South african anecdotes collected

Silver colour badge in first two photos only. So far, I just can't find out which badge this is, or even one single other image of this badge on the net. It is genuine it seems, what is this badge ?. Nobody can tell me. The original owner is no longer alive, so I can't ask him. It was collected in Zimbabwe. It is similar to the Prince Alfred's Guard badge in the third image. The fourth image is that of a Zulu shield. So it seems to be South African. There were quite thick pieces of bare copper wire cut off from the clasps. I would think it is anything pre-1950. Feel free to let me know. As per photos. Sold as is.

Silver colour badge in first two photos only. So far, I just can't find out which badge this is, or even one single other image of this badge on the net. It is genuine it seems, what is this badge ?. Nobody can tell me. The original owner is no longer alive, so I can't ask him. It was collected in Zimbabwe. It is similar to the Prince Alfred's Guard badge in the third image. The fourth image is that of a Zulu shield. So it seems to be South African. There were quite thick pieces of bare copper wire cut off from the clasps. I would think it is anything pre-1970. Feel free to let me know. As per photos. Sold as is.

  1995. Large hard cover with dust cover. 200 pages. Very good condition; tightly bound, neat and clean. Book dealer's rubber stamp in front.  Over 1kg. POTGIETER, HERMAN; TEXT BY LINDEN BIRNS. MORE THAN A GAME: A SALUTE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE. "This book was published to coincide with the South African Air Forces' 75th anniversary. It traces the SAAF's development from the canvas-covered barnstormers of the 1920's to the computer-chip wonder-fighters of the 1990's. Through superb photography and an authoritative text, this book describes a trim, re-focussed SAAF in 1995. It also examines the post-Second World War expansion and subsequent shrinking of the SAAF's fleet, the establishment and closure of bases and the role of its squadrons. In addition, this book marks the high points in the parallel emergence of South Africa's defence aerospace industry and showcases the SAAF Museum's fine efforts in preserving large sections of the nation's under-rated aviation heritage. For the first time SAAF pilots publicly and frankly describe what it is like to fly various aircraft types. Their anecdotes augment many uncensored photographs, providing previously denied insights into what were recently regarded as top-secret and politically-sensitive pieces of military hardware. 

  1995. Large hard cover with dust cover. 200 pages. Very good condition; tightly bound, neat and clean. Book dealer's rubber stamp in front.  Over 1kg. POTGIETER, HERMAN; TEXT BY LINDEN BIRNS. MORE THAN GAME: A SALUTE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE. "This book was published to coincide with the South African Air Forces' 75th anniversary. It traces the SAAF's development from the canvas-covered barnstormers of the 1920's to the computer-chip wonder-fighters of the 1990's. Through superb photography and an authoritative text, this book describes a trim, re-focussed SAAF in 1995. It also examines the post-Second World War expansion and subsequent shrinking of the SAAF's fleet, the establishment and closure of bases and the role of its squadrons. In addition, this book marks the high points in the parallel emergence of South Africa's defence aerospace industry and showcases the SAAF Museum's fine efforts in preserving large sections of the nation's under-rated aviation heritage. For the first time SAAF pilots publicly and frankly describe what it is like to fly various aircraft types. Their anecdotes augment many uncensored photographs, providing previously denied insights into what were recently regarded as top-secret and politically-sensitive pieces of military hardware. 

My memoirs of the British South African Police 1966 - 1981 ... and a Colonial Upbringing in Northern Rhodesia Throughout the authors life in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) his father was a member of the Northern Rhodesia Police and the author sets about recording various incidents in the life of a youngster growing up on the numerous towns and police stations at which his father served.  The family moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1964. Finalizing his secondary schooling at Chaplin School, Gwelo, Rhodesia, in 1965, the author joined the British South Africa Police (BSAP) in March 1966 and elected to go into the district branch of the Force. The author traces his career from a young patrol officer, through the various ranks and district police stations on which he served, to his retirement in August 1981 as a superintendent, in what was then Zimbabwe.  He highlights the typical lifestyle associated with a district copper, including anecdotes from the Bush War that was raging. Apart from the lighter side of the book hitting an elephant at Makuti at 1 a.m. in a Mini Moke; realizing five minutes before presenting his men on parade to the Officer Commanding, at an annual inspection, that he had left his trousers at home; attending an internal disciplinary hearing as the accused for being drunk off duty where the presiding officer commented that the authors main defence witness appeared more drunk than the author and dismissed the casethere are some more serious chapters involving terrorist incidents, some of which are captured on an original station Incident Log which the author has included in the book.   Paperback / 256 pages 80 b/w photos, 2 maps  

Naval buttons to be sold all together. They are second hand so some of them have minor wear on them but the majority are in an excellent condition. Can be collected in Lyttleton, close to Unitas hospital or arrangement can be made to collect from Woodmead during the week. I can post buyer pays postage and packaging R40. Sorry but I donot keep items unless an eft has been done and I will not let an item go unless the eft hs cleared. Nicky R600 FOR THE LOT

Hard cover book, has wear to it. Can be collected in Centurion or I can post. Many other books aval. Rob .

Author: Guy Butler Editor: Laurence Wright Publisher: David Philip () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 272 Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.9 x 1.4 cm +++ by Guy Butler +++ This volume brings together poetry written over a period of 60 years by one of South Africa's most distinctive poets. It is more than an assembly of individual poems; together the poems tell a South African story of a long journey of creative exploration.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Subtitle: The Collected Poems of Douglas Livingstone Editors: Malcolm Hacksley and Don Maclennan Publisher: AD Donker () Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: As New Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 563 Dimensions: 23 x 15.7 x 4.7 cm +++ Edited by Malcolm Hacksley and Don Maclennan +++ A comprehensive collection of the poetry of South African poet Douglas Livingston.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Subtitle: An Anthology  Editor: Claudia Bathsheba Braude  Publisher: David Philip () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: As New Binding: Softcover Pages: 168 Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm +++ edited by Claudia Bathsheba Braude +++ Together with Claudia Bathsheba Braude's path-breaking introduction, the stories collected in this anthology tap silences that were central to apartheid rule and that have particular resonances for South African Jewish history and memory. The book traces the construction of memory and racial identity in South African Jewish literary and cultural history. The contributors include Nobel Prize–winning novelist Nadine Gordimer; well-known writers such as Rose Zwi and Dan Jacobson; exiled ANC activist and constitutional court judge Albie Sachs; and satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys, a penetrating critic of apartheid.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Subtitle: From Parliament to Patagonia Author: Tony Leon Publisher: Picador Africa () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 281 Dimensions: 22.7 x 15 x 2.2 cm +++ by Tony Leon +++ In The Accidental Ambassador, Leon takes the reader on the journey of his retirement from active political life and into public service as the South African ambassador to Argentina. From Leon's 'job interview' with Jacob Zuma in Tuynhuis in , his immersion in governmental bureaucracy and a three-week crash course on 'How to be an ambassador' to the strange stance and contradictions of South African foreign policy and life in Argentina. He shares with the reader his entertaining experiences of cultural immersion, comical anecdotes and political reflection. It provides great insight into the behind-the-scenes life of an ambassador.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

It is May 1983. The UMR is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Headquarters, the UMR Hall, in Greytown. A medal parade, civic dinner and a number of other events are on the programme. The members of the Unit are upbeat and enthusiastic and look forward to all the activities. There is an officers meeting in the old UMR Hall. On the agenda the Unit's history going forward from 1975 when the last edition was published. A decision is taken to appoint a senior officer (Maj. L. Palmer) to commence working on the History project. The idea is to begin collecting material, articles and photographs, interviewing the older ex-members and Comrades of the Unit, collecting anecdotes and any other related information. The years passed and the work load increased as time went on. The one man project became a 4 member committee and members came and went. Cmdt. John Allchin took over the project. Under his direction the work continued until in, 2004, there was enough progress to appoint a professional scribe to put it all together. Mark Coghlan of the Pietermaritzburg Museum, a person of great experience and insight into military history in KwaZulu-Natal, was approached and accepted the assignment;  To draft, collate and produce the History of the UMR 1864 to 2004. The rest is history, the culmination of over 20-odd years of hard but fulfilling work. As the reader turns the pagers of this document, the history of the illustrious UMR will unfold before his/her very eyes, and the reader will be taken for the ride of a lifetime. The ride starts with a small band of 45 cavalry volunteers in Greytown and ends with a modern Armoured Car Regiment, a compliment of 254 trained men and women, equipped with Rooikat armoured vehicles and a modern and functional headquarters at Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. The Umvoti Mounted Rifles is the second oldest Regiment in the South African National Defence Force. It was 150 years old on 16 May 2014. The regiment fought gallantly and with honour in the South African (Zulu) War of 1879; The South Africa (Anglo Boer) War of 1899 -1902; Natal (Bambata) Rebellion of 1906; South West Africa (First world War) 1914-1915 and Gibbon, Western Desert (Second World War) 1941-1943. The Regiment stands proud as the only active Armoured Car Regiment in KwaZulu-Natal, and is ready to serve the South African National Defence Force, The Country and its People, where and whenever called upon to do so. Hardcover, 795 pages. Published October 2012 

Author: Ira G. Emery Inscribed by the Author Publisher: APB Publishers (nd) Edition: First Edition Condition: Very Good - Cover has some stains and marking. Very slight cracking of front hinge. Offsetting to the endpapers. Else a clean copy in very good condition Binding: Hardcover Pages: 156 Dimensions: 21.5 x 14 x 1.1 cm +++ by Ira G. Emery (Inscribed by the Author) +++ A record of South Africa's participation in the Olympic and Commonwealth Games from to , highlighting epic Springbok performances during the first half of the century. Author Ira G. Emery, then secretary of the South African Olympic Games Association, has included many interesting interludes and anecdotes in this account.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer war in 1899, a large number of Hollanders and Dutch expatriates joined the Boers, their reasons ranging from loyalty to their common ancestry to strong anti-British sentiments and a search for adventure. Brothers in arms documents the trials and tribulations of these volunteers, most of them unaccustomed to the harsh landscape and climate of South Africa. Quotations and personal anecdotes from their diaries and memoirs vividly bring to life their hardships on commando, the thunder and chaos of battle, and the trauma of comrades falling around them. Some of the prominent figures in the book are Cornelius van Gogh, brother of the painter Vincent van Gogh; the Dutch artist Frans Oerder, who became the Transvaal's first official war artist; Jochem van Bruggen, four-times winner of the coveted Hertzog Prize for Afrikaans literature; and Rev. Herman van Broekhuizen, who played rugby for South Africa in 1896 and later served as South African ambassador in The Hague. Brothers in Arms covers the full spectrum of the Hollanders' roles as soldiers at the various battle fronts, ambulance personnel and military attaches, and their life in prisoner-of-war camps overseas. HARDCOVER, 248 PAGES Published March 2012  

SCHOEMAN CHRIS. Brothers in Arms: Hollanders in the Anglo-Boer War. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2011. First Edition. "At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1899, a large number of Hollanders and Dutch expatriates joined the Boers, their reasons ranging from loyalty to their common ancestry to strong anti-British sentiments and a search for adventure. Brothers in Arms documents the trials and tribulations of these volunteers – most of them unaccustomed to the harsh landscape and climate of South Africa. Quotations and personal anecdotes from their diaries and memoirs vividly bring to life their hardships on commando, the thunder and chaos of battle, and the trauma of comrades falling around them. Some of the prominent figures in the book are Cornelius van Gogh, brother of the painter Vincent van Gogh; the Dutch artist Frans Oerder, who became the Transvaal’s first official war artist; Jochem van Bruggen, four-times winner of the coveted Hertzog Prize for Afrikaans literature; and Rev. Herman van Broekhuizen, who played rugby for South Africa in 1896 and later served as South African ambassador in The Hague. Brothers in Arms covers the full spectrum of the Hollanders’ roles as soldiers at the various battle fronts, ambulance personnel and military attachés, and their life in prisoner-of-war camps overseas." 248pp., b+w plates. 155x235 mm Tall. As New in As new dust-jacket. Hardcover.  (##2702) boer war, boereoorlog, boere, britte, hollanders, holland, nederlanders, nedeland, khakies, british, soldaat, oorlogskorrespondent, konsentrasiekampe, krygsgevangenekampe, abo, krygsgevangenis, indië,