printAfrikaner Special Task Force in action in South Africa, doing what kept the place a civilized society until … recently. Not for the fainthearted.
Update I (November 3): I am somewhat surprised, like Alex, that this unit is allowed to operate in the new South Africa given the unit’s ethnic composition. The ANC is disbanding other Afrikaner-dominated paramilitary units, such as the Commandos.
Note how these (fine) young men revert to speaking Afrikaans when things heat up. Can anyone translate for us?
Update II (November 5): Read JP Strauss’ translation (hereunder) of the exchange before and during the assault. Thanks, Mr. Strauss.
I can’t believe how cool under fire these men are. Do we have guys like these in our military?
[Good observation; the Afrikaners are very tough, brave, military men.–IM]
Is this recent? I’m shocked the ANC allows them to operate. God save them.
“[Good observation; the Afrikaners are very tough, brave, military men.–IM]”
Thanks for the compliment. You’re not too dainty yourself when defending your own.
I guess I might have spoken too early. I think that these types of men are likely in our Special Forces units (the Green Berets, SEAL Teams, etc).
I’m just very surprised at how stoic they are, I suppose. Maybe I’m just in the midst of the metrosexual generation of males, but this startled me a little bit last night. I thought that these kind of guys only existed in hookey action films that I made fun of because of their masculinity (well, OVER masculinity).
Maybe I need to rethink some things..
Many of our citizen militia, the ones you don’t see on the news because they aren’t “out there” like some others, are this cool as well. It’s mindset, training, and experience that create this. I notice the guys in this video are carrying some of the best weapons you can use, which our military gave up in favor of pea-shooters. Brave ones, all, and well-equipped mentally and physically for the job they’re doing.
And the best part about all this is the fact that this type of cash-in-transit hijacking with AK-47’s happens about once a week in the Johannesburg area.
Nothing special forces about them, just normal police officers doing their normal days work in SA, hats off to the brave guys, without units like them one doesnt even want to speculate about the additional anarchy in South Africa.
[Actually, if you listen to the narrator, this is a special task force. The “normal police doing a day’s work” look very different. The latter account, by-and-large, for the highest murder rate in the world, not to mention the lowest conviction rates.–IM]
Here’s the translation of the Afrikaans used in the clip:
Radio(1:21): “…ons het beweging…” (…We’ve got movement…)
Driver(1:29)(driving through a pothole): “…aah, hierdie gat is breed…”(aah, what a large pothole)
Man on back seat(1:31): “steek! steek! steek!” (stick it! stick it! stick it!)(Afrikaans slang term similar to “floor it!”)
Unknown occupant(1:34): “daarsy!” (here we are/ here we go/this is it)
Unkown occupant(1:40): “Daar staan die wit bakkie. Daar anderkant die pad” (there’s the white bakkie. Across the road) (we refer to a pickup as a “bakkie”)
front passenger(1:44): “Wag! Wag! Hier kom mense!” (Wait! Wait! there are people coming)(he is probably referring to civilians)
passenger2(interviewed)(1:56): “Hy’t ‘n gun! Hy’t ‘n gun!” (He’s got a gun! He’s got a gun!)
man approaching overturned vehicle(2:20): “Klim uit! Klim uit die fokken kar!” (get out! get out the fucking car!) (he is telling one of the hijackers to get out of the burning vehicle)
unknown man(2:54): inaudible