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The Discovery of the SS Mendi

Martin Woodward found the SS Mendi in 1974 while systematically diving on all the wrecks off the south side of the island. I immediately knew it was large steamship of…
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Lgr Nkhise Johannes Chaba

PASSING TO HIGHER SERVICE It is with sadness that we report the Passing to Higher Service of Lgr Nkhise Johannes Chaba, a World War Two veteran today, 20 April 2021.…
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Paratrooping Pioneer

David McCombe, South Africa’s first serving Paratrooper by Col McGill Alexander Introduction Captain David McCombe, the first South African serviceman to be trained as a paratrooper, was one of these…
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