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HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL
I J Larivers
OK, this is
one where I get to combine my recreation – shooting - with the storyline. The
Branch never did have what could be called an awe-inspiring collection of
firearms to issue its details. This seemed to be a fairly…
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THE CHIEF
I J Larivers
“Nott, Graham Morley (6506) Attested: 09 October1961. Last
Rank: Section Officer Died: 16 July
2002 Place Unknown, Zimbabwe.” Is the
rather overly concise entry on the In Memoriam page on the website…
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EARLY DAYS IN ZIMBABWE
It was a dark and stormy night. Well, it was.
Really. I was sitting in a
government vehicle with civilian registration plates, parked by the side of the
road a few kilometres outside of the small town of Chinhoyi in the…
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THE "TEXAN" AND THE BEAR
I’ve come across Texans in
some interesting places in my life – building railroads in outback Australia
and doing interesting things in Iraq that probably don’t require elaborating
on, but I’d never expected to come across one in…
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THE MR X FILES - BOPHUTHATSWANA ROADBLOCKS
When Hans Koenig and I worked in Bophuthatswana, the
resources were very basic. But eventually we managed to acquire a pool of
vehicles, SSB radios and proper weapon systems instead of whatever was in the
office safe, but it took time.
Hans…
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IN THE BEGINNING...
African villages
can be fairly small, straightforward collections of mud huts or they can
resemble Dickensian tenements inclusive of dimly-lit labyrinths of warrens
leading to just about any iniquity you can imagine - it mainly depends…