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I spent last week embedded with the South African army. Nine SAI, a mechanised division, with whom we ate rat packs, slept in cramped armoured troop carriers and experienced censorship that an African despot would have been proud to claim. … Continue reading
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Tagged Casspir, Lohatla, Nine SAI, Ratel, Rooikat, South African army
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Jasper* doesn’t know the faces of the men he hunts; he recognises them from the soles of their shoes. He gathers shoe prints left in the dust, like other men collect stamps, or rare coins. There is a whole database … Continue reading
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Tagged Kruger National Park, Mozambique, rhino poaching
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