Simon Campbell-Young, a Craven Week rugby player, posted to Infantry School and then 1 Parachute Battalion, an elite unit, circa1986 to 1987, as a national serviceman. He then became a platoon sergeant in the operational area. Ops Firewood took place on 31 October...
South African
Harper Martin Geldenhuys
James Conroy
Petrus .J.S. “Mannetjies” Nel
Radies Rademeyer
Leon Britz
Koenraad Stoltz
Justin Taylor
Piet van Eeden
Petrus Paulus “Pep” van Zyl
Willy James Harold “Kaweli” Ward
Kim Gary Zocher
Mike J. Muller
Stephen Bothma
Chris Schutte
Special Force HQ
Special Forces Headquarters was established in 1974, at the Zanza Building in Pretoria. The General Officer Commanding Special Forces co-ordinates and commands the activities of the Special Forces Regiments from Special Forces Headquarters and the Senior Staff...












