Willem Steenkamp
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Willem Petrus Steenkamp
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Born | May 2, 1940 |
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Rank | Major |
Unit | Cape Town Highlanders Regiment (CTH) |
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Willem Steenkamp JCD MMM is a South African author, journalist, historian,[1] military analyst and citizen soldier.[2] He has published a number of books and consults widely in military affairs.
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Awards
- Cited in 1967 and 1968 in United Press International's annual selection of its best news feature articles worldwide.
- Awarded the Settlers' Prize for Enterprising Journalism in 1982.
- Awarded the Maskew Miller Prize (co-winner with James Ambrose Brown) in 1983 for the Anglo-Boer War novel "The Blockhouse".
- Awarded the Lady Usher Memorial Prize in 1985 for the historical novel "The Horse Thief".
- Awarded the Barcom Prize for Professional Military Writing in 1988 for an essay on future amphibious assault personnel requirements.
Appointments
- Justice of the Peace (appointed 1993).
- UN international election observer (appointed 1994).
- Member of the Ceremonial Staff Board (advisory body to the SANDF's Director of Ceremonial and Military Music) up to 2004.
- Member of the VOC Foundation.
Military Service
List of postings and tasks
- 1958: Called up for Active Citizen Force service: Study deferment.
- 1961 – 1965: Routine non-continuous regimental service.
- 1966 – 1969: On inactive reserve.
- 1969 – 1979: Regimental service (training and operational).
- 1980 – 1983: Seconded to 71 Motorised Brigade staff.
- 1984 – 1990: Regimental service (training and operational).
- 1990 – 1992: Seconded to 75 Motorised Brigade/9 SA Division staff.
- 1993 – to date: Regimental service, in various capacities: inter alia officer in charge of designing and implementing the wreath-laying at Woltemade Cemetery by HM Queen Elizabeth II, 1995.
- Extra-regimental/staff employment:
- Secondments to 71 Motorised Brigade and 75 Motorised Brigade/9 SA Division, as noted.
- Observer on three external operations, 1979 – 1985.
- Minute-taker/diarist: Operation Sclera (1984 South African-Angolan Joint Monitoring Commission).
- Member/scriba of official SADF delegation sent to attend national convention of United States Reserve Officers' Association at Nashville, Tennessee, July 1993; also visited ROA head office in Washington DC for confidential briefing to convey to SA Minister of Defence.
- 1997 – 1998: Member of the SA National Defence Force’s Education, Training and Development Team (with Lt Col A. M. Marriner JCD
) revising Reserve Force training
Military Awards
- Military Merit Medal (MMM)
- John Chard Decoration (JCD)
Published Books
- Ngami! (1971). Fictionalised re-telling in Afrikaans, for mid-teenagers, of explorer Charles John Andersson's epic mid-19th-Century trek from Walvis Bay to Lake Ngami.
- Land of the Thirst King (1975 - reprinted 1979). Historical/contemporary travel book about Namaqualand (North-West Cape Province).
- Adeus Angola (1976). First account of the initial South African military incursion into Angola (now a standard reference work).
- The Soldiers (1978). Short interlinked biographies of Generals Christiaan de Wet, Koos de la Rey, Sir Henry Timson Lukin, Sir Jaap van Deventer, Dan Pienaar and Evered Poole
- Poor Man's Bioscope (1979). Historical/contemporary travel book about Cape Town
- Moedverloor (1980). Historical novel, in Afrikaans, about Great Namaqualand (now Namibia) in the 19th Century
- Sê vir Leonardo (1980). Contemporary action novel, in Afrikaans, set in Cape Town
- Aircraft of the South African Air Force (1981). Illustrated survey of contemporary SAAF aircraft; later reprinted as Jane's Book of the SAAF (now a standard reference work)
- Borderstrike! (1983). First detailed account of early South African military incursions into Angola, 1978-1980 (now a standard reference work). Expanded/re-edited edition 2003
- Namakwalandse Oustories (1983). Re-telling, in Afrikaans, of traditional Namaqualand folk-tales
- Christmas Story/Kersverhaal (1984). Re-telling of the Nativity, in separate English and Afrikaans versions, from the viewpoint of the animals in the stable
- The Horse Thief (1985). Historical novel set in Namaqualand in the 1870s (winner of 1985 Lady Usher Memorial Prize, and later staged at Nico Malan Theatre, Cape Town)
- Blake's Woman (1986). Historical novel set in 19th-Century Great Namaqualand (now Namibia)
- The Blockhouse (1987). Historical novel set at the end of the Second Anglo-Boer War (co-winner of Maskew Miller Prize)
- South Africa's Border War, 1966-1989 (1989). Illustrated history of the SWA/Namibian border war (now a standard reference work); due for facsimile reprint in 2014
- Jim Zulu (2006). Historical novel set in the Kimberley diamond diggings area of the 1880s, inspired by South Africa’s only known case of public lynching
- Assegais, Drums and Dragoons (2012). The early military and social history of the Cape of Good Hope, 1510-1806
- The Black Beret: the history of the SA Armoured Corps, with Helmoed Heitman (work in progress - scheduled for completion in 2014)
- Mobility Conquers: The Story Of 61 Mechanised Battalion Group 1978-2005, with Helmoed-Römer Heitman (work in progress - scheduled for completion in 2016)
Title | Author | Type | Genre | Topic | Year |
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Borderstrike! South Africa into Angola[3] | Willem Steenkamp | Non-Fiction | Military History | Military | 2006 |
Assegais, Drums & Dragoons: A Military and Social History of the Cape[4][5] | Willem Steenkamp | Non-Fiction | Military History | Military | 2012 |
South Africa's border war, 1966-1989[6] | Willem Steenkamp | Non-Fiction | Military History | Military | 1989 |
Soldiers Verse: An Anthology of Poetry[7] | John Dovey (Editor) | Non-Fiction | Poetry | Military | 2006 |
Jim Zulu[8] | Willem Steenkamp | Fiction | Historical | Novel | 2006 |
Blake's Woman[9] | Willem Steenkamp | Fiction | Historical | Novel | 2007 |
Freedom Park: Roots and Solutions[10] | Willem Steenkamp | Non-Fiction | Editorial | Military | 2007 |
Aphorisms and Observations for the Fighting Soldier[11] | Willem Steenkamp | Non-Fiction | Military | Military | 2007 |
Notes
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