Wall of Shame
WALL OF SHAME
The individuals listed on this forum are those who have falsely claimed to be
Qualified South African Special Forces Operators,
Or who have falsely claimed to have served
in / with / detached to Special Forces.
Individuals who publicly make unsubstantiated
false and defamatory statements regarding Special Forces,
and who present these unsubstantiated false and defamatory statements as fact
will also be listed on this forum.
These individuals are to be found in all walks of life.
From the Board room to the Bar room,
in civilian, military and law-enforcement circles,
in academic and research environments,
in virtually all or any occupations.
They share no common denominator
other than dishonesty.
Such individuals steal the honour of the real Operators,
and they dishonour the name of Special Forces.
They are a disgrace to themselves and their country.
They prey upon the good intentions of people by falsely and dishonestly
trying to solicit attention, sympathy, unearned respect
or some other aspect of personal gain.
All names placed on this site will remain here
until the South African Special Forces League receives a written apology
from persons who have falsely claimed Qualified Operator status,
or who have publicly made unsubstantiated
false and defamatory statements regarding Special Forces
and presented these as fact.
Once a written apology is received,
the relevant published name will be removed from the Wall of Shame.
If, after having his or her name removed from this page,
an individual is thereafter found to make the same or similar claims or statements again,
the individual's name will be re-published on this Wall of Shame,
and will never be removed.
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WITHOUT PREJUDICE
HARDCORE WANNABES
Mr Gerrie Cronje
From the 'Shepherds Bush Bible Kibbutz' - wherever that may be Mr
Cronje gave an interview to the newspaper 'Die Burger', in which he
made false and bogus claims that he had been a Special Forces Operator,
and conducted unsavoury activities while being a Special Forces
Operator. The article in question gave the following introduction to Mr
Cronje's quote:-
'In the 1980's he was a
member of the Special Forces; the recces who got their hands full of
blood on the Angolan border in the so-called Bush War'.
Mr Cronje then went on to state that:-
' There I killed many people, sometimes just for fun'.
The newspaper then goes on to report that when carrying out these activities he used to reportedly:-
'blindfold and execute 'the enemy'.
Mr
Cronje was never at any time a Special Forces Operator in the South
African Army. He is a liar, and he brings the name of our Operators and
the South African Special Forces into disrepute with his ludicrous and
false statements. He dishonours our many colleagues who were killed in
action, as well as their families.
As and when a written apology is received from Mr Cronje, we will consider removing his name from the site.
Mr Trevor Nel
From East London
Mr
Nel has had interactions with the South African Police Services in
respect of several alleged transgressions and transgressions of the
law. In several newspaper articles following his most recent arrest, he
was reported to be 'a highly trained member of the army's Special Forces'
. This was apparently as a result of statements which he made to the
police which indicated same.
Mr Nel was never at any time a Special
Forces Operator in the South African army - highly trained or otherwise
- and is not and has never been associated with Special Forces
Operators. As and when a written apology is received from Mr Nel, we will consider removing his name from the site. Mr Jacobus Venter
From East London Was
sentenced to prison in the Grahamstown High Court for murder. During
his trial he falsely claimed in the High Court to have been 'a Recce', and as a result it was reported in the Eastern Province press that 'a Recce had been sentenced to prison for murder'.
Mr
Venter was never at any time a Special Forces Operator in the South
African army, and is not and has never been associated with Special
Forces Operators. As and when a written apology is received from Mr Venter, we will consider removing his name from the site. Mr Hermanus Phillipus Herbst
From Namibia Murdered
2 people in Namibia, and then falsely claimed (as part of his attempted
Diminished Responsibility Defence) in the Namibian Supreme Court in
Windhoek to be 'a Recce suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, whose files had been destroyed by Special Forces'.
This defence was supported by his Psychologist. An expert witness
discredited him by producing his real military records, which showed
that he had been a National Service infantryman in Potchefstroom. He
then dropped his claim of having been 'a Recce', but still maintained
that he had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - this time from an 'Unhappy
Childhood'. This change in cause of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was
again supported by his Psychologist..
Mr Bryan Bennets
From Phoenix, Arizona, USA Mr
Bennets enjoys the rare distinction of being on both our Wall of Shame,
and the Hall of Shame of VeriSeal, (a US Navy SEALs veterans
authentication organisation) at the same time. Whenever
Mr Bennets takes a break from falsely claiming to have been a US Navy
SEAL, he then makes false claims of having been 'in the South African Commandos' to people in the United States, whereas he has never been remotely associated with us. As and when a written apology is received from Mr Bennets, we will consider removing his name from the site. Mr Dave de Wet
Location in South Africa unknown (for now) This individual saw fit to provide the Magazine 'FHM' with a series of columns, entitled:- 'Dave de Wet's Sex Challenge - Ex-reccie sharpshooter gives his top shagging tips'. Not
only has Mr de Wet never been a Special Forces Operator, (Recce), he
has picked a particularly vulgar and distasteful manner in which to
publicly sully the name of our Special Forces, and the memory of our
many Brother Operators who have paid the Supreme Sacrifice - not to
mention the effect that such a demeaning series of articles has on the
families and children of our fallen colleagues. We
very, very strongly suggest to Mr de Wet that he send through a written
apology to us extremely rapidly, and that he just as rapidly makes
arrangements for a corrective article to appear in the magazine. Mr Rudolf Barnard
From Pretoria Mr
Barnard recently provided the Magazines 'Huisgenoot' and 'You' with an
interview, wherein he related how he had - while temporarily living in
the USA - only survived his traumatic experiences at the hands of
American Women due to his 'training as a Recce'. Other
than the fact that Mr Barnard has - of course - never been remotely
associated with the South African Special Forces, he has now seen fit
to associate our name with this very strange complaint. As
Mr Barnard was never a member of our Special Forces - let alone an
Operator - and as we are not (as Mr Barnard appears to possibly be) the
type of people who would run and complain to Mommy if little girls
pulled our hair on the playground at school, we expect Mr Barnard to
send through a written apology for his dishonest statements about his
association with our Special Forces. As and when we receive such written apology, we will consider removing his name from the site Mr Graham Murgatroyd
Currently resident in Tasmania, Australia
This
loser scores a full house of 'Super-Recce stories'. Amongst other
hair-raising and bloodthirsty exploits, he took part in such heavy and
covert operations that 'all his files were destoyed' when he left the
Recces, and were 'replaced with false documents which recorded him as
an Army Postal Clerk'. Well - at least we now know what he really did
in the army. This hero has also (in his dreams) been on so many covert
operations in Angola, that he now suffers from (you guessed it) Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder. He relates having being shot through the
thigh in an horrific contact, but refuses to show anyone his scar. Of
course, his story would not be complete without the obligatory
torturing and executing of prisoners - which he apparently did
en-masse. He also relates how he was tasked (as a sniper) to shadow and
prepare to assasinate former President Mandela. What a disgrace to
South Africa this loser is. We hope that the Australian police will
interview him in respect of these stories, and hopefully deport him so
that he is not able to embarrass our country there anymore with his
unacceptable behaviour and ludicrous stories. Mr Arno Barnard Currently Residing in Westdene,Bloemfontein Mr.
Barnard is a very well trained and highly specialized 'Operator' who
has served in both “5 Recce” and “44 MOF Squad” – according to his CV. This
individual was kind enough to re-name half the courses presented in the
SA Special Forces Brigade, and went further to also invent a number –
“Mine Operator” & “Small Arms Warfare Close Combat Assault” to name
but two…. Not only did Mr. Barnard have the gal to type-up this CV, he went further to distribute it to Iraq, where he was going to “operate” as a sniper on the road between Baghdad and Falluhja. He
was lucky enough to have received a personal letter from the Honorable
Minister Terror Lekota giving him “full permission” to work in Iraq. This
free-fall, diver and “combat” specialist got married wearing camouflage
fatigues…. this just after he has returned from Fort Brag USA where he completed a “Navy Seal” course. Oh-yes – his personal files at Defense Head Quarters “stopped to exist” early in 1993. Say no more, shame. We await your apology.
GENERAL WANNABES
The South African Special Forces League has received written
communications regarding the following persons who have reportedly
falsely claimed to have been Special Forces Operators / 'Recces' -
which they have never been:-
Mr Robert Guy Ruggier
From Durban
Mr Godfrey Sterley
From Johannesburg
Mr Wynand Myburgh
From Durban
Mr Michael Pearce
From Johannesburg
Mr George Du Plessis
From Heidelburg
Mr Alex Gillan
From Pretoria
Mr CJ van der Merwe
From Durban
Mr Gavin Mcguinness
From Johannesburg
Mr Ben Beukes
From Middelburg
Mr Jonathon Swindon
From Johannesburg Mr Matthys Johannes De Beer
From Middelburg Mr Andre Pienaar
From Bloemfontein Mr Tom Fleetwood
From Mareetsane Mr Martin Deneyer
From Rhodes Mr Johan Stevens
From Mossel Bay Mr Brett Watson
From Randburg Mr Willem Staphorst
From Pretoria Mr Jacobus Mattheus Bothma
Currently resident in Maputo, Mozambique Mr Louw Webner
From Pretoria Mr Norman Starkey
From Pretoria Mr Herman Lotriet
From Brackenfell Mr Charles J. Truter
From Johannesburg Mr Daniel Struwig
From Pretoria Mr Nicolaas Kirsten
From Orania Mr Pieter Jooste
From Klerksdorp Mr Deon Conradie
Currently resident in Botswana Mr Nick DuBois
From Pretoria Mr George Botha
From Pretoria Mr Tom Saunders
From Broederstroom Mr Frank Blignaut
From Randfontein Mr Russell Johnny Schwartz
From Johannesburg Mr David Varcoe
From Johannesburg Mr Herman Pretorius
From Pretoria
Reverend Peter Hammond
Address unknown Wilhelm Jacobus Heyneke
Address unknown
Works on game farms assisting hunters 'Mitch' Albertze
Address unknown Johan Claassen
From Johannesburg Works at the Saxon Hotel
As
soon as these persons contact us in writing to clarify this matter, we
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