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…

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…

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…

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…

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…