By Peter Dickens

The Observation Post will be ON at Swellendam on Thursday 18th January 2024 in conjunction with the Swellendam Heritage Association, Peter Dickens (B Soc.Sc. Rhodes PG Dip UNISA) will be presenting a lecture and discussion on The Torch Commando and Sailor Malan, the South African war-time Battle of Britain ace. Titled ‘An inconvenient truth’ it is an in-depth look at The Torch Commando, South Africa’s first mass Anti-Apartheid protest movement and the politics of returning South African WW2 veterans.

Topics to be covered include:

• The Nazification of the Afrikaner Right
• The Returning War Veterans Action Committee
• Sailor Malan
• The Steel Commando
• The rise and fall of The Torch Commando
• The smoking gun to the ‘white’ struggle against Apartheid

Places are filling up fast so please R.S.V.P. – details as follows:

Date: Thursday 18th January 2024

Venue: Swellendam Heritage Association, The Drostdy Schuur, Swellendam.

Time: 18:00 

RSVP: p.bromley05@gmail.com by Monday 15 Jan 2024.

Visitors Fee: R120 – snacks, juice or wine included.

See you there