SHADOWS IN THE SAND: A Koevoet Tracker's Story of an Insurgency War
SISINGI KAMONGOwas born in 1965 in the rural area of Ndonga Muramba in Kavangoland in northern Namibia (formerly South West Africa). As child he spent his time between the bush where he looked after his grandfather’s cattle—learning his tracking skills—and school. After school he joined the police and was based with Koevoet at Rundu for six years. He became an elite tracker and car commander. In 1990 he came to South Africa where he worked in the security industry as a tracker until he lost the use of his legs due to a piece of shrapnel still lodged in his back, the result of his last POMZ incident. Now wheelchair-bound, he survives off a meager disability grant. He is a community leader and a soccer coach at Radium in Limpopo Province.LEON BEZUIDENHOUTwas born in 1966. He grew up in Pretoria and attended Pretoria West High School and the University of Pretoria. He did his national service in the South African Police, after which he lectured at the University of South Africa. He later entered the private sector and is a businessman and company director. He is a keen runner and military historian. “My biggest disappointment in life was when, aged seven, I found out that we Boers lost the Boer War.”