On Saturday 21 November 2015, initial early morning showers did not deter a huge crowd of bikers and supporters who made their way from the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club‘s clubhouse at 221 Kings Road, Brooklyn, to the Reserve Force military base of Fort Ikapa in Goodwood. As they had done in 2014, the Hells Angels…
Update: An article I wrote about this event was published on the Reserve Force Division website. Here is the PDF document. In a previous post about some of the challenges of taking photographs at military events, I mentioned an exciting Women’s Day Event that was organised by the Defence Reserves Provincial Office Western Cape (DRPOWC)…
Every year, the Warrant Officers’ Association of the Western Province organises an annual fundraising dinner in memory of Operation Savannah. This was a covert operation by the South African Defence Force in 1975-1976, during the Angolan Civil War. The funds that are raised by means of a raffle, an auction and the cost of a…
The dedicated boys and girls making up the drill squad of the Western Province School Marching Drill and Exhibition Association (WP SMDEA) (see previous post) gave up their mid-term holidays, in order to participate in an intensive week of training by members of the SA Army Band Cape Town. The drill squad is part of…
Update: An article I wrote about this event was published on the Reserve Force Division website. Here is the PDF document. During the school holiday week of 27 September to 01 October 2010, the drill squad of the Western Province School Marching Drill and Exhibition Association (WP SMDEA) received some intensive training by members of…
On Thursday, 16 July 2010, I was treated to a visit to Fort iKapa, the army base near Acacia Park, which is home to several Reserve units. I had seen the base from the nearby N1 on countless occasions, and always wondered what it was, and which military units were based there. So I was…
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