Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys was born on 5 February 1935 in Kroonstad. In 1952 he matriculated at the Hoerskool Voortrekker in Bethlehem and in 1953 he registered as a student at the Learning Gymnasium. There he was selected as a candidate officer and at the end of 1956 he obtained the grade B(Mil) at the University of Pretoria as a Second Lieutenant.
After being an officer-instructor at 1 Special Service Battalion and the SA Training College for seven years, he was appointed on 1 January 1964 as Staff Officer Information at Training Headquarters. At this stage he already held the rank of Major and, among other things, he successfully completed three military courses abroad as well as the staff service course at the SA Military College.
On 1 November 1967 he was promoted to Commandant and in November 1969 to Colonel. Shortly after this he was appointed Senior Staff Officer Operations at Command South West Africa. In this he served until October 1973 when he was appointed Commander of Command South West Africa and was simultaneously promoted to Brigadier. On 1 December 1974 he became Chief of Staff for Intelligence and later Director of Operations, in February 1976 Chief of Staff for Operations with the rank of Major General. In August 1977, he became the Commanding General Command South West Africa, and he held this position until he was appointed as the Head of the SA Army on 7 October 1980 with the rank of General. On 1 November 1985 he was promoted to General as Chief of the SA Armed Forces.
General Geldenhuys had, among others, the Order of the Star of South Africa, the Southern Cross decoration, the SA Police Star for outstanding service, and the Southern Cross medal. He was married to Marie Martins and the couple had four children. He died on the 10 September 2018 in George.

The South African Defence Force Contact Bureau was an organization of members of the former South African Defence Force (SADF). The panel of the Contact Bureau consisted of four retired chiefs of the former SADF. These are Generals MA Malan, CL Viljoen, JJ Geldenhuys and AJ Liebenberg. On 30 August 1997 the Generals organized the 'SADF Symposium and Reunion'. The intention of the symposium was, according to its conveners, 'to counteract the one-sided, negative image of the former SADF that had arisen as a result of the TRC proceedings in South Africa'.

The four aforementioned retired generals each read a paper at the symposium. A letter was drafted at the symposium and sent to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It criticizes the TRC for its apparent bias towards the African National Congress (ANC), its apparent prejudice against the former SADF and white South Africans and a history of the former SADF.

Effectively the contents of the letter are an apology of Apartheid's state-sanctioned violence against its political opponents and a further criminalization of oppositional politics and activities of the liberation movements

The papers that were delivered at the SADF Symposium and Reunion as well as the letter of the Contact Bureau are reproduced as full texts on the following website:http://home.wanadoo.nl/rhodesia/samilhis.htm

Included in this collection is a press release of a complaint lodged by the Generals to the Public Protector. Response to this complaint is documented in the 'The TRC Report of the Office of the Public Protector' (AL3062/E 3).

Founded by W.B. Boshoff in 1934, the Boshoff Group of Mines worked abandoned mines with what became to be known as the "Boshoff Method'. The Group's methods were very thorough, and the opening of old shafts and drives earned them millions of Rand in fine gold.

Founded in 1991, the ISS is an African organization, which enhances human security by providing authoritative research, expert policy advice and capacity building.

Physician, lecturer in chemistry, M.O.H. Marylebone, author of medical works, son of James Thomson and nephew of Thomas Thomson, both famous medical men and authors.

Revd. Theo Schneider was a member of the Swiss Mission in Southern Africa. Having worked in Tsonga territories at the time, and being a fluent Tsonga speaker and theologian, he translated the Bible into Tsonga.

Jackson Hlungwani was a south African sculptor

A.S. Mopeli-Paulus was born on the 15 January 1913, the eldest son of a tribal chief of the Basuto. His grandfather was the brother of Moshesh. Gives an account of his life at Witzieshoek as a young boy. Received a Christian education and trained as a teacher. His university studies were interrupted by the war, and he served in North Africa.

Subsequently to the Witzieshoek uprising, he was arrested and sentenced for his part in the disturbances. After his release he started a new life in Johannesburg, as a truck driver and a writer in his spare time.