by Hannes Wessels Recently I received an angry message from an English gentleman who, having read one of my books about the Rhodesian SAS, either ‘A Handful of Hard Men’ which I wrote much about Captain Darrell Watt, or ‘We Dared to Win’ which I wrote with and about Lieutenant Andre Scheepers. He referred to […]
SOS Steve on Sunday 29 November 2020 Greetings my fellow former warriors and their families, There being no official Remembrance Day services in most South African cities and towns this year the emphasis on remembering those who died fell to veteran’s organisations in attempting to keep the memorial flame burning. Some of these services were […]
SOS Steve on Sunday 22 November 2020 Greetings my fellow ancients and not-so ancients, So much to comment on these days with the state of the Republic being what it is. There is the plague of course, and being a specialist on epidemics I think it is worthwhile muttering once again, you know, at least […]
by Hannes Wessels International and regional paralyses seems to be the only reaction to the fast escalating crisis rapidly spreading in all directions from the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique. In a gruesome show of force, some 50 people, including women and children, were recently beheaded for all to see in the predominantly Christian […]
SOS Steve on Sunday 15 November 2020 Greetings my fellow colourful peoples, I do hope that you are all well and enjoying the freedom that allows you to buy alcohol on a Saturday once again. Let me not write about opening the borders to all countries just as ‘all’ these countries go into lockdown and […]
SOS Steve on Sunday 8 November 2020 Greetings my fellow happy citizens, Health and weather first, the domain of the elderly. Me fine, thank you for asking. It has been a wet ten days or so here on the fringes of the Kalahari with close on 100 millimetres falling, and amazingly, we all survived although […]
Sos Sunday 18 October Steve on Sunday My fellow strikers, rioters and stay at homers It was to be hoped that those EFF(ing) fellows dressed in red, and not to be confused with the Christmas Father, had got lost and ended up in Senegal rather than at Senekal this Friday past. It was not to […]
by Hannes Wessels Following the miserable travails of Dr. Russell Pridgeon and Mr. Patrick O’Dea has been a disturbing and painful exercise and sadly, it appears there is no end in sight. My hopes, since I last wrote about this case, that those wielding the full force of the law of the land, who seek […]
SOS Sunday 11 October 2020 Steve on Sunday Greetings fellow bundles of joy. It has been quite a year has it not? Only 74 days until Christmas! And a gentle reminder to my family that it is only 49 days to the biggest day of the year – my birthday!! Advance advertising helps…!! I must […]
SOS Sunday 4 October 2020 Steve on Sunday Greetings patriots and makwerekwere, Summer is here! That’s enough about the weather for this week. Let’s chat about a comment and a query I made last Sunday. How I could forget that it was the Umtali educated Lindy (nee Kloppers) who married the winning 2012 World Cup […]