADFI will do the rest.
To cheer up someone in hospital, nothing
is as effective as flowers. So if a loved one
happens to be in any of the military hospi­
tals, or a private hospital, SADFI will gladly
provide this service.
Whatever the occasion, be it sympathy,
birthday wishes, Mothers' Day or simply
love, SADFI and Interflora now enable mem­
bers of the SADF to say it with flowers.
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W ITH outstanding display of military precision
over a thousand members of the South African
Defence Force participated in the opening of Parlia­
ment in Cape Town recently.

Some 501 soldiers of the SA

Army, 233 members of the SA Air
Force, 233 SA Naval personnel
with 28 f^arines and 107 members
of the SA Medical Service partici­
pated. One of their duties was to
line Adderley Street for the proces­
sion of the state President, Mr P.W.
Botha.
From the Castle through Strand Street
into Adderley Street and up to the Houses of 1 9 1 2 -1 9 8 7 The State President Mr P.W. Botha and Mrs
Parliament, from the station to the Heeren-
Elize Botha outside the House of Assembly
gracht Circle, SADF groups proceded during the opening of Parliament recently.
smartly - a fine tribute to the organisational
abilities of the South African Defence Force.
The Army, Air Force, Navy and SAMS
formed a three kilometre human highway of
men, shoulder by shoulder, with eyes
straight ahead.
Five military bands were present on the
great day, these being the South African
Grand display by
SADF at opening
Navy Band, the South African Cape Corps
Band, the Air Force Band, the Medical Corps
Band and the Cape Field Artillery Band. Alto­
gether 10 000 onlookers gathered in the
streets of Cape Town and cheered apprecia­

tively.
At 10h39 the State President's procession
left Tuynhuys. Led by the Naval Cadet
Corps, the procession was made up of the
Parliamentary Guard, the South African
Navy Band, the State President and his wife,
Mrs Elize Botha, in an open vehicle, pre­
ceded and followed by Mounted Police and
SA Military Police on motorcycles respec­
tively.
As is traditional, a 21 -gun salute boomed
out from Lion Battery on Signal Hill. A spec-
of Parliament
Journalist: Pte S.B. Cohen
Photographers: Pte G.D. Cohen
Sea A.B. Ingram
tacular fly-past of five Impala jets from AFB
Langebaanweg commemorated Air Force
Day and the 75th Birthday of the SADF, as
well as the opening of Parliament.
Meanwhile, the scorching windless Cape
day, as well as the considerable excitement,
had overcome some of the people crowded
in the colourful streets; those on parade
were also no doubt feeling the strain. Con­
veniently, some 50 medics were on duty and
had established 10 first-aid stations and two
ambulance posts, seeing to the discomfort of
those needy of aid.
The State President was given the na­
tional Salute, the State President’s Guard
presented arms and the national Anthem
was played by the South African Navy Band
after which Mr Botha and Mrs Botha entered
the Parliamentary building.

A cavalcade of Military Police escorted the

State President during the procession
through Adderley Street in Cape Town.
 In his speech, the State President called
upon all the peoples of South Africa to stand
united in order to strengthen the welfare of
the entire country at a time when the security
of South Africa was of the utmost import­
ance.

STILL CHAMPIONS
STEEDS KAMPIOENE

The Air Force Band was one of five present

on the great day. In the foreground . . . a
proud member of the SA Navy.

The State President's Guard and ttie Soutti African Navy Band awaiting the arrival of Mr Botha.
Bunting in the national colours decorates adjacent buildings.

BELOW: Naval Cadets outside the House of Assembly.

Mounted South African Police form a proud

part of the State President's procession
through Adderley Street.

PARATUS • MAART 1987 33

 O PERASIE VENI VIDI VICI

Troepe voor groot

uitdaging... en
Met ’n gedreun kom ’n Ratel 90 deur die
bosse gery op pad om vyandellke stel-
llngs te vernletlg. Díé R atel-een van vele
by 61 Gemeganlseerde Bataljongroep - ik
1912

hulle
- 1987

het onlangs deelgeneem aan Operasle

Venl Vldl Vlcl naby Omuthlya In Suidwes-
Afrlka. wen!
S T IL L C H A M P IO N S
S T E E D S K A M P IO E N E

D RIE vyandelike stellings moet binne dertig uur aangeval en ver-

ower word. Dít is die taak wat onlangs opgedra is aan 61 Geme-
ganiseerde Bataljongroep op Omuthiya, sowat 120 km noord van Tsu-
meb in Suidwes-Afrika.
Die opdrag het soos volg deurgekom:
"Die vyand het onlangs 'n offensief geloods
en beset nou 'n sekere stuk grond met 'n
bataljon bestaande uit pantservoertuie, in-
fanteriste en ondersteuningswapens. Hulle
word verder versterk deur vyandelike artil-
lerie.
“ Dit is die taak van 61 Meg Bn Gp om die
vyand aan te val en te verower sodat ander
elemente die aanmars kan voortsit. Omdat
61 Meg Bn Gp 'n konvensionele mag is,
moet hy so spoedig moontlik terugkeer en
nie die grand beset nie."
Met hierdie denkbeeldige scenario en op­
drag is die jaarlikse opleidingsoefening van
61 Meg Bn Gp gehou. "Operasie Veni Vidi
Vici” het op Maandag 19 Januarie begin met
voorberelding, beplanning en inoefening, en
die daaropvolgende Maandag het die uitvoe-
ringsfase aangebreek.

a a n d a g 26 Januarle, 06h00: Die ba­

M sis is reeds vroeg die oggend in rep en
roer. Daar word seker gemaak dat alle toe-
rusting en voorrade op die voertuie is, am-
munisie word vir ’n laaste keer nagegaan en
teen 15hOO is almai slaggereed vir die aan-
val.
Ná ’n kort kerkparade het die bevel-
voerder van die basis, kmdt Kobus Smit, die
manne uitgedaag om die oefening uit te voer
sonder voertuigongelukke en 'n verlies van
personeel.

Ná drie nagte en twee dae In die bos Is

almal weer terug by hui basis. Hier word
die nabetragtlng gehou waar leemtes aan
die manne verduldeilk word. Sulke ge-
breke sal later deur heroplelding regge-
stel word.
34 PARATUS • MARCH 1987
 remarkable military milestone was reached recently when the
A Army Officers’ Mess on Wynberg Hill celebrated its centenary. A
series of events was organised to marl< the occasion.
The history of Wynberg Military Base, for­
merly known as Wynberg Camp, dates back
as far as 1795, when the Dutch defended the
hill in an attempt to ward off a British attack
on the Cape.
In 1797, the hUI was chosen as a perma­
nent base and the camp buildings included a
hospital, barracks, military chapel, guard The old Howitzer gun dating back to the
house, three stores and a sexton's dwelling. First World War was unveiled at the Club. A
Towards the end of 1886, Col G. Philips, former OC of WP Command, Brig H. Roos,
the Commanding Royal Engineer, approved had the honour of firing the first shot after the
plans for an attractive officers’ mess in the gun had been restored. Standing next to him
ornate Victorian style of architecture. is the present OC, Brig A.K. de Jager.
Of all the buildings at the camp, the Army
Officers’ Club is undoubtedly the most at­
tractive. It was restored and declared a na­

Mess on Wytiberg Hi
tional monument on 24 March 1969.
The Mess has hosted many functions for
a long list of military dignitaries. Recent visi­
tors include the State President, Mr P.W.
Botha; the Minister of Defence, Gen Magnus
Malan and the Chief of the SADF, Gen Jan-
nie Geldenhuys.
The Club occupies a special place in the
history of the SADF and has earned a repu­
tation as the oldest and finest officers' club in
the country.
celebrates centetiary
By R e E. Janssen Photos: Sea A.B. Ingram
he five events organised to celebrate
T the centenary were conducted in a fa­
shion appropriate to a building of its history
and status in military circles. The organizing
was coordinated by Capt W.B. Smith, for h e last and official centena^ cel­ Gen Geldenhuys noted the importance of
which he received a Certificate of Merit from
Brig A.K. de Jager, OC Western Province
T ebration turned out to be a fine climax to protecting military traditions and buildings of
mark this occasion. Three hundred officers historical value. He wished the Club every
Command. and their wives attended a party at the Club. success in the future.
At the first function, about 125 pensioned A large marquee tent was erected on the At 22h00 two guns were fired by simu­
officers in the Western Province gathered for front lawn to cater for the guests. Present lated charges, every guest received a glass
a drink and to exchange some experiences. were the Chief of the SADF, Gen Gelden­ of sparkling wine and a specially baked cake
A special guest of honour was Maj Gen Ken­ huys; the Chief of the Army, Lt Gen A.J, Lie- - In the shape of the Castle with 100 candles
neth van der Spuy, a founder member of the benberg, and Maj Gen van der Spuy to men­ - was sliced up with a silver sword. Every­
SA Air Force and probably the oldest gen­ tion only a few of the distinguised guests. one joined in singing "Auld Lang Syne” .
eral alive.
The second event consisted of a fashion
parade organised by the Western Provice
Command Ladies' Association.
For many years two old guns stood out­
side the entrance to an unit in Wynberg Mili­
tary Base. One of them is known to be a
Howitzer and eventually became weather
beaten.
The chairman of the Club, Col L.P. Coet-
zee, felt the need to restore the gun and
arranged for its transfer to the Club. The of­
ficial unveiling was done by a former OC of
Western Command, Brig H. Roos.
The fourth event was a very stately affair.
All the former OC's of WP Command (also
formerly known as Cape Command) were
invited to a dinner party with committee
members and the present OC, Brig De
Jager.
The guests sat down to an immaculately
laid table, which featured an empty chair for
those OC's who were unable to attend. A
moment of silence was dedicated to Brig
P.F. van der Hoven, who had died shortly
before.
The piping of the Cape Town Highlanders
was one of the highlights at the grand finale
to celebrate the centenary of the Army Offi­
cers' Club. Here the CTH perform in front of
the main entrance.

PARATUS • MAART 1987 45

 By L CpI S.B. Cohen Photos: L. CpI G.D. Cohen

40 Off
Club:
Games
and
Boogie on down - Maj Ezette Meyer
shares a rip-roaring shake with the vete­
rans.
Care
SADF veterans enjoy
Ik
1 9 1 2 -1 9 8 7
new zest for life
C ARING for the veteran pensioner Is not limited to mere consolation.
Besides for basically providing meaningful activity, Inter-personal as
well as personal aspects must be dealt with. Ranging from alcoholism,
marital problems and rifts In family communication to the preparation re­
quired for aged-home admittance, the trauma associated with the frail-aged
syndrome and the emotional preparation that Is needed for spouses of the
dying - this Is Indeed no small task.
Major Ezette Meyer, a social worker who “ We are trying to create an environment
has been employed by the South African De­ of homeliness for the veterans so that they
fence Force for 9 years, initiated the estab­ still retain the basic need of being «wanted.
lishment o! the 40 Off f\^ilitary Veterans’ Club The social needs of these people are no dif­
in 1985. In February that year she was trans­ ferent from our ow/n needs; they also need to
ferred from the Castie to Medical Command belong - that spirit of friendship, love and
Western Cape in order to start a Veterans’ camaraderie which they had in the old days
Care Programme. with their fellow SADF members prior to their
Major Meyer sees to the personal prob- retirement, still needs nurturing. The need
.lems and health needs of the veterans in the for approval, for status, for self-respect and
Cape, striving to make their lives just that bit for the preservation of their esteem is funda­
richer. She visits the veterans in their houses mental to their well-being.”
in the Western Cape, Boland region, ranging
from the Cape Peninsular through the Hol-
h r o u g h the veterans’ care pro­
tentots-Holiand to Pearly Beach. Although
she also visits the veterans in the sick-bays
of various units, 80% of her work is carried
T gramme, fVlaj Meyer looks to satisfy the
needs of its members by organising gather­
out in their private homes. She also ‘tele­ ings on a fortnightly basis. These meetings
phone counsels' veterans as far afield as take the form of informal get-togethers
Wellington, Paarl, MacGregor and Robert­ where teas and lunches are available, A problem shared Is a problem halved - a
son. games are played, and for those who wish to life shared Is a happy one.
Says Maj Meyer: “ The biggest problem stay and have a hearty chat, the facilities are
with the elderly is that of loneliness. We have there. For those in need of medical attention, group has a collective aura of pride stem­
reached out to many lonely, neglected and ill various schemes under the auspices of the ming from their many years of service in the
people, but there are many more out there South African Medical Service are available. South African Defence Force. The 40 Off
who do not know about us, and who sit at Turnouts have risen from 12 persons per Club has created a 'love' situation for the
home alone and depressed day in and day meeting to approximately 80 veterans each veterans to partake of every week. The Club
out. The veterans’ care programme is an week. These meetings give the veterans the is, at present, trying to find a permanent
attempt to help these people to help them­ opportunity to fall back into the warm en­ home for the veterans, and is well on its way
selves. vironment they may no longer enjoy. The to achieving this goal.

46 PARATUS • MARCH 1387

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PARATUS • M AA flT 1987 37

 ■■STEEDS KAMPIOENEi
Mililêre Polisiemanne gesê om behoorlike
dissipline in die Weermag te kan handhaaf,
moet hulie self ook goed gedissiplineerd
wees. Hy het die nuwelinge alle sterkte en
voorspoed toegewens en hulle verseker dat
die land trots op hulle is.

SAS WINGFIELD

y SAS Wingfield, Kaapstad, was dit

B ook ’n bynes van bedrywighede waar
honderde dienspligtiges byeengekom het
voor hul vertrek na eenhede regoor die land.
Kol B. Cronjé van Kommandement Wes-
telike Provinsie het namens sy bevel-
voerder, brig A.K, de Jager, aan die manne
verduidelik dat hulle nie slegs deur die
Weermag opgeroep word nie, maar ook
deur die Repubiiek van Suid-Afrika, om te
beskerm dit wat kosbaar is vir almal.
Familielede en vriende van die diensplig­
Die Ad/unk-m lnister van Verdeáiging, m nr W.N. Breytmbach, gesels met nuwe rekrute tiges is genooi om na videovertonings en ’n
by Provoosskoot op Voortrekkerhoogte. wapenuitstalling van die Weermag te kyk.

Rekord getal NDPs meld

hulle vir diensplig aan
Die orkes van die Suid-Alrikaanse Kaapse
’N Q EKORD getal jong manne het hulle vanjaar Korps met: "Ag man, dis lekker in die
i l b y eenhede- regoor die land vir militêre Army .. ."h e t verder luister aan die geleent-
heid verleen,
diensplig aangemeld.
KAAPSE KORPS
Die buitengewoon hoe aanmeidingsyfer maak het met 'n nuwe inname sedert hy ver-
van dienspligtiges en vrouevryvviiligers kan iede jaar in sy amp aangestei is. ' OWAT 7 000 jong Kleurlingmans het
volgens die Hoof van die Leer, It geni A.J. Mnr Breytenbach het aan die toekomstige Í hulie by die Suid-Afrikaanse Kaapse
Liebenberg, toegeskr/f v/orá aan die ver-
skuiwing van die aanmeldingsdatum van
Januarie na Februarie, Dit is ook die gevolg
van die hoer kosfe van tersiêre opieiding in
die Repubiiek.
Lt genI Liebenberg meen dat die ope brief
wat die Hoof van die Weermag, geni Jannie
Geldenhuys, deur middel van die nuusmedia
aan voornemende dienspligtiges gerig het,
ook 'n positiewe rol gespeel het in die hoe
aanmeidingstendens.
Weens die hoe aanmeidingsyfer moes
dienspligtiges by enkele opieidingsbasisse
in die Pretoria-gebied na ander basisse in
die Repubiiek verskuif word.
Die Adjunk-minister van Verdediging, mnr
W.N. Breytenbach, het 'n groep van die
nuwe rekrute besoek toe hy Provoosskool
op Voorirekkerhoogte aangedoen het. Dit
was die eerste keer dat hy kennis gaan

Lt H.N. Pool wys vir Nigel Lawrence hoe

om die magasyn van die R4-geweer te
verwyder voor sy vertrek vanaf SAS
Wingfield. Nigel se vriendin, Sue Ebbei-
ing, kyk belangsteliend toe,

38 PARATUS • MARCH 1 » 7
 STILL CHAMPIONS

1912 - 1987

Korps aangemeld vir vrywillige militêre

diens. Die meeste het vroeér as wat verwag
is opgedaag by hul eenheid uit vrees dat
hulle nie ioelating sou kry nie.
Redes wat deur dié jong mans aangegee
is waarom huile hulle by die Weermag wou
aansluit, het gewissel van 'n begeerte om "n
soldaat te wees en ‘n liefde vir Suid-Afrika
tot 'n tekort aan werksgeleenthede in die
burgerlike lewe en om geld te verdien.
Dienspligtiges in Suidwes-Afrika het
reeds in Januarie met hul opieiding begin.
Di! geskied by drie eenhede, naamlik op
Okahandja, Waivisbaai en Luiperdsvallei
buite Windhoek. Volgens senior offisiere by
die eenhede toon die nuwe dienspligtiges
goeie vordering en is slegs geringe aanpas- 'n Groep rekrute by die Lugmaggimnaslum in Valhalla wag ná hulaankoms vir verdere
singsprobleme ondervind. opdragte.

LINKS; SAKK lede ontvang hul ultrus-

ting.

LINKS: Twee Lugmagrekrute wonder wat

vir hulle voorlê terwyl hulle hul bedde-
goed dra.

PARATUS • MAART 19B7 39

 By Amn Jonathan Cleland

one and a half metres.

5 SAl moved in, cordoning off streets and
warning residents to evacuate their homes.
Where residents could not leave their homes
for fear of drowning, the Army moved in and
rescued them with trucks and rubber ding­
hies. The evacuated families were moved to
the Indian Civic Centre and the town hall
where they were given blankets and food by
the Civil Defence Authorities.
At 08h30 Col Smuts alerted Cmdt Krit­
zinger to the fact that there were some
Blacks trapped on top of the pump-house on
the northern side of Ladysmith. Within
minutes the Army was there, but there was
WOP Í Campkin-Srnith (in the óinui''y) floating alongside a flooded house. no chance of reaching the stranded people
by truck as the water level would have
reached the engines. Immediately an as­
l l the superstitious people in Ladysmith could say, “I told you sault Pioneer Army dinghy was lowered into

A so!” when Friday the thirteenth produced a second, more damag­

ing flood on the town of Ladysmith in Northern Natal.
the water and two 5 SAl men using an out­
board motor from the Municipality travelled
the best part of a kilometre through the
brown water to rescue two men from the roof
of the pump-house, As they neared the
The first flood, which resulted from heavy

SADF
pump-house, they noticed another three
rains in the cachment area, was the worst to
people in thorn trees trying to avoid the
have hit the town in many years, but resi­
water.
dents hardly imagined that two days later a
At all times the co-ordination and co-oper­
second and more severe flood would wreak
ation were excellent. Col Smuts was very
havoc on this quiet country town.
proud of how his unit had handled the situa­

to the
The Klip River which flows through the
tion with absolute precision and foresight,
town in a series of sharp meanders, had
Mr Pieter Hurter could not express fully
swollen to frightening proportions due to
his gratitude to the 5 SAl men involved. He
heavy rainfall in the Drakensberg mountains.
told Paratus that he appreciated not only the
The Sand River in the Berg flows into the
willingness to render assistance, but also the
Klip, accounting for the incredible rise in le­

rescue as
excellent advice 5 SAl had to offer. It was a
vel.
perfect example of the peacetime role
5 South African Infantry Training Unit (5
played by the Defence Force in the protec­
SAl) based in Ladysmith, but a good dis­
tion of the South African people.
tance from the areas affected by the flood,
was responsible for some outstanding avac-
uation.
Col Tienie Smuts, Commanding Officer of
5 SAl, contacted the RSM of the unit at
about 21h00 on the Thursday night and in­
formed him that reports from the mountains
indicated that the Sand River's level was ris­
oods hit Ladysmith
ing sharply.
The RStVI of 5 SAl, WG1 Tjaard van der
Walt, immediately mobilised men, as Cmdt
Anton Kritzinger joined up with Ladysmith
Civil Defence in order to help advise on the
ensuing disaster. The town clerk, Mr Pieter
Hurter, later told Paratus that Cmdt Kritzing-
er’s presence was of exceptional value to
the Civil Defence authorities.
At 22h00 that fateful night CpI Wiese trav­
elled north so that he could check on the
level of the river and then radio through to
the town.
5 SAl had mobilised trucks and troops to
render assistance. Among the vehicles were
three Samils, two Samags and three Sara­
cens. The Saracens were chosen for their
particularly good radio communication sys­
tem. By 02h30 the situation in the lower
parts of the town was desperate. The Klip
River had burst its banks again and the In­
dian residential area as well as the eastern
part of the commercial centre was hit by a
mass of water, the like of which Ladysmith
had not known before. The tables inside a
well known restaurant were floating. Water
levels in some instances were as much as Local authorities thanking 5 SAl members for their assistance during the floods.

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 Sick-bay one of most U Gen N.J. Nieuwoudt who conducted the
official opening of 5 SA Infantry Battalion's

advanced in country R1,4 million sick-bay recently, pictured with

(from left to right) 5 SAI Bn’s RSM, W02
D.C. Oosthuizen; CmdtJ.R. Fouché; Capt T.
Coetzee; fyiaj A. Kritzinger and W02 D.P.
Viljoen, RSI^ SAMS.
R I.4 million sick-bay - one
A of the most advanced In the
SA Defence Force - was offi­
cially opened by the Surgeon
General, Lt Gen N.J. Nieuwoudt,
recently at 5 South African Infan­
try Battalion, Ladysmith.
Equipped with the latest X-ray technology,
containing an operating theatre and able to
accommodate 40 patients, the new sick-bay
is a vast improvement on the previous facility
at 5 SAI Bn.
The old prefabricated sick-bay experi­
enced extremes of temperature, from 40 de­
grees celcius in high summer to freezing
point in winter.
“ Definitely not conducive to healing pa­
tients,” said Lt Gen Nieuwoudt in his ope­
ning address.
To reduce the possibility of germ infesta­
tion in the sick-bay, ‘cornerless’ rooms were
constructed.
T h e SADF in conjunction with the
"Without corners, germs are unable to
build up and pose a threat,” said Cmdt Alan
Whithurst, a consultant medic from the Dur­
ban SAMS Unit, who worked on the sick-bay
South African Police recently
held a lecture and exhibition dealing
with terrorism, more specifically ur­
Technikon
lectured
project. ban bombings, at the Pretoria Tech-
With helicopter landing facilities at the nlkon.
base, the new sick-bay will be able to cater
for wounded soldiers with surgery standards Cmdt J.P.S. du Toit of the SA Medical
well up to those of the renowned Ladysmith Service opened the proceedings with a dis­
Provincial Hospital.
And when fully operational, it will contain
10 Permanent Force staff and 15 National
Servicemen. 5 SAI's Chaplain staff will also
cussion on the aims and modus operandi of
various terrorist organizations. He warned
that propaganda was one of the most popu­
lar methods of spreading chaos and disor­
on bomb
have offices in the new complex, centralizing
for the first time welfare and medical ser­
vices on the base.
In his address, Lt Gen Nieuwoudt broad­
ganization amongst societies. However, he
also reassured that the South African Secur­
ity Forces have the situation well under con­
trol. “ In 75 years the SADF has yet to be
blasts
ened on the issue of the Defence Force's beaten!’’
medical support in Natal, citing hurricanes One of the SADF’s bomb disposal ex­
Demoina and Imboia and the cholera epide­ perts, Cmdt A.D. Stokes, delivered a most
mic that followed as examples when the informative talk on the variety of bombs em­
Medical Service was “ at the forefront, serv­ ployed by urban terrorists. With the aid of
ing the people of the RSA. visual displays (those on exhibit) he urged
"We have rendered medical, dental, nurs­ the general public to become familiar with
ing, hygiene, welfare, psychological and vet­ their appearance and explained the pro­
erinarian services. These services were not cedure to be followed in the event of sighting
only limited to the members of the SA De­ one of these objects.
fence Force, their dependants and members On dispay were a number of limpet mines,
of the other security forces, but also made Russian weapons, South African weapons
available to the local population where and and narcotics. Since the onslaught against
when needed. the f=lSA is a mental as well as physical one,
"In Natal, the Natal Medical Command the narcotics were included as their use Is
with its headquarters in Durban renders’the most certainly to the detriment of the mental
same services to the whole of Natal, Kwa­ state of any society.
According to Cmdt du Toit, the function
Zulu, a portion of Transkei and a small strip
was such a success that the authorities at
of Transvaal,” Lt Gen Nieuwoudt said.
the Technikon approached the powers that
A great deal of medical, dental and veter­
inary support was also given to a large num­ be in the SADF and requested that similar
displays be held on a much more regular
ber of KwaZulu and other civilian hospitals
ánd clinics. basis in future.
In closing, Lt Gen Nieuwoudt said the new
sick-bay would encourage the medical staff Tharina Stolting becomes more familiar with
to greater heights. "It is so designed that It the AK47 rifle on display. Flanking her are L
will provide for the needs of the SAMS in the CpI S.P. Heroldt (right) and Pte E E Moer-
area for many years to come,” he said. man.

42 PARATUS • MARCH 1987

Sterk optrede
bevorder groei
sê genl Malan
ie klaarblyklike poging van die African National
D Congress om ’n meer vreedsame beeld van
homself ult te straal, moei Suld-Afrlkaners nie om
die bos lei dat dié organlsasie nIe meer tot geweld
verbind Is nie.
Dit was die boodskap van die
Minister van Verdediging, geni
Magnus Malan, toe hy onlangs
op 'n vaandelparade van die
Randburg-Kommando gepraat
het.
"Dit is nie nou die tyd om 'n
versagtende houding teenoor
die ANC in te neem nie. Net
deur stark op te tree, word bin-
nolands die klimaat geskep
waarin die proses van groei en
ontwikkeiing in ons samelewing
voortgesit word,” tie! die Minis­
ter gesê.
Hy liet daarop gewys dat die
ANC nie so aktief in die jongste
tyd was as wat dié organisasie
graag wou wees nie. So byvoor-
bee ld het d ie bep ia n d e
terreuraanslag van die ANC
teen die einde van veriede jaar
nie gereaiiseer nie. Die grootste
rede hiervoor was die doeltref-
fende teenmaatreëls wat die
Veiligheidsmagte getref het.
Genl Malan het beklemtoon
dat Suid-Afrika nie bereid is om
oor die toekoms van die land te
onderiiandel met mense wat
mag wil verkry deur middel van
terreur of die loop van ’n geweer
ntC
Hy het Randburg voorgehou
as 'n voorbeeld van samewer-
king tussen sy Kommando en
die gemeenskap wat hy dien en
gesê dat die eenheid oor 30 jaar
reeds 'n trotse tradisie opgebou
het ten opsigte van operasioneie
diens en diens in die Republiek.
Die Hoof van die Weermag,
genl Jannie Geldenhuys, en die
Hoof van die Leër, It genl A.J.
Liebenberg, was ook teenwoor-
dig toe genl Malan die nuwe
vaandel aan Randburg-Kom­
mando oorhandig het.
Die Minister van Verdediging, genl Magnus Malan, en die burgemees-
ter van Randburg, mm F.C. Lourens, by die geleentheid waar die dorp
se kommando sy nuwe vaandel ontvang het. In die middel agter is
genl Jannie Geldenhuys, Hoof van die S^A Weermag. Foto: Die Va-
derland.
Die Rapportryers se Man van
die Jaar
ie Minister van Verdedi­
D g in g , g e n l M a g n u s
Malan, is onlangs deur die
Genl Christiaan Beyers-Rap-
portryerskorps van Voortrek-
kerhoogte op 'n dinee as
“ Man van die Jaar” vir 1986
aangewys. By diesettde ge-
leentheid Is sy eggenote, mev
Margot Malan, as ‘‘Vrou van
die Jaar” aangewys.
Die kunslenaar Phil IVIinnaar
het die Genl Christiaan Beyers-
beeld namens die Rapportryers
aan geni Malan oorhandig (foto
regs). Die Emily Hobhouse-
beeld is aan mev Malan oorhan­
dig.
Die eretoekenning wat aan
genl Malan oorhandig is, loo!
hom vir sy lojaliteit teenoor Suid-
Afrika, die ooftuigingskrag waar-
mee hy hom as Minister van
Verdediging bewys en die stem-
pel wat hy op interne en
eksterne samesprekings en on-
derhandelings afdruk.
tief gemotiveerde publiek daar- DAAROM
Die eretoekenning lui verder: stel en uitstekende onderlinge wil die Genl Christiaan Beyers-
verhoudinge tussen die verdedi- Rapportryerskorps erkenning
EN AANGESIEN U gingsfamilie en die massamedia aan u verleen vir die besielende
as inisieerder van die nuvife handhaaf en uitbou, voorbeeld wat u as volksleier
dienspligwet voorsiening ge- stel.
maak het vir 'n sambreelver- EN MET WAARDERING Deur hierdie toekenning aan
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teenvoeter teen die huidige aan- is wat ons land en ons Skepper groot volksleier. Mag God u
slag en op meesterlike wyse 'n met al die vermoëns tot u be- seen in u groot en veeleisende
goed ingeligte en daarom posi- skikking dien, taak.
PARATUS • MAART 1987 43

choir of 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria consist­
A ing of 34 members of Sotho, Tswana, Shang-
aan, Zulu, Ndebefe and Xhosa nationalities, recently
completed an action-filled tour of the Cape as part of
the 75th Anniversary celebrations of the South Afri­
can Defence Force.
All of the 40 choirs members
(6 of whom were unable to make
the tour) are members of the
hospital staff, predominantly
cleaners and theatre assistants,
although the group does include
one nursing sister.
Caroline Mphela, who has
been with 1 Military Hospital for
four years, formed the choir in
June 1985 with 15 members.
The choir sings spiritual and tra­
ditional songs in five languages,
North Sotho, Zulu, Tswana,
Shangaan and English, and per­
form ed at v a rio u s venues
throughout the Cape Peninsula
during their five day tour.
They were accommodated at
the South African Cape Corps
base in Eersterivier. During their
stay in the Cape they were ac­
companied by Lt M. van der
Westhuizen and CO L. Bossi of
Western Cape Medical Com­
mand HQ, as well as Col J.C.
Grayling of 1 Military Hospital,
and Maj G. Brink of the SA Medi­
cal Service HQ in Pretoria.
The choir performed at an ex­
tremely well attended evening
concert held for the members of
the South African Cape Corps.
At the end of this performance
Cmdt J.M. Plaatjies, Quarter­
master of SACC, thanked the
choir for their performance and
told them that, "You are going to
set the Peninsula on fire, the
way you sing.’’
- >■
r e
Chair members give it all they've gat in the NCO's Mess at 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg.
44 PARATUS • MARCH 1987
By L CpI S.B. Cohen Photos: Sea A.B. Ingram
The choir also performed sev­
eral times atop Table Mountain,
and was besieged with requests
for more music, particularly from
tourists. After the mountain con­
certs the choir moved to 2 Mili­
tary Hospital where a lunch time
concert was held. Doctors, nurs­
ing sisters, patients and other
pe rso n n e l w ere h ig h ly im ­
pressed with the sound of the
choir, and the choir seemed to
excel on "home territory” .
Then the choir moved on to
the Castle in Cape Town where
a performance was given on the
First time on the water and it
feels g re a t. . . Lt M. van der
Westhuizen and several of the
choir members aboard the tug
De Neys.
Hospital choir wows them
durina Caoe Peninsula tour
De Kat balcony. On the third day well as the Atlantis district. The Crossroads community quickly
of the tour, the choir visited music was well received, with forming to sing in exchange for
Crossroads and Khayalitsha, as impromptu groups from the the music of the 1 Mil Hosp
choir.
The final day of the tour be­
gan with a performance by the
choir at the East Dockyard of the
South African Naval Base in
Simon’s Town, Mr W.L. Blome-
rus, Personnel Manager of the
Naval Dockyard, welcomed the
group in front of the administra­
tion complex, and said: “ This
choir can do a lot for the SADF
and the RSA, moving around as
it does.”
After a tour of the dockyards
including a ride on the tugboat
De Neys and a tour through a
submarine, the choir members
moved to Seaforth Beach at
Simon's Town to cool off. A final
performance was squeezed in to
the a ccom panim ent of the
waves lapping onto the beach.
That evening the choir at­
tended, as guests this time, a
performance of the revue ’87 -
Yesterday, Today and Tomor­
row’, produced by Maj Nico Bas-
son, which was held at 2 Military
Hospital in Wynberg.
. Deur wrn E. Janssen
ómstreeks 18h00 begin die eerste van
sowat 800 soldate in 160 voertuie die basis
verlaat. Die doodse stilte van die bos word
deur dreunende Ratel-infanteriegevegsvoer-
tuie verbreek terwyl n ligte reenbui die ske-
merte vinnig laat toesak.
Die lede van 61 Meg Bn Gp is aanvanklik
by infanteriebasisse opgelei, waarna hulle
na Omuthiya oorgeplaas is. Vandaar Is die
doel van die oefening om die manne as 'n
eenheid saam te span, aldus kmdt Smit.
"By 61 Meg Bn Gp ontvang hulle ge-
spesialiseerde opieiding onder nuwe leiers
en ons toets dus ook die mate van sukses
van ons eie opieiding. So kan ons leemtes
identifiseer en deur heropleiding regstel," sê
hy.
Op die eerste aand word sowat 230 km
platgery om realisme aan die oefening te
verleen. Stelling word by die voorversamel-
gebiede ingeneem en hier word die voertuie
gekamoefleer en lê die manne laag tot die
volgende middag.
INSDAQ 17h20; Doelwit Alpha - n
D tenkstelling - word in swaar reen en 'n
sterk wind genader en ná 'n indrukwekkendegaan dit nie om speletjies nie. Die manne
geveg word die teiken "verower” .
Die aanval bestaan uit 'n offenslef deur
drie infanteriepelotons met pantserkarre ter­
wyl die tenkatweerpeloton as flankwag op-
tree. Die stormpionierpelotons bres en be-
man die mynveld, met die mortierpeloton en
artilleriebattery wat vuursteun lewer.
Die artilleriebattery van 61 Meg Bn Gp In
aksle. Met die gevreesde GS-kanon kan
die vyand van bale ver aangeval word.
Í» -i-: 5 ^
'V
Foto’s wrn J. Hrusa
ASE 2 kom Woensdagmiddag aan die
F beurt en bestaan uit ’n bataljonaanval
op doelwit Bravo. Die teiken word ears met
grofgeskut deur die artillerie saggemaak,
waarna die hardepuntteikens deur die pant­
serkarre vernietig word. Hierna ruim die
gemeganiseerde infanterietroepe die doelwit
te voet op. Die tenkafweer- en lugatweerpe-
lotons lewer ook dlrekte vuursteun, met indi-
rekte vuursteun deur die mortiere en artil­
lerie.
Die laaste fase van die aanval behels 'n
nagtelike strooptog op vyandelike artillerie-
stellings met die mortiere en artillerie weer
eens as bystand. Terselfdertyd word daar
begin met die beveiliging van die terugroete.
ROEG die Donderdagoggend is dit die
V ene stof soos daar in versengende hitte
demobiliseer word. Ná drie nagte en twee
dae in die bos is Operasie Veni Vidi Vici feit-
lik lets van die verlede.
Die naam van die oefening - Veni Vidi VIci
- I came, I saw, I conquered - som in drie
woorde die gees van 61 Meg Bn Gp op. Hier
MIddagete! Tyd om die maag te vul, die
koffle te laat pruttel, tyd om te leea hoe
wat hier diens doen, is al hardgebak deur die gaan dit met my melsle daar In die
son en dikwels deurweek van die reen, maar "States” - die bynaam wat Suld-Afrlka In
van tou opgooi is daar geen sprake nie. die Operaslonele Gebled gekry het.
Ná afloop van die oefening het kmdt Smit
sy tevredenheid daarmee uitgespreek, maar
het bygevoeg dat daar nog ruimte vir verbe-
ik
tering is.
En wat van sy uitdaging op Maandag?
“Dié het die troepe gewen, " sê hy bly, "daar
was geen ongelukke of 'n verlies van perso-
neel nie."
C. >•
a- .. ..
PARATUS • MAART 1987 35
 The sweetest scxinding name in South Africa.

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A jolly good lunch, a natter and a laugh or two - what could be better?
Outings tor the group have ranged from a
formal ‘dress-up’ dinner at a hotei, to a
week’s walking, boat-riding and ditty-singing
in the beautiful Knysna region.
The success of the project is in no small
way due to the drive and enthusiasm of Maj
Meyer. Her contribution cannot be over-em­
phasized. W01 (ret) and Mrs W. Beets go so
far as to say; “ She is FANTASTIC - we can
only describe the major as our Fairy God­
mother. Our biggest worry is that she will
leave us. She is so good and kind and
friendly. Many veterans, like us, cannot wait
to come 'home' to the next meeting. We
hope that when Maj Meyer is a veteran,
someone else will look after her as well as
she lool<s after us.”
Maj Meyer says: "For me, to see the en­
joyment that takes place, makes ANY
amount of hard work worthwhile.” Col (ret)
Chris van Rhyn, Chairman of the Club, says;
“ What Maj Meyer has achieved here is im­
measurable. Many of^fhe veterans, although
they may have worked together, have never
actually rnet. Instead of allowing them to sit
at home in a rut, Maj Meyer gives therm the
opportunity to go out and meet other pen­
sioned members of the SADF.”
Maj Meyer has given the pensioners a
zest for life that they forgot they ever could
have, with the opportunities afforded them
by the 40 Off Club. Col Van Rhyn put the
following challenge to prospective members
at a luncheon held in their honour, empha­
sizing that the club may well provide the op­
portunity for the betterment of life. But not
unless this opportunity is actually taken ad­
vantage of, will anything come of it:
"Sitting still and wishing, makes no man
great,
the good Lord sends the fishing,
but you must dig the bait” .
• Interested parties should contact
Major Meyer at Cape Town 419-4170.

Gewilde Direkteur Verpleegkunde tree af

Deur wrn E. Janssen
Á 26 Jaar van omsien na die slekes
N het een van die hooggeagste off!*
siere in die SA Geneeskundige Diens, kol
Muriel de Jager, Olrekteur Verpleeg-
kunde, onlangs afgetree.
Sy het haar in Augustus 1960 by die
SAGD aangesluit en bale bygedra om die
werksomstandighede van vroullke perso-
neei te verbeter.
in 1966 is dames as mediese personeel in
uniform atnptelik aanvaar en kol De Jager
%
was een van die eerstes wat die uniform ge-
dra hef. Sy is in dieselfde jaar as kaptein
aangestel. Daarna het sy snelle opgang ge-
maak. In 1967 word sy tot kommandant be-
vorder en ses jaar later dra sy die rang van
kolonel.
Haar werk het altyd van besondere toege-
wydheid en menslikheid gespreek en aan
die begin van 1980 word sy aangestel as
Direkteur Verpleegkunde. Hierdie pos be-
klee sy met dieselfde ywer en vyf jaar later
word sy vereer met die Hoof van die Weer-
mag se Aanprysingsmedalje. Sy was die
laaste klomple jare ook baie nou betrokke
met verpleegopleiding in die SAGD.
By 'n afskeidsgeselligheid in Voortrekker-
hoogte het geni maj Coen Scheepers as
waarnemende Geneesheer-ganeraal gesê Í ' " Jr.
dat die SAGD trots is om ’n mens met soveel
toegewydheid in sy diens te kon he. "Sy was
baie gewild in die SAGD en dit was ’n plesler Afskeidsgeskenke is aan kol Muriel de Jager oorhandig. Hier staan (vinrj kmdt Nico Pretorius,
om met iemand van haar kaliber saam te kol De Jager, brig Herman Scholtz en kol Blanché Scheepers wat as Direkteur Verpleegkunde
werk.” oorneem.

PARATUS • M M R T 1987 47
 ‘WE CAN ALL SLEEP A LITTLE
SOUNDER AT NIGHT. .

Marines thoroughly
prepared to fight
for their country
By L CpI S.B. Cohen
Marines train with R4 rifles and sub-ma­
chine-guns - in the foreground, magazine Photos L CpI G.D. Cohen
loading takes place.

ITUATED between the Bontberg and the Witberg mountain

S ranges, near the banks of the Donkey River where those seek­
ing shade from the blazing Karoo sun can find it beneath the 1 9 1 2 -1 9 8 7
many bluegum and pine trees, is a charming stretch of land, a pastoral
Still champions
id e al.. . the perfect place for a picnic? Forget it!
Steeds kampioene

Eikeboshoek is a section of the South Afri­

can Defence Force training area near Touws
River, and, although it may well be set
amidst magnificent scenery, the men who
have spent time there can well vouch for the
fact that it is not the most ideal resting spot.
Almost half of the annual intake of Na­
tional Servicemen into the South African
Navy are destined to become Marines and,
in addition to their primary function of pro­
tecting the harbours of South Africa - from
Walvis Bay to Richards Bay - these young
men are sure to spend time undergoing
practical operational experience in Sector
70. This is, of course, after having completed
basic training at SAS Saldanha, and addi­
tional marine counter-insurgency training in
Simon's Town.
in order to thoroughly prepare Marines for
their time in the Operational Area, all intakes
spend two weeks of intensive practical train­
pyrotechnic training at Eikeboshoek.
ing at Eikeboshoek in conventional warfare,
bush operations and weapons drill, also
making use of live ammunition in their train­ three areas - Kuilshoek, Eikeboshoek and 1981 and we have not had one serious in­
ing. Visually romantic the site may well be, Kareekloof. The roads have been seen to by jury. We can basically do every type of train­
but for many it holds memories of sweat and 5 Military Works of Wynberg, and, says Lt ing in each area, except for pyrotechnics at
smoke and weary limbs. J.J. Maasdorp, Eagle Company Com­ Kareekloof because of the high risk of fire
The entire SADF property is composed of mander; “ We have been coming here since due to the dense protea bush.”

48 PARATUS • MARCH 1987

 r o o p s undergoing training are
T housed in a temporary tent base on one
side of the road. All types of training are con­
ducted, ranging from day and night patrols,
section, platoon and company attacks to
mock ambushes and countermine drills. Ve­
hicle drills and patrol mortar exercises are
carried out as well as pyrotechnic activities
and the fostering of correct grenade throw­
ing procedures.
Anti-personnel explosives (RDX, TNT)
are used in the training of troops as to how to
maximise the efficiency of the weapon, from
the ‘pick up’ command through watching the
grenade land to taking cover when the ex­
plosion occurs seconds later.
The Marines training at the base thus
undergo conditions which simulate the Bor­
der reality as closely as possible. “ The
troops live off ratpacks to make them used to Be quick, keep low - and don ’/ wear your bush hat or you 'II lose it in the ‘whirr’ of the Puma
what they can get in the Operational Area,” blades.
says Lt Maasdorp, adding: “ The only restric­
tion we have on water is that it should not be theory into practice, of the use of various For having passed this gruelling physical
wasted, otherwise each troop can drink as flares and smoke grenades. Firing exercises and mental gauntlet, successful Marine can­
much water as he likes." are conducted with 7,62 mm rifles as well as didates are awarded a cap badge and a
At all times, radio contact is maintained 9 mm pistols. black web belt. So watch out for those tell­
between groups, and an ambulance and a Helicopter drills take place where groups tale signs next time you’re looking for some­
doctor (in this instance, Lt Herman Burger of ten Marines (Section strength) are taught one to tangle with SWAPO; a brush with
from the Naval Medical Centre) are in con­ the quickest means of entering into, and dis­ these chaps could be more than just a de­
stant attendance. Lectures are given to the embarking from the craft, in order to be moralising experience.
troops on the dangers of dehydration, and transported from one place to another in as We can all sleep a little sounder at nights,
the steps which must be taken to counteract short a time as possible. A Puma helicopter knowing that the protection of our dear land
this. Troops are instructed in and put the from AFB Ysterplaat is used. lies with Marines of such calibre.

Military Academy passing out parade

By Pte G. Pentopoulos

h e prestigious Military Academy at

T Saldanha Bay bade farewell to their
1986 final students at a passing out par­
ade recently.
The Academy, in conjunction with the Uni­
versity of Stellenbosch, conducts a three
year Bachelor’s degree in military science. A
number of presentations were made.
The Sword of Honour is awarded to the
final year student who has achieved the best
results during his academic career at the
Academy. It is the highest award of the Aca­
demy and should serve as an inspiration to
the recipient for the rest of his career. This
year the sword was presented to Capt W.J.
Herbst.
The General Beyers Floating Trophy for
the student who achieved the best results in
his training at the Academy was also re­
ceived by Capt Herbst.
The Ad Astra Floating Trophy for the Air
Force member who achieved the best re­
sults was received by Capt S.J. Naudé. The
bronze trophy symbolises the aspirations of
the South African Air Force as expressed in
their motto, “ PER ASPERA AD ASTRA” .
The best Navy student was S Lt J. Hou-
gaard. He received the Naval Floating Tro­ Capt W.J. Herbst receives the Sword of Honour from Lt Gen R.F. Holtzhausen.
phy.
The Surgeon General's Floating Trophy is
presented to the best South African Medical
Service student. The recipient was Maj E. du
Plessis.

PARATUS • MAART 1987

 ^S m R D A U j^
T meetings and discussions one often hears about the differ­
ent CULTURES that exist in each of the Arms of Service.
People are quick to say, the reason for a certain procedure not
working is because the Army is different to the Air Force or the Navy
or the SA iWedica! Service organisation.”
There is no doubt that the various Arms of
Service do differ in many respects, partly
due to their size, task, and their distinctive
form of human interaction. In some cases
groups are more important than individuals;
some Arms of the Service find it necessary
to allow a less formal mode of communica­
tion to Sal<e place between rank groupings
than others. The history and leadership of
each service has also contributed to different
perspectives and different emphases which
in turn will transmit a different culture.
Yet, although one has a “ gut feel" that
different CULTURES exist in the SA De­
fence Force, I am not aware of any scientific
study that has been done to determine the
content of the different cultures, in tact I be­
lieve that it is so Important that I hope to do
something about it this year.
WHAT IS ORGANISATION
CULTURE?
UST recently I attended the funeral of
J my uncle in my old home town. Having
arrived a little early 1 had a few minutes to nights one often hears jokes and stories re­
spare, so I decided to go and look at my
childhood home. I had not been back since it
had been sold some thirty years ago. The
lady of the house allowed me to look around.
It certainly had changed after all this time,
yet many of the structures and woodwork
had remained Intact. The lovely part of my
sentimental journey lay not so much in see­
ing the old familiar structures themselves,
but rather the happy memories they b-'-ought
back to me. I captured again the spirit of my
first home with all its love, joys and memor­
ies. I had been reminded afresh of THE
CULTURE OF MY OLD HOME with all its
VALUES. SYMBOLS AND SPIRIT. As I re­
lived this experience, I thanked God for the
CULTURE which had been passed on to me
through the integrated patterns of human be­
haviour, thought, speech, action and the
many artifacts which had been responsible
for transmitting that CULTURE of iove to me
in that home.
Just as culture is transmitted through
one's home, it can also be transmitted
through the organisation in which one works.
As we saw from the visit to my old home,
culture is more than bricks and mortar, yet it
is also true to say that cultures are reflected
through concrete realities, whether those
realities are physical or human.
Perhaps one may see something of this
physical manifestation of culture in the vari­
ous Arms of Sen/ice by the way they go
about choosing places for their Mess facili­
ties, or the things that are of major priority to
them when developing a base camp. A visit
to the various HQ's will also highlight certain
aspects which have come out of certain his­
torical traditions.
50 PARATUS • MARCH 1987
A need to balance
the management of
function, culture
Culture is also reflected in the career path
progression of its employees. Answers to
questions like: Who usually becomes the
Chief in an Arm of Service? will tell us some­
thing of what that service believes to be im­
portant in its leadership cadre. At mess
volving around specific technologies within a
service, eg Gunners, Infantry, Technteal. All
these pin-point cultural values that are im­
portant to specific people. Smaller Services
can sometimes feet threatened or taken ad­
vantage of by their larger service colleagues.
We have spoken a little about some of the
ways in which culture manifests itself in and
through organisations. But even more Im­
portant Is the answer to the question: What
Is it that determines the kind of culture and
organisation will have in the first place?
TECHNOLOGICAL AND TASK
ENVIRONMENT
h e r e is no doubt in my mind that differ­
T ences within the Services have a good
deal of their origin in the specific technologyIts people.
that is important to a specific service. For
example, a different culture must develop
when men are manning a strike craft or sub­
marine over against their other colleagues
who are flying a Mirage or a chopper. Those
who attend to the medical needs of their col­
leagues in sick-bays or hospitals must de­
velop a different perspective on life to the
Recce Commandos or the Parabats. This
same difference could be highlighted when
looking at Staff Posts and Command Posts.
Even within the Army itself a difference is
made between those who do a Staff Course
with an emphasis on operational needs over
against those whose emphasis Is manage­
ment,
VALUES;
An organisation's value system consists of
the standards and principles upon which
By Col P.B.G. Dugmore
they base their choices and this value sys­
tem is the basis for many of the responses
and actions which those organisations
make. There are certain traditions that are
important to the Navy which other Arms of
Service sometimes find difficult to appre­
ciate; this Is because that tradition is
founded on a value that is more important to
one group of people than another. The
stronger individualism reflected say, in the
Air Force, over the group cohesion of the
Army, are also values that have their origins
in history or task. Some of these values are
ceremonial and one need only study the re­
cords to discover the strong stand some
have taken to keep certain of these tradi­
tional values intact. To discover a services
culture one needs to tap these values.
RITES AND RITUALS;
Every organisation has “ its way of doing
things around here". There are rites and ritu­
als for communicating, working, managing,
setting standards and it is by means of these
that culture in organisations Is transmitted to
HEROES:
Every Arm of Service has its heroes, those
who have provided the role models for future
generations. Those who have preserved
what makes the organisation special. Those
who have set its standards of performance
and motivated their people. One needs only
to look at the record of its leaders and study
their mark upon the services or staff divi­
sions they have headed to see what was
important to them and to that service during
their period of leadership.
We have spent a good deal of time point­
ing out how cultures within the SA Defence
Force differ and one need not be ashamed
of this. In fact, it is something to be proud of.
The problem, however, arises when these
important differences begin to create difficul­
ties in the functional management of the total
organisation and even sub-systems of the
same organisatior,.
These difficulties arise when orie believes
that common function alone will overcome
cultural differences. So often function is
seen differently because of cultural differ­
ences. We therefore need TO BALANCE
FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF BOTH
THE TOTAL SYSTE!\/1 AND iTS SUB-SYS­
TEMS BY GIVING TIME TO CULTURAL
MANAGEfi/!ENT, Deai and Kennedy in their
book on corporate cultures speal< of "SYM­
BOLIC M,ANAGERS ’ Let us for a few
minutes study the role of these symbolic
managers in order to highlight their rote in
the organisation with the view to learning
from them in order to balance our own man­
agement.
W HAT DISTING UISHES THESE
MANAGERS FROM OTHERS LESS
ATTUNED TO THE IMPORTANCE OF
CULTURE?
* They point out how the overall culture is
richer because of the strength of the sub-cul­
ture, '
He does not seek to make everyone the
same, but seeks to help each sub-culture to
understand and appreciate the other sub­
cultures. He seeks to identify the things they
have in common, as well as those that are
different, i believe at certain stages in one’s
military career this mutual co-operation is
emphasised, but there is stiil too much inde­
pendence and isolation between services for
true understanding and appreciatfen. This
then clouds and distorts issues when func­
tional management decisions have to be
made. How often do we spend time in
REALLY LISTENING to our colleagues of
others services?
* They place a higher level of trust in their
fellow employees and rely on these cultural
fellow travellers to ensure success.
Isolation and independence do not help to
develop TRUST. It is not so much a case
that we cannot trust each other or be open,
but our geographical dispersion, our group
dynamics, our structure stimulates and
breeds a climate in which it is difficult to de­
velop openess and trust even IF WE
WANTED TO. Certain steps in this regard
have been made between certain Command
HQ’s and Staff Divisions and it has born fruit.
But so much more of this type of interaction
needs to be encouraged and developed,
THE NEED FOR A
CORPORATE CULTURE
One of the most difficult things to develop in
an organisation with a number of sub-cul­
tures is a corporate Culture. In our case a SA
Defence Force Culture, This can only take
place when we can dearly identify our com­
mon objectives and our mutual interests and
see the concrete results of mutual co-opera­
tion, Where we can work together not only in
operations but in peace time. Things are be­
ing done to create this corporate culture, but
SO much more needs to be done and each
one has a role to play.
RISKS AND PITFALLS OF
STRONG CULTURE:
Just as one takes pride in one’s particular
culture, so one must also realize that just like
an overripe apple is soor a rotten apple, too
strong a culture also can turn sour on one.
The one great drawback to strong cultures is
• Continued on p 56
1 9 1 2 -1 9 8 7
Nog hoogtepunte
vir Feesjaar 75
IN Maart is daar weer verskeie hoogtepunte wanneer
die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag voortgaan om sy 75ste
verjaardag te vier.
Die program vir Maart is:
• 1 Maart - Statiese uitstaliing by
die Museum vir Krygsgeskiede-
nis deur Atlas-Kommando en ’n
kerkparade deur die SA Ge-
neegkundige Diens Opieiding-
sentrum.
• 2 Maart - Pistoolskiet (Suid-Afri­
kaanse W eerm agkam pioen-
skappe in Pretoria).
• 6 Maart - ’n Formele ete by 21
Bataijon en ’n dans by Lugmag-
basis Potchefstroom,
• 7 Maart - die Suid-Afrikaanse
ierse Regiment oefen sy Reg
van Vrye Toegang tot Barberton
uit. 72 Gemotoriseerde Brigade
neem dee! aan ’n kerkparade.
Die SA Vloot neem ook op hier-
die dag deel aan die Paarl 300-
feesvieringe. Wat die SAGO be-
tref, hou die Opieidingsentrum
'n ouerdag en Vlaghysingspa-
rade,
• 11 Maart - SALM se Skool vir
Tegniese Opieiding liet 'n ope-
dag. Die atletiekkam pioen-
skappe van die Suid-Afrikaanse
Weermag vind op 11 en 12
Maart in Bloemfontein piaas,
• 14 Maart - Formele ete deur 73
Gemotoriseerde Brigade vir die
Moths.
• 16 Maart - Suid-Afrikaanse
Weermag-sokkerafrigterskursus
by die SAGD,
• 18 Maart - Inter-kompanie-
bondeisport by 1 SA Kaapse
Korps Opieidingseenheid. Op
dieselfde dag het die SALM by
Still champions
Steeds kampioene
Deyr sktr J.A. van Wyk
Klippan ook ’n boeredag, en die
Duikbootflottielje vier sy 18e
verjaardag,
• 20 Maart - HK Kommandement
Noord-Transvaal hou ’n gaste-
aand vir sakelui, Atlas-Kom­
mando hou ’n formele ete en die
SAGD Opieidingsentrum bied ’n
gaste-aand aan. Westelike Lug-
kommandement bied 'n sport-
dag aan en Vlootbasis Kaapstad
hou ’n geselligheid ter ere van
afgetrede offisiere wat in die
omgewing van Goodwood diens
verrig het,
• 21 Maart - Hoëveld Lugruimbe-
heersentrum het ’n familiedag
en 47 Opmetingseskadron hou
’n gedenkdiens in die NG kerk
Voortrekkerhoogte-Wes,
• 27 Maart Yskor en VanderbiJI-
park-Kommando gee ’n formele
ete vir adjudant-offisiere en ser-
sante. Die SALM Kollege en
Sentrale Vliegskool Dunnottar
bied parades aan. Die Lugmag-
basis Potchefstroom hou 'n
dans. Lugmagbasis Mpacha
reel ’n avontuurkamp vir kinders
van iede van die SALM te
Omega,
• 28 Maart - Die SA Vloot neem
tot 31 Maart deel aan die Kaap-
stadse Fees en Groep HK 18
hou ’n gholfdag en algemene
sportdag,
• 29 Maart - 71 Gemotoriseerde
Brigade, Regiment Westelike
Provinsie, hou ’n gedenkdiens.
PARATUS • MAART 1987 51
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Shooting Tegwaan Rapid.

^ m c 0 ^ Shooting the slide.

^ Í M ‘W ï f í " - 6 * ■■

Long gruelling portages were the order

' o f the day.

Im minent danger a t Tegwaan Rapid.

54 PARATUS • MARCH 1987

Natal Command canoeist Les Keay receives
welcome congratulations after aciiieving 9th
position in the 1987 Hansa Duzi.
Defence
paddler scores gold in Duzi
NE hundred and twenty
O kilometres of swirling rap­
ids, gruelling portages and all-
out paddling set the scene for
this year’s Hansa Duzi Canoe
Marathon. After three days of
total exertion of the Umsindusi
and Umgeni Rivers of Natal, only
eleven seconds separated the
undisputed Duzi king, Graeme
Pope-Ellis, from second-placed
John Edmonds.
ed by the “ Pope", a field of 1 075 com­
L petitors left the start at Alexandra Park, and finished the day in 02:43:25. At the sec­
Pietermaritzburg, In batches of 75 from ond overnight stop at Dip Tank, a tired but
06h00 on Thursday, 22 January, making this
the largest entry to date.
^
Second-seeded John Edmonds took an
early lead by shooting the first weir and
risking damage to his boat, whilst Pope-Ellis
took the safer route around the weir, losing
45 seconds in the process and dropping
back to 20th position. However, superior
river knowledge and extensive training en­
abled him to rectify this situation and finish
the first day in 02:56:49, one minute and four
seconds behind Edmonds. Andre Hawarden
took third place with a time of 03:06:46.
At this stage of the race, none of the
twenty-six Defence canoeists had featured,
blit the second and third days held surprises
for everyone.
Starting out a minute behind John Ed­
monds, Pope-Ellis completed the second
stage flawlessly in 02:40:12, opening up a
two-minute overall lead over Edmonds, who
became disorientated in a maze of channels,
satisfied Edmonds said that Graeme was
just too fit for him. Speaking of his mistake.
By Pte Jon Hrusa
he said that he was lucky to lose only two
minutes, and deserved to have been pun­
ished more. Andre Hawarden again took
third place in 02:47:59. Meanwhile, De­
fence's Les Keay had come from the back of
the pack to grasp sixth place with times of
03:09:44 and 02:49:51 for the first and sec­
ond days respectively.
The third day saw a determined John Ed­
monds make up almost two minutes in his
pursuit of the leader, with Pope-Ellis main­
taining his rigorous standards. Mere metres
separated the two as they rounded the final
bend at Umgeni Mouth, but Pope-Ellis held
out to scrape home with an eleven second
victory, the thirteenth of his career.
• Continued on p 56
PARATUS • MAART 1987 55
• Continued from p 55
Defence's Les Keay slipped three posi­
tions in the early stages of the third day, but
nevertheless finished in a creditable ninth
place out of the 885 finishers, fully justifying
his gold medal and proving his worth as De­
fence's premier wild water canoeist. Other
Defence paddlers who fared well were Rollo
Woodhead, who achieved 36th position
overall, as well as Wynand van 2yl, l^ark
Deist and Mark Kershaw, who all finished
within the specified cut-off time.
Top woman canoeist Marlene Boshoff,
who finished 107fh overall, would probably
have realisd her aim of finishing in the top
100 if the river levels had not been so high.

Selected results are:

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Overall

1st: Graeme Pope-Ellis 02:56:49 02:40:12 03:11:22 08:48:23

2nd: John Edmonds 02:55:45 02:43:25 03:09:24 08:48:34
3rd: Andre Hawarden 03:06:46 02:47:59 03:17:29 09:12:14
9th: Les Keay (SADF) 03:09:44 02:49:51 03:29:35 09:29:10
36th: Rollo Woodhead (SADF) 03:50:43 03:14:13 03:27:00- 10:31:56

(Times supplied by Prime Computer, official timekeepers for the 1987 Hanza Duzi Canoe
The overwhelming water gulps up his canoe,
Marathon.)
but he battles on.

Barefoot Waterskiing By Pte G.B. Wood

With these three up and coming stars who

UINTEN COSTHUM US, world
Q brilliant sports achievements.
re co rd h o ld e r fo r b arefo o t
ram p-jumpIng has just cleared Into
the SADF at Intelligence School in
Kimberley. Quinten set his world re­
cord at the Riverton North Aquatic
Club by jum ping a distance of 20,5
m. Me is also ranited 5th in Africa,
Europe and the Middle East.
Gary Nieman, a top barefoot skier, is
going from strength to strength. Last year
when skiing in an international event against
the New Zealand team, Gary came out on
top. His world ranking is no 12 and he re­
ceived the Diamond Foot Award for being
the best skier In Africa, Europe and the Mid­
dle East during 1986.
Gary won all the major barefoot skiing
events in South Africa and started the new
year by breaking a SA record in the trick
event by scoring 3 160 points and also win­
ning the Griqua Championships.
Another Defence barefoot skier is Arrist
Hadjipaulos. Arrist skied with Gary Nieman
at the Griqua Championships but was hin­
dered by a small mishap and did not manage
to gain a top place in the competition.
are also top international names, the SADF
can add barefoot skiing to its large list of
• From barefoot waterskiing to waterski­
ing.
Recently the Free State Waterskiing
Championships were held at Kroonstad and
Cheronne Botes, top South African and De­
fence Springbok skier, participated, sfie
took to the water in her usual way, a
superstar, and at the end of the day shone
above everyone else, ending the compe­
tition by walking off with first placings in the
slalom, ramp and trick events as well as a
first place overall.

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h e SADF has just received a de-
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ren Doyle, South Africa’s n um ber,championships in the following months, but
tw o rider in the 125 moto-cross sec­
tion.
Stratos and Kawasaki, the two top moto-
cross sponsores. In his very first race for
them he crashed and broke his hand. Due to
this injury he was forced to miss many of the
he never gave up hope.
When the plaster was removed, a very de­
termined Warren had to ride like a demon
just to have a chance to finish near the top.

W
ARREN, who recently cleared into PS
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position this year to be the next South Afri­ Super-Cross Championships. He managed
can champion. He is presently sponsored by
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their top riders.
He started racing four years ago and has
since become well known in the moto-cross
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improved greatly and he gained a
sponsorship from Anchor Yeast.
His hard work and determination paid off and
he managed to gain a fifth place in the
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HISTORY OF TUG OF WAR
team captains link hands tightly. This type of

Ancient rituals
tug of war is later found in games of other
countries too, such as Korea and some In­
dian tribes where they still perform tug of war
in this fashion.
Around 500 before Christ, tug of war was
also played in Greece, the cradle of the an­
cient Olympic Games. Tug of war was per­
formed either as a separate competition
sport or as physical training for other sports,
such as wrestling, especially for the
h e oldest form s of tug of war are found in the ancient rituals of many strengthening of back muscles.

T tribes and countries. For exam ple in Borneo (Kayan tribe), Halmahera,
Other exercises were: leap-frog, rope
climbing, skipping, horseback walking (so
India and Burma. Tug of war during ritual funerals was a symbol of the conflict after 2 500 years not much training news
between good and evil. A victory In a ritual tug of w ar meant a lot m ore than under the sun).
just a sporting perform ance. The victory exalted to a symbol for the vanquish­ Later in history, tug of war sport is found in
ing of the evil ritual tug of w ar cerem ony. In the Molluccas, tug of w ar had been China. In the 12th century, tug of war fea­
given the power to make the fate of the soul of the deceased known to the tured in competitions at the court of the Chi­
fam ily. nese emperors. The Chinese used a main
rope with many side ropes, so every partici­
pant could apply his strengh to his own rope.
e s id e s conquering evil, tug of war
B also was the "forecaster” of the
weather for the seasons to come, or as a
as well as the Oceanian (New Zealand)
countries.
In the 13th and 14th century this type of tug
of war also existed in Mongolia and Turkey.
The West European history of tug of war
foretoken for the growth of the crops. In In­ SPORT start in the year 1 000 after Christ, with the
donesia and Burma, the victory in tug of war myths and heroic sagas of the ancient cham­
was taken as an omen for the "wind that pions. Stories from the heroic age indicate
brings the rain” , while in Korea, India, Haw­ a t e r in history, tug of war was no that in Scandinavia and Germania tug of war
aii and British New Guinea tug of war played
a role in a ritual, compelling a prosperous
L longer connected to ritual ceremonies was on the programme of the socalled
and lost its mystical power (good thing for “ power games” .
harvest. the judges in the sport, otherwise tug of war In the 15th and 16th century the sport tug
Other games and competitions also were referees still would have to be trained as of war appears in tournaments in France and
part of rite and ceremonies, but in particular “ medicine man" or "witch doctor"). Great Britain. The rules in the tug of war
the pure |5hysical contests like wrestling and In Egypt, evidence of the tug of war sport sport were then given more attention and the
tug of war had great mystical power in the is found as early in history as the year 2 500 competing teams were selected from young
ritual ceremonies. Tug of war, as part of the before Christ. Wall engravings in the tomb of men of equal weights.
ritual ceremonies, is being used in countries Mereruka in Sakkara shows a picture of two
all over the world. Beside Asian countries. boys’ teams, playing tug of war without rope. ORGANIZED SPORT
Tug of war is also known in the rituals of The three members of each team clasp their
the African (Congo) and American (Eskimo) arms around each other’s waists, while the
o w a r d s the end of the 19th century
T arises what is now called “ organized
sport” . First on club level, but later also
greater formations such as sport associa­
tions and federations were founded. In Great
Britain, the Amateur Athletics Association
was founded in 1880. Other European coun­
tries formed their national athletics and foot­
ball associations in that period too.
The disciplines of athletics in that time
were: running, jumping, weight throwing and
tug of war.
While the regulated sport was still in its
infancy, the rules for tug of war were not too
clear and surely not uniform in every coun­
try. In some countries a team consisted of
four men, and “ climbing the rope" which is
nowadays an offense, was then considered
a good technique.

OLYMPIC GAMES

f t e r the sport in Europe had been or­

A ganized, the French Baron Pierre de
Coubertin revived the Olympic movement.
Following the example of the ancient Greek
Olympic Games, Baron De Coubertin
founded the modern Games.
It is a ll concentration and deternnination as these men try to get the better o f their
opponents in a tug o f war con te st • (Cont on page 58)

PARATUS • MAART 1987 57

• (From page 57)
At the start of the new Olympic Games in
1900 in Paris, all disciplines of the athletic
sport were featured on the programme. The
winners of the medals in those games were:
1900 - Paris: Gold - Sweden; Silver - USA;
Bronze - France. 1904 - St Louis: Gold -
USA; Silver - USA; Bronze - USA. 1908 -
London: Gold - Great Britain; Silver - Great
Britain; Bronze - Great Britain. 1912 -
Stockholm; Gold - Sweden; Silver - Great
Britain; Bronze - Great Britain. 1920 - Ant­
werp: Gold - Great Britain; Silver - Nether­
lands; Bronze - Belgium.
Even in 1920 the Olympic Games already
had their problems of overloaded program­
mes, so the International Olympic Commit­
tee (IOC) decided to reduce the number of
sports on the programme.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
he fact that tug of war was no longer on
T the Olympic programme did not end the
existence of tug of war. All over the world tug oped.
of war remained a sporting activity. Within
National Athletic Associations, tug of war
was still an athletic discipline and on various
B O C Around the world
yacht race
In the early 14th century to sail over the next horison was a sure death sen­
tence and only convicts and madmen undertook the journey. Today the chal­
lenge is not to sail to the next continent but around the world, single handedly.
58 PARATUS • MARCH 1987
occasions, such as fairs and festivals, tug of
war was a popular intervillage competition.
Due to the fact that the National Athletic
Association did not care too much about the
tug of war discipline, the participants felt the
need to establish a separate and indepen­
dent organization for the tug of war.
The oldest known association is the
Svenska Dragkamp Forbundet, the Swedish
Tug of War Association, which was founded
in 1933. Other European countries followed
this example and so in 1958 the Tug of War
Association of Achterhoekse Touwtrekkers
Bond was founded, later renamed Neder-
landse Toutrekkers Bond.
HISTORY OF TWIF
As tug of war vanished from the Olympic
programme the opportunity for interna­
tional competition disappeared too. After the
foundation of the national Tug of War Asso­
ciations, the desire and the need for interna­
tional competition and championships devel­
The initiative to form an international fed­
eration was taken in 1960 by George Hutton
of the Great Britain Association in co-opera­
By Pte G.W . W ood
OP sailors from all parts of the world set
T sail from Newport, USA, to sail for eight
lonely months through 45 000 kms of
the The next four hours are spent at the helm
world's roughest and most treacherous
oceans to compete In the BOC Round the
World yacht race.
Lt Cdr John Martins of the South African
Navy was lying In fourth place on the third
leg from Sydney, Australia, to Rio de Janeiro
at the time of writing. He won the first leg of
the race from Newport, USA, to Cape Town
in a record time but only managed a place
between the top few on the following leg be­
tween Cape Town and Sydney.
John rates his chances very high as being
in the top finishing three. He feels that his
boat Is as good If not better as the other
competitors, but it lacks some of the latest
equipment of a few of the other boats.
The hardest part of sailing, John feels, is
the long preparation stage. His preparation
of the yacht and his mental attitude to the
race are vital if he is to win.
John M arlins with Bertie Reed, also a
BO C contender, on John's yacht in
Cape Town.
tion with the representative of the Swedish
Association, Rudolf Ullmark. The idea was
brought into reality.
The first meeting of the new federation
was during the Baltic Games in 1964 where
the International Tug of War Federation par­
ticipated with four countries: Great Britain,
Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark.
Headed by the elected president Fugi A.
Fuchs, the experienced sport official from
the Amateur Boxing Association TWIF
started the development of the international
Tug of War sport.
The original concept of the constitutional
rules of TWIF (as proposed in 1960 after the
example of the rules of the Amateur Athletic
Association, which were also used during
the Olympic Games) have been developed
since, however without changing the original
concept of the sport.
Since the first competition during the Bal­
tic Games, TWIF organized 16 European
and 5 World Championships and has grown
up to an International federation with 20 affili­
ated members and 5 candidate members
wishing to affiliate as well.
In 1967 the international sports feder­
ations established their own umbrella orga­
nization, the General Association of Interna­
tional Sports Federation (GAISF), which has
Its headqarters in Monaco.
His average day starts when the sun
rises. He has a good breakfast of egg and
bacon or ham and then he takes to the helm
to steer for about three to four hours. Around
noon he takes a break for a snack and a
radio check, to make sure he Is still on
course.
again before making another radio check to
plan further tactlcts. This is followed by sup­
per, usually a stew.
On the long voyages between continents,
John finds that his thoughts are mostly on
his competitors, either behind or In front. He
tries not to dwell too much on thoughts of his
family at home.
Every day, John makes contact with the
South African Navy for the weather condi­
tions. The weatherman's Input on the winds,
clouds and water help him plan his course.
John thinks that If you are to be a great
sailor you must have a fair amount cunning
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One of the greatest things John fears
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lapse. Without the autopilot he will be lucky
to survive the next heavy storm. The auto­
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John feels what separates him from the
average guy is that he Is very determined, a
little aggressive and would not take no for an
answer. He has always had a burning desire
to succeed In the BOC yacht race.
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the children will be coached and in the even­

ings a series of exhibition matches, featuring
the Defence stars, will be played for the ben­
efit of the local public.
After the opening Voortrekkerhoogte leg
of the tour, Jill Robinson will select a team
made up of the children from the Pre-
toria/Pietersburg area to play against a side
at Hoedspruit. So there is something to
strive for all the youngsters.
Robinson's junior squash programme,
sponsored by Royal Beech Nut and known
as the Super C scheme, was instituted four
years ago with two main aims: to develop the
game at grass roots level and to bring chil-

JUNIOR SQUASH IN
THE SADF dren of all races together through squash. It
was launched under the "Build a Nation '
banner. It was largely due to this that last
year's squash was overwhelmingly voted
Sport of The Year by the Sports Foundation
of Southern Africa. Over 200 000 people are
playing the game recreationaly today.
t a t i s t i c s show squash to be south Africa’s fastest growing par­
S ticipant sport - and at the very heart of this extraordinary growth
Squash is also the highest participation
sport at university level in South Africa and
lies a junior coaching programme which will ensure that South Africamore students play squash than any other
continues as one of the world’s major squash playing nations. sport. For example, the University of Cape
Town boasts some 8 000 registered players.
The programme is regarded as an unqua­
lified success. Since 1983, more than 400
schools and 15 000 new young players have
been introduced to the sport. It is conservati­
vely estimated that between nine and 10 000
school children are now actively participating
in the Super C programme.
The scheme has proved that squash is
extremely popular among youngsters and is
ITH this in mind, national junior coach the SADF's top squash players on the tour. an ideal platform to bring about social and
W Jill Robinson has teamed up with or­
ganisers of the SA Defence Force's 75th an­
Springboks Murray Winkler and Laurence
Gruskin, ranked number four and nine in
sporting integration on a wide scale where it
counts most - at the lowest level.
niversary celebrations to introduce the sport South Africa respectively, are likely candi­ “ The future growth of the sport lies with
to children of the Force. dates, as is national number 22 and former the youth of South Africa and we believe that
The new concept will be launched within a SA schools star Mark Addison. we can build squash into the country's big­
matter of weeks. The first course will be held Venues to be visited by the touring party gest non-racial sport - and at the same time
at Personnel Service School in Voortrekker­ are Walvis Bay, Windhoek, Ondangwa, Dur­ help build a new nation," said Jill Robinson.
hoogte with children from the GenI Andries ban, Cape Town, Saldanha Bay, Lange- "We believe that in this way we can bring
Brink Primary School. Courses consist of baanweg, Kimberley, Upington, Hoedspruit, a new dimension to the international squash
afternoon sessions five days per week. Pietersburg and Voortrekkerhoogte. movement."
Each school the coaching entourage visits Dates still have to be finalised, therefore if And still the Super C junior coaching pro­
on its nationwide tour will be required to pro­ anyone is interested in having the coaching gramme continues to turn out champions of
vide a certain number of pupils interested in course at their school or unit, details can be tomorrow.
learning the basics of squash. obtained from the nearest Defence Sports
The whole idea of the concept is to stress Club or by contacting Lt Addison at (012)
the SADF's involvement in public affairs, 291-3284.
and also to promote the game to all races The course is a very basic one, but is not
and age groups throughout the country. only restricted to youngsters. In the morn­
Jill Robinson, the former Zimbabwean na­ ings, the coaches will be available to help ki
tional coach, will be assisted by a number of Defence Force personnel; in the afternoons

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Pte H annes Scharf in the front seat and
AFRICA’S NO 1
his youn ger brother as passenger, soar
high over the Drakensberg in their
“ Gross N ational P roduct” glider. GLIDER PILOT
li d i n g in south Africa has been around for just over a hundred years
G and Is one of the most enviable sports one can Imagine. Picture your­
self soaring thousands of feet above the majestic South African landscape
By Amn J. Cleland

with only the sound of rushing wind In your ears.

TE HANNES SCHARF, currently
P doing his National Service at
Group 10 HQ in Durban, is the new SA
National Gliding Champion in the two-
seater class. Hannes began gliding at
the age of seventeen in 1978 when his
father introduced him to this highly
skilled sport. Hannes entered his first
official competition in October 1986 and
at the time of the tournament being
abandoned he was lying in a very cre­
ditable third place. The championship
which was held at Hennenman In the
OFS was stopped because of foul
weather, frequently a problem for glid­
ers.
come to South Africa to avail them­
selves of the excellent thermals and
many have become regular visitors.
Over this year’s festive season -
from 26 December to 5 January - the
South African National Gliding Cham­
pionships took place at Vryburg In the
Northern Cape. Vryburg is particularly
popular because of its gently undulating
semi-arid landscape, which raises a
daily crop of excellent thermals (col­
umns of rising warm air).
Hannes fared best in the two-seater
class, winning six out of a possible nine
days’ flying. .In the two-seater class, it is
safe to say that Hannes Scharf is the
best in South Africa.
South Africans competed against
French, English and Swiss pilots. All
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Lugmag se
Springbokke

D ie Lugmag het verlede jaar weer heel-

wat Springbokke opgelewer wat hulle
merk op nasionale sowel as internasionale
vlak gelaat het. Daar is tans nie minder nie
as tien senior Springbokke, waarvan Roy
Pienaar seker die bekendste is. Pienaar,
een van die veelsydigste krieketspelers in
Suid-Afrika, is weer vanjaar in die
Springbokspan opgeneem. Agter, van links
na regs: Lmn G. Audie (tuimel), Imn R. Ma­
rais (hokkie). It Bennie Reynders (kano-
vaart), Imn Roy Pienaar (krieket), kapt Ivan
Pentz (roei) en Imn Bary Copplns (sokker).
Voor: Lt Pierre Roux (stoei), It Johan Bos-
man (pluimbal). It geni D.J. Earp (Hoof van
die Lugmag), Imn Roberto Garcia (tuimel) en
V sera George van der Merwe Qudo).

Surfing By Pte G. Pentopoulos

Photo Sgt C. Fitch

h e myth of surfers being lazy drop-outs and layabouts is fast being dis­
T pelled by today's surfing fraternity, as they have proved themselves to be
sportsmen of the highest order. The bad-boy Im age of surfers has been laid to young blonde surfer in the SADF, Sea
rest by exponents of the sport world-wide.
This statement holds true tor surfers in the
South African Defence Force as well. A
George Mayou, is the epitomy of the clean
cut surfers of the eighties.
Sea Mayou was voted the 1986 Defence
Sports club’s Western Province Surfer of the
Year. In the water, George is in his element
and with his fluid but radical style, makes
surfing a pleasure to watch.
He showed his supremacy by winning the
first three finals of the Inter-Unit surfing con­
tests in a row. At the end of the season he
had featured prominently in nine of the
twelve contests held on this level. His clos­
est rival was fellow Atlantic club and profes­
sional surfer, Sean Jerram.
By June, George had sneal<ed past Sean
by a mere two points to be in line for the mid­
season prize, membership to the Associa­
tion of Surfing Professionals and an entry in
the Spur Steak Ranch Surfabout.
Sea Mayou completes his National Ser­
vice at the end of 1987 and then intends
joining the circuit of 70 surfers that follow the
Association of Surfing Professionals' World
Circuit. Sea Mayou feels that his two years
have not gone to waste since he has had all
the necessary opportunity to further his surf­
ing career.

Lt Cdr M.F. van Zyl presents Sea George Mayou with his trophy proclaiming him the Western
Province Defence Force's Surfer of the Year for 1986.

62 PARATUS • MARCH 1987

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