Marius Scheepers Author

Marius Scheepers was born in the small town of Wesselsbron in the Free State Province of South Africa anf completed his schooling at Voortrekkerhoogte, Pretoria. During his national service in the Signal Corps of the South African Defence Force, he was commissioned as a second Lieutant. He was later promoted to the rank of Captain in the Civillian Force (Territorials). In 1983 he was posted as Signals Officer to the 32 Battalion HQ at Rundu in the operational area on the border between Namibia and Angola. He served for thirteen months behind enemy lines at 32 battalions tactical HQ's at Ongiva and Londe inside Angola from where clandestine operations were conducted to neutralize SWAPO bases. After military service he qualified as an attorney and today runs his own firm in Pretoria.