General News

From the Newslatter….. On the subject of Face Book, I again encourage all members to join our Face Book page. One does not need to be active on Face Book to be able to read our GBOBA page. There are many items of interest that I post there that I repeat in our newsletters for … Read more

From: Robert Kitching [mailto:cwpb2017@gmail.com] Sent: 05 May 2016 04:54 PM To: Tony Nicholas Subject: Re: REUNION 2017 – VICTORIA, BC. CANADA May Newsletter CWPB Association 2017 letterhead Hi Tony. Please find a brief newsletter for the 2017 CWPB reunion in Victoria BC. We have a nucleus necessary to make the reunion a success but would … Read more

From: RICHARD BENNETT [mailto:chessic@absamail.co.za] Sent: Monday, 6 July 2015 11:20 AM To: webmaster@generalbotha.co.za Subject: DEMISE OF GORDON KEITH BENNETT Good day to you. This is to inform you, for the purposes of updating your schedule of cadets, that my father, Gordon Keith Bennett expired on 4 June 2015. Kind Regards Richard Bennett Cell: 0823789262 / … Read more

From: Gary Brownless [mailto:dundee@cytanet.com.cy] Sent: 16 June 2015 10:23 PM To: cptchairman@generalbotha.co.za Cc: dhenwood@iafrica.com Subject: Joe Brownless Morning Sad to announce the passing of my dad, Joe Brownless yesterday morning, 15 June. He passed peacefully in his room at the Green Pastures old age home. He was 89Y of age. We are planning a memorial … Read more

Our S.A.T.S. General Botha exhibit in the S.A. Naval Museum, Simon’s Town, is finally open to the public. The temporary [albeit lengthy] closure as a result of other work being done in the museum has finally been completed and thus allowing public access to our exhibit in the same wing of the museum. During the … Read more

An interesting picture of restored MGB 81 sent to us by the skipper, Richard Hellyer (#2002, 1956-1958) Click here for the full story…..  

I have disabled the “Registration” button in the Login panel due to the large volume of spam I have been getting. You will find a new registration form on the website which will allow me to control user registration more easily.  Please remember that anybody can register which will allow you to login and post … Read more

Here are a few ideas for displaying your new magnetic Bothie Badge….. Order yours now from the Slop Chest…. Remember that you can add your own comments to any of the posts published on the Notice Board….

From: Ian Manning [mailto:imanning@iafrica.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 16:21 To: Tony Nicholas; Kieron Cox; Denys Pitcher Subject: Brass guns A Good day Gentlemen, I was recently shown two brass muzzle loading guns [they look more like carronades to me] at the Simon’s Town town hall. Both have what appear to be British king’s crowns … Read more