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other members of South African society. And then, the experiences and
reminiscences of the SWAPO/PLAN guerrillas, the inhabitants of Namibia and
Angola, the FAPLA soldiers, as well as that of the Cuban, (former) Soviet Union,
Eastern European and other veterans must also be taken into account.
The way in which one refers to the war of 1966 to 1989, can say something about
how one looks at and prefers to remember the war, and about the perspective
from which one is writing or speaking: the Bush War (there in the jungle, in
“darkest” Africa); Border War (which can remind one of the nine frontier wars
that were fought on the Eastern Cape frontier from 1779 to 1878); the Namibian
War of Independence; the Angolan War; the (Great) South(ern) African or
Apartheid War (which links it to the liberation struggles in Zimbabwe and in
Mozambique); or the War for Southern Africa or the Southern African War.
MILITARY CAREER PART 2
WO Rick Greyvenstein Academic Career included an Electronic
Communications Diploma, Computer Software & Hardware Engineering, Flight
Simulator Design & Maintenance, Air Traffic Control Communication Systems,
Meteorological Systems
Maintenance, Ground
School Flight Training,
MS Office Automation
Courses, Junior NCO
Development Facilitator
Course & Bookkeeping.
WO Rick
Greyvenstein was
transferred to Central
Flying School (CFS)
Dunnottar and as the
Technical Officer
responsible to
ensure all Air Traffic
Communication
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