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This is the story of a Kavango tracker who served for six years with Koevoet (Crowbar), the elite South African Police anti-terrorist unit, during the South West AfricanAngolan bush war of the 1980s. Most white team leaders lasted only 24 months; the black trackers walked the tracks for years. Sisingi Kamongo tells the story of the 50 or so firefights he was involved in; he survived five anti-personnel mine and POMZ explosions and an RPG rocket on his Casspir APC vehicle; he was wounded three times; he tells of the trackers looking for the shadows on the ground, facing ambush and AP mines at every turn; he tells of the art of tracking, where dust can tell time.A unique, previously untold perspective of the bush war, Kamongos story is supported by two accounts from renowned Koevoet team leaders, Herman Grobler and Francois du Toit, and becomes a powerful collection of experiences from South Africas most successful counter-insurgency unit. About the AuthorsSisingi Kamongo was born in 1965 in the rural area of Ndonga Muramba in Kavangoland in northern Namibia. As child he learnt his tracking skills looking after his grandfathers cattle. After school he joined the police and was based with Koevoet at Rundu for six years. Leon Bezuidenhout was born in 1966. He did his national service in the South African Police, after which he lectured at the University of South Africa. He later entered the private sector and is a businessman and company director.
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Sisingi Kamongo was born in 1965 in the rural area of Ndonga Muramba in Kavangoland in northern Namibia (formerly South West Africa). As child he spent his time between the bush where he looked after his grandfather's cattle-learning his tracking skills-and school. After school he joined the police and was based with Koevoet at Rundu for six years. He became an elite tracker and car commander. In 1990 he came to South Africa where he worked in the security industry as a tracker until he lost the use of his legs due to a piece of shrapnel still lodged in his back, the result of his last POMZ incident. Leon Bezuidenhout was born in 1966. He grew up in Pretoria and attended Pretoria West High School and the University of Pretoria. He did his national service in the South African Police, after which he lectured at the University of South Africa. He later entered the private sector and is a businessman and company director.
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Books about Koevoet, the special S.A. Police unit which operated in South West Africa (Namibia)are coming out. Most have been written by the white members of the teams;this is different as it records the memoirs of a black tracker.
Very exciting, but low key and not certainly a sensationalist approach. All through this book the sense of shared difficulties and hard work come through in every section and every action detailed.
See the bush war through a trackers' eyes and realise just WHAT they saw, how they did a difficult and dangerous job! Also find out why all the killed terrorists were stripped to their underwear and their uniforms flown on the returning Casspirs! It is really instructive to find out that both the black and white members of Koevoet thought little (if nothing) of the SADF's role in Namibia.
Very exciting, but low key and not certainly a sensationalist approach. All through this book the sense of shared difficulties and hard work come through in every section and every action detailed.
See the bush war through a trackers' eyes and realise just WHAT they saw, how they did a difficult and dangerous job! Also find out why all the killed terrorists were stripped to their underwear and their uniforms flown on the returning Casspirs! It is really instructive to find out that both the black and white members of Koevoet thought little (if nothing) of the SADF's role in Namibia.
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Well written and fast moving, a good insight to the work of the tracking teams and the outlook of the local population
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This is easily the best book I've read about Koevoet or the Border War. The fact that it is an account from a Kavango tracker is one thing, but the way the stories are told, from the heart and at times beyond sad, made it impossible for me to put down. I have never fought in a war or been in the army for that matter. but out of all the war books I've read this one desribes the essence of war the best. From the surrondings which give you a sense of the heat and vegetation, to the contacts and struggles of the Koevoet members and particularly the trackers. The saddest part of the story, the Namibian trackers have nothing today, a travesty of justice if ever there was one. Highly....highly recommended!
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