From the saafnews yahoo group, posted by Manuel Ferreira. This should be a real good, man on the ground, read, & also a good way to support a veteran.
Manuel Ferreira wrote:
Shadows in the sand- a Koevoet tracker's story of an insurgency war
By Sisingi Kamongo and Leon Bezuidenhout
It is the story of a 18 year old Kavango tracker that served for six years
with Koevoet. In this book he tells the story of around 50 of the
firefights he was involved with. He survived 4 anti personnel mine
explosions and a RPG rocket on his car. He was wounded 3 times. The other
2 times he miraculously survived brushing the dust from his clothes.
He tells the story of the men on the ground, looking for the shadows on the
ground, facing heavy odds with mines and concealed terrorists always
somewhere hidden. He tells the story of the art of tracking. Where dust
could tell time. He tells a story where he could smell the presence of a
human- independently corroborated by some of the old Recces.
He tells about things never mentioned before, happening in the bushwar.
Sisingi Kamongo's story is supported by the stories of two Teamleaders.
Herman Grobler and Francois du Toit.
He wrote his story 20 years later while sitting in a wheelchair. The result
of his last Pomz incident. He stays in a shack in Limpopo and he is living
off a disability pension of R1000 per month. Nothing else. He has reason
to be bitter and he is not.
This is a powerful recollection of experience with South Africa's most
successful counter insurgency unit. Most white team leaders lasted only two
years. These trackers walked the tracks for years.
It is estimated that the book will be out by October 2010
Cheers
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