Gunship Over Angola by Joubert Steve

Author:Joubert, Steve
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781868429318
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Published: 2019-03-24T04:00:00+00:00

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Lurking at the periphery of all I did, learnt and experienced during my military years was a paranoid terror of accidentally violating the Official Secrets Act, to which all SADF soldiers were subject. Such was my fear that I would not even participate in any informal discussions with colleagues on subjects like politics, the war itself and its likely outcome, anything to do with apartheid, the influence of the church or questions related to the strategies and objectives followed by our military leaders. Not that these kinds of discussions were commonplace. On the contrary, I think most of us involved, at least at junior officer level, felt enormously discouraged from questioning the status quo.

Consequently, little photographic evidence of any phase of activity in the operational area was recorded, and media reports on events that took place were rare. Access to day-to-day developments in the Border War was limited to a few authorised personnel. Those of us who participated in the fighting were under threat of severe prison terms, or worse, should it come to light that we had discussed our experiences with anyone – friend, family or even professional counsellor.

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