Tag: Koevoet
Namibians who fought for South Africa in the border war seek...
Leaders of the Namibia War Veterans Trust (Namvet) are visiting South Africa seeking to strengthen their position in claiming their right to...
Koevoet members remember their fallen; deny atrocities
Members of the former South African Police "Operation-K" Unit, Koevoet (Crowbar) and the Police COIN Unit veterans have held their memorial at...
Nigeria calls in mercenaries to take on Boko Haram
Nigeria has brought in hundreds of mercenaries from South Africa and the former Soviet Union to give its offensive against Boko Haram...
Namibia rules out benefits for ex-members of the SWATF, Koevet forces
The Namibian government says all former liberation struggle veterans who were members of the South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) and the...
Namibia war veterans vow to press SA for war compensation, benefits...
The Namibia War Veterans Trust says it has registered nearly 20 000 former members of the pre-independence South West Africa Territorial Force...
Book Review: Shadows in the Sand
"In 2010 I heard that someone was willing to write our story. I knew I had the ability to write down my...
Fact file: Casspir MRAP
An estimated 2500 of these superb have been built since the first prototype rolled out of the TFM plant in April 1979....
