32 BATTALION, the inside story of South Africa's elite fighting unit

315 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (2003) 2021

The story of 32 Battalion, an SADF unit that fought in Angola from 1975-1989. The unit was disbanded in 1993.

Piet Nortje joined 32 Battalion in 1978, was later appointed sergeant major in charge of training at Buffalo Base in the Caprivi and, during a decade of service with the battalion, took part in most of the major SADF operations inside Angola.