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Tales Less Told podcast
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Tales Less Told tells the stories of unsung individuals around the world leading unconventional lives. They've eschewed the corporate life, the safe bet, the cushy job. Some work at the forefront of conservation, hunting poachers, protecting vulnerable wildlife and establishing initiatives to help solve often intractable problems. Others work at the gritty end of security, occasionally risking their lives. Hosted by Rich Johnson, the Tales Less Told podcast casts a light on their lives, experiences, motivations and frustrations. No two stories are the same. Emerging themes include African wildlife conservation, anti-poaching and military. These are not exclusive however, and if there's an unconventional life story waiting to be heard, Tales Less Told is the place to hear it. Have a listen. If it grabs you, please consider subscribing and supporting the podcast to tell more stories.
The life of Colonel 'Mad Mike' Hoare, as told by his son and biographer, Chris Hoare
Colonel 'Mad Mike' Hoare leapt to international fame in 1960s Congo, leading 5 Commando mercenaries in the conflict-ravaged nation. His feats formed the basis of the film 'The Wild Geese', starring Richard Burton, but they didn't end there. In this interview, Mike's eldest son and biographer lifts the curtain into his father's unusual life, one underpinned by the philosophy of 'living dangerously'.
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Rehabilitating poached and rescued wildlife
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Nicci Wright, Wildlife Rehabilitation Specialist at the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital, discusses healing and rehabilitating injured, sick and rescued wildlife. www.johannesburgwildlifevet.com/ Facebook: johannesburgwildlifevet Instagram: @johannesburgwildlifevet Become a sponsor: www.johannesburgwildlifevet.com/become-a-sponsor.html
Ex-Special Forces Recce and POW, Wynand du Toit, reflects on Operation Argon
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In May 1985 Captain Wynand du Toit was leading a team of 4 Recce commandos, South Africa's elite naval Special Forces, to destroy a Cabinda oil refinery hundreds of kilometres behind enemy lines. They were compromised however; two men were killed and du Toit was captured, and spent the next 2.5 years in solitary confinement as a prisoner of the Angolan and Cuban forces. He tells his story here....
From South African Recce Special Forces to Private Military Contractor
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Johan Raath joined the famed South African 'Recces' Special Forces straight from school, then plied his trade for 20 years in some of the world's most dangerous places. In an interview drawing on his book 'Blood Money', Johan describes a life lived in the danger zone as a private military contractor. Blood Money is available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Blood-Money-Stories-ex-Recces-Missions/dp/16...
Safari by foot - a trails guide's story
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Disease and a near fatal accident meant Bruce Lawson spent much of his early life in a wheelchair and crutches. Somehow he crafted a career as a trails guide, and spent a couple of years walking the length of Africa. With over 30 years of walking trails guide experience in Africa, you'd think Bruce Lawson would have seen it all. But as he explains, life in the wild is full of surprises and less...
Up close with dangerous animals - life as a wildlife vet
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Darting lions, performing a caesarean on a buffalo, de-horning a rhino ... it's an average working day for Joel Alves, wildlife vet. Hear Joel talk about the unique aspects and challenges of his chosen career. Support Tales Less Told podcast: www.taleslesstold.com/donate Flying 4 Rhino (www.flying4rhino.com) operates aerial support over conservation areas, and plays a key role in deterring and ...
Anti-poaching in Africa and Burma
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Calvin Kipling works at the forefront of the anti-poaching industry, training prospective rangers in the arts of tracking, fieldcraft, survival, and what to do when confronting armed poachers. Support Tales Less Told podcast: www.taleslesstold.com/donate Flying 4 Rhino (www.flying4rhino.com) operates aerial support over conservation areas, and plays a key role in deterring and detecting poacher...
Dude's a certified fuckin' bad-ass.
The present army only knows how to fly white flags😂😂
Deep respect from a former SADF infantryman.
Pikcbotha was die man wat julle uitverkoop het
Living in South Africa you need to adapt to diffrent cultures, belief systems and climates. Boertjies learn from an early age not to complain but rather come up with a different strategy if one isn't working. We also don't use excuses or unfair treatment as a crutch. There is a saying " jy moet hare op jou tande he. (When things get tough, grow hair on your teeth.) You smile through rough weather until you reach the other side.
It might be that Major du Toit was sold out, after all we must not forget that Dieter Gerhardt was Officer Commanding the Naval Dockyard in Simonstown and he was a commie spy. But the convoluted story about Angola having prisoners so South Africa had to be sold out to the ANC is just nonsense. Maj du Toit was no doubt a good soldier and a fantastic leader in an elite unit, but geopolitics is not his strength.
Die groot probleem in die land was de klerk en sy NP trawante. Hulle Moe's op die voorste lienies gewees het.😊
Nie net FW nie, maar all die poepolle in die HNP, KP, BB, AWB ens. Die fout is gemaak in 1910 toe die ANC vra om deel van die Unie te wees. Ons nasie kon soveel sterker gewees het as wat ons nou is. Te veel jare gemors met interne onderonsies. Rassie vir president.
johan bredell, dis a pitty jy het so a groot poes uitgedraai.
Both you and the Lubango dungeons survivors were betrayed. The latter also want to put their issue to rest as yiu did hiyrs in Brazaville - plz just tell whatever you know about the SA Defence Force sending spies to Swapo if you may.
Maj Du Toit, could the Swapo spy drama have been orchestrated as was you Cabinda mission which was orchestrated to have you captured?
Anyway, I like your story and it keeps me going especially the day you had told me that your capture was as a result of betrayal by your owner. Not because it lessened my pain, but because it said to me, WAR IS EVIL AND ONE CAN EASILY BECOME ITS CASUALTY WITHOUT ANY VALID REASON.
Mj Du Toit, your issue has finally been settled and it became clear that your incarceration was part of the Plot for Peace and upon release you got a heroes welcome, was probably rewarded greatly, probably attended some psychological counselling, yet you STILL attribute your short spans of time stated in various places afterwards to psychological unsettling until you understood the Brazaville Accords. Survivors of the Swapo dungeons have not had any consolation, rehabilitation, counselling, or any form of comfort, resulting I most suffering POST TRAUMATIC DISORDERS if varried degrees. If you know anything, no matter how minute, please just talk about it.
Captain Du Toit, you might recall that you and I were linked up by the late John Liebenberg (MHSRIEP), some years back and I had asked you questions about the so-called "spies" you (Apartheid SA Defence Force) had supposedly sent to SWAPO. This is because of thousands of Namibians who ended up languishing in the hellholes in Lubango. Please, the survivors of that miserable era who have no idea HOW or WHY they got there desperately need the answers as to: Had SA sent spies to infiltrate Swapo and if in the affirmative, who are they? Is there anyone from that era still alive in SA who can just help tell the truth about what that spy drama was all about? It has damaged lives PERMANENTLY, and ONLY THE TRUTH WILL FREE THE STILL TORMENTED SOULS!
Ek will oom Wynand graag ontmoet! Voorspeodige nuwe jaar! (Oom Kokkie is defnitief trots daar in die hemel)
fantastic
Nice to see old faces again after all these years (Aubrey). Yes . this story is as close as it is going to get. The whole team had got through Seychelles customs bar 1. None of them were searched vigorously but there was a local woman who had arrived on another flight in front of (KB) who was the last of the team. They vigorously searched her to which she complained that none of the tourists (now sitting on the bus) were searched . So to prove a point they searched the last member of the group vigorously and that's when they found the weapon and all hell broke lose.. The rest is history. Phyllis , Mikes wife was an introvert but a wonderful woman. Accepted me into there home in Hilton with the above mentioned team before we started meetings in DBN.
The long noses from middle east were playing both sides. subversion at the highest level.
❤..nie net hy..maar elke weermag...man....kort erkenning....met respek....❤
SADF het baie sterk ouens wat apartheid beskerm nie ?!
😂😂😂who is Jesse Jackson?😂😂😂 A joke now that Trump is in
Ach du Liebe! living in the past does make you a legend it makes you story teller trying to make a buck of stories you tell - real heroes are remembered of deeds not stories History will reflect that the Afrikaner lost to an inferior military force because they deserved to loose and did not have faith in them self. en ek is n Afrikaans sperkende verbitterde Boer. Kondoom kop de Klerk en die stemgeregtidge Afrikaners het die land verkoop aan die ANC onder die leiding van die NG Kerk.
Daniel u is nou serker tot ander insigte nè?
Voel jy nou beter sleutelbors soldaaitjie. Trek eers uniform aan vorr jy kritiseer kontkoppie
De Klerk was niks. NG Kerk net 'n Kontrool-meganisme. Broederbond.....daar's hy. Nou het jy die waarheid.
WE NEED MERCENARIES PEOPLE.I MEAN ,THEY WERE EVEN RAPING NUNS AND EATING PEOPLE and MErcenaries have saved NATOs ass more than a few times.War is ugly, I mean,loik at all the cincentration camps you can clearlybl see via satellite imagery.When it was jews in camps, it turned into Ww2, but the poor North Koreans
vra die fake moer wat het hy met LPS se geld gemaak het Ek persoonlik het hom daar weg gejaag soos n hond Skelm moer
Praat Seker van .?
#PresenteerGeweer
Who the fuc.k is jessie jackson 💪💪 Respect Wynand 💪💪
Bly maar n poepol,
Wie?
Jou beste het teen jou pa se been afgeloop.
Weet jy wie se naam jy misbruik jou miskruier ..f...ken...k...nt
Facnating interview. Global/geo politics certainly played a major role. Intetesting comment about the ANC armed wing.
A lot of this now makes sense. Dankie Wynand.Held!
No mention of Kissinger's part in this devious tale.
This man is great wish to meet him one day
Have heard a lot about Harry Carlse. Anybody know anything about him now?
The demise of the English Speaking World is the greatest single calamity to befall mankind in the last 100+ years.
Incorrect, the biggest concern to mankind is the fall in testosterone and sperm counts, increasing infertility and the impact of microplastics and endocrine disruptors……..your view is narrow minded and ill informed. We, all humans (not just English speakers) are at risk
Makes no sense, English is the lingua franca. English is taught in schools in almost every country, pretty typical narrow minded race bating at best lol.
@@dimebagdarrel00 I think what he means is the poor prospects for younger generations living in English speaking countries, English can be the universal Lingua Franca and the countries of majority English speakers can have poor prospects looking forward.
Yes, your right, the street I live on in overpriced so cal. Turns into Tijuana once the click hits 6p.m. All the unsanitary taco stands pop up on every corner,every parking lot, and right in front of legitimate restaurants that pay their property taxes,rent,pass health inspections in the meantime are losing business because of the majority if these taco(illegal casinos+prostitution rings)have taken over North Hollywood. All of this illegal immigration from Mexico is killing home and business owners here.we need some mercenaries to deport all of the illegal here.wo Momen and children, can stay. The rest , get out .
That was a quick hour. Would like to see on on Ralf Steiner.
No doubt.....sending them to the East, to the ONE spot for the Hide. Total set-up. Might as well have sent them through the front gate, with everyone watching. Politicians.....FW de Clown and the rest of his Mommy's boys. Of course, the proper question is....WHO controlled the National Party. That's right, the Broederbond. Who is the Broederbond ? Easy......the link to the British East India Company. The Power in London. The Puppetmasters. Class dismissed.
You get a gold star for todays kak conspiracy theory.
@@dougerrohmer Tell us yours.
@@ZarpSterr Sorry but I don't have any for you. I believe in Occam's Razor. Nothing in life is this complicated.
@@dougerrohmer To understand a little more. Read "Under the sign of the Scorpion" by Lars Jina (Sweden).....i applies to the SA situation.
@@ZarpSterr Ooooh! Freemasons!
Sounds like the movie 13 hours.
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Colonel's Hoare made a huge mistake by trusting the South African government.
7SAI 85-87 So we have them a hiding. We were sold out.
Respect. 🫡
China has invested in africa Recently!
Eritrea is a colony of China for all intents and purposes. Factory workers there learn songs extolling the Communist Chinese Government in Chinese, and thousands of Chinese troops are garrisoned in Eritrea to protect Chinese interests with force of arms if need be.
Hehehehehe sop sop sop
Wow Wow Wow !!! I always knew the way our country changed so quickly from PE Botha to FW De Klerk was suspect. I was in the army at the time, and yes I believe FW sold us out 😡😡
Hello Marius. Hope you are well. Please provide an opportunity explanation for this. I'm a young man and have no idea about this at all...
@@Yintmcy It's similar to the Nazi "stabbed in the back" falicy that Adolf rode on in the 1920's to explain why Germany lost WW1. The guys are saying that Apartheid and white rule could have carried on for ever, except it's obvious to anyone with a brain that it couldn't. Basically what actually happened in those days, is that South Africa won all the battles. But as time went on, it started getting more difficult all the time and by the end of the '80s South Africa managed to win all military objectives but had given up on air superiority because the Cubans had better aircraft and actually much better missiles that the SAAF could not compete against. This made it clear that future battles were going to be unlikely to be won. There was only one way out - negotiate from a position of relative strength which they did and South Africa ended up with a pretty good constitution and a chance for a future. It's just a pity that the ANC government was made up of a bunch of thieving gangsters.
Without SA forces SW would NOT be Namibia or peaceful. Never hear about that sucess. The Whites and Black's fought together. The government policies were racist, your individual troop was not.
Remember the Romeo Mikes of 101 Bn? I was with them in '87....
Very insightful interview. Balanced perspectives. Humility, honor, integrity, respect, adaptability, flexibility, toughness. Good relational and emotional intelligence, true soldier, combo of compassion and professionalism.
To be in so many high danger situations with the bullets flying everywhere and not be killed, never mind live to be a hundred, is amazing. He must have had a guardian angel watching over him. Enjoyed the podcast, glad I don't live near those dogs!!
Well-spoken and knowledgeable. We're very proud of these operators. They were the best of the best. Proud of you, brother
Good questions, and great answers. He is articulate, knowledgeable, sincere and concise.
I had the the privilege or undergoing a trails guide course under the guidance of Bruce and Phil over 10 years ago in Makuleke,it was one of the most fulfilling experiences in my life and something I would recommend to anyone who wants to connect with nature, irrespective of their age, at the time I was 55 years old. Greetings Bruce,I believe you are now living in oz, that’s our loss.
thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Truly a man who chose his own destiny. He wasnt afraid to risk everything and lived a life of real adventure. I wish I would have been alive and able to be there during these years. What a time. RIP Mike Hoare.
INDIA GAVE THE PORTUGESE A TROUGH THRASHING BACK IN THE 1960s. NO NATO HELP FOR THEIR FOUNDING MEMBER PORTUGAL. SWEDEN AND ITS PARAMILITARY AND MILITARY NOTE THIS. INDIA WAS WEAK BACK THEN. WATCHOUT SWEDEN.
News flash: NATO is a mutual defence organisation. Tell Putin next time he gives you your ruble cheque.
Very interesting interview thank you both