2nd Announcement of the disbandment of SADF: 32 Battalion on SABC News (26 March 1993)

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  • English news announcement. Included are rare video footage on a short history of 32 Battalion. Also read the book: Striking inside Angola with 32 Battalion, Marius Scheepers ( www.30degreessouth.co.za/strik... )

Komentáře • 55

  • @HermanLabuschagne
    @HermanLabuschagne Před 4 lety +63

    These people were shamefully treated. It was a profoundly dishonourable
    act on the part of selfish politicians.

  • @adriand1401
    @adriand1401 Před 3 lety +30

    My respect for colonel Breytenbach. I'm proud to have served with 32 Battalion from June'77 to December "78. I salute you and all the members that have serve with the unit!

  • @lourenslabuschagne7433
    @lourenslabuschagne7433 Před 4 lety +21

    The best of the best, 32 will always be tops.

  • @alphonsdewit7852
    @alphonsdewit7852 Před 4 lety +36

    Courageous unit...humble man...Breytenbach...even their last drill was perfect!!! Salute...

  • @digitalkrampus1330
    @digitalkrampus1330 Před 4 lety +12

    My dad was 32b. Respect!

  • @johnpowell1952
    @johnpowell1952 Před 3 lety +16

    Compare this unit to our recent military units, no comparison. 32 were best in the world

  • @briantrend1263
    @briantrend1263 Před 8 lety +18

    respect from the UK great soldiers

  • @osamaalafghanee8868
    @osamaalafghanee8868 Před 3 lety +11

    From watching the drill,you can see that these men are not to be toyed with.

  • @zsiyw
    @zsiyw Před 11 lety +27

    No not at all. I just feel sorry for the ex-32 guys that life, the NP and the ANC have left to rot somewhere on the SA/Botswana border. They did not deserve that. Last I heard they where still there.

    • @D-E-S_8559
      @D-E-S_8559 Před 10 měsíci

      You lost the war----make peace with that.....

    • @richardsmith4783
      @richardsmith4783 Před 7 měsíci

      @@D-E-S_8559betrayed. Never lost anything.

  • @jackcoelho2576
    @jackcoelho2576 Před 7 lety +29

    Let me be the judge of that. I was there I gave my share of sweat and blood
    To all my brothers I jest have to say.
    We all regroup some day even if is in hell and then we will return for a sweet revenge.

  • @chica476
    @chica476 Před 11 lety +6

    The ending song was bittersweet.

    • @albertvanwyk9983
      @albertvanwyk9983 Před 5 lety

      Worked close up and shared close up......always true...

    • @nicoow99
      @nicoow99 Před 2 lety

      @@albertvanwyk9983 Do you know the name of the song? can't seem to find it

  • @khumorampete9310
    @khumorampete9310 Před 3 lety +6

    I’m black and born in the new South Africa but this is sad to see

    • @brianlam1663
      @brianlam1663 Před 2 lety +1

      It is sad: can't you see that 32 Batallion was serving everyone?
      We lost a great unit!

  • @chica476
    @chica476 Před 11 lety +3

    I don't know if your comment was directed towards me - I just happened to revisit this video - nonetheless, I found it to be a memory of a time once past.

  • @Bennevisie
    @Bennevisie Před 4 lety +19

    FW de Klerk en Roelf Meyer... julle het baie om voor te beantwoord.

  • @ah1rooivalk
    @ah1rooivalk Před 3 lety

    Are their any recordings that exist of the Songs sang by 32 Battalion.

  • @cassyvorster466
    @cassyvorster466 Před rokem

    Heartbreaking the way they have been treated.

  • @BadPiggiesGamer9
    @BadPiggiesGamer9 Před 28 dny

  • @eddyakamrpianoderulopaidod6171

    I have all the songs on 32 batalions

  • @colinvanrensburg4652
    @colinvanrensburg4652 Před 3 měsíci

    Christmas 76 we packed Lt Swart of 32 in a bodybag. All for nothing...

  • @cbmostert4791
    @cbmostert4791 Před 2 lety +1

    They feared the consequinces!!!

  • @jamesleicher
    @jamesleicher Před 2 lety

    who was the news reader? he still with us

  • @louvendran7273
    @louvendran7273 Před 2 lety +2

    Soldiers were, are and will be the pawn of politicians. Brave SADF soldiers were indoctrinated that they fighting against communism and the ant-christ. It was much more nuanced than that. It was the oil fields in Angola and mines in South Africa they were actually defending. Anti-government rebels thought they were fighting for freedom and democracy. They were badly mistaken. Little did they realise their leaders already sold them to the American/British/South African oligarchy. Long story short, the privileged middle class who worked so hard for an African dream saw it go down the drain. People from the location moved to the city looking for a better life ended up in slums. The only people well off are the new politicians and oligarchy as the gravy train toots along. Good luck my compatriats, much worse times are ahead.

  • @chica476
    @chica476 Před 11 lety +5

    I think the town may have been demolished by now.

  • @Kaiser7068
    @Kaiser7068 Před 2 lety

    This is just…sad

  • @louisbezuidenhoutdistincti8900

    Die beste vegtende eenheid ooit

  • @alwynvanwyk1851
    @alwynvanwyk1851 Před 15 dny

    Rus sag, Oom Jan, Bruinman, DJ Carpenter, Eagle Eyes, Kol. Breytenbach.
    🎖️ 🦇 🦅 🦇 🎖️🦬

  • @khumorampete9310
    @khumorampete9310 Před 3 lety

    The of nationalism in South Africa is shocking

  • @Jey2108
    @Jey2108 Před 2 lety +3

    Good that the South African military is now in the hands of the really native owners of the land, not descendents of economic refugees from Europe..

    • @dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748
      @dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748 Před 2 lety +1

      Ah yes, and South Africa has such a world reputation now. We Europeans laugh at your government. It's a shame to see how the ANC shits in the Afrikaner build economic strong South Africa. How the ANC shits on the roads build during the year that South Africa was among the greatest of nations.

    • @Jey2108
      @Jey2108 Před 2 lety +2

      @@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748 Just go back to Europe if you still consider yourself European. You don't even have a European passport and you call yourself European?

    • @Enoch940
      @Enoch940 Před 2 lety

      @@Jey2108 The SANDF is not an army. Do not tell the people lies. Do not tell these peeple to go back to urope wena. If these Peeples leave us then we are like Zimbabwe in one year. 😤 do you wants to suffer then go to Zim and see what happens even the white Peeples go away. You are mampara wena. To much talking but no brains in head

    • @Jey2108
      @Jey2108 Před 2 lety +1

      @Willy Pete Now it is made up of peace loving South African!

    • @ianhinrichsendrummer2113
      @ianhinrichsendrummer2113 Před rokem

      Haha - what Military? They couldn't fight themselves out of a plastic bag.