Mqalo (N)

Mike Sandham 20 Aug 2026 omissions: SANDF 1998 RoH DateDeath 1991-01-01 / Died on active service; Mike Date of Death 2 = 1991-12-31. DateDeath set to 1991-08-20 from Daily Dispatch 21 August 1991 (eight Ciskei Defence Force paratroopers drowned in the Fish River; sixteen jumped carrying 60 kg of equipment, ten landed in the water; official version a strong wind near the ground). Daily Dispatch 26 September 1991: conservation officer (ex-SADF Para) warned against dropping on a 150–200 m wetland strip; ignored; no safety precautions. Mail names seven; newspaper says eight — eighth not named, not invented. Gqozo, Autobiography of Oupa Joshua Gqozo (Europa Edizioni, 2022), ISBN 979-1220116589. Booksellers list a chapter: My Speech at the funeral of death of Seven Paratroopers who tragically died on Exercise training at Fish River. Speech text not retrieved. Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9791220116589 SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 93719763PY cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "MPOTLE, SERABELE SOLOMON" (RFN, Sterf 02 11 95), matching PersonNumber 32057 (Mpotle, DateDeath 1995-11-02) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "93719763PY". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
FirstName contamination fixed 31 Aug 2026 (systemic full-table scan): FirstName ("Serabele Solomon") was copied from the unrelated neighbouring record PersonNumber 32057 ("Mpotle, Serabele Solomon", initials S S) -- this record's own stored initials (N) don't match "Serabele Solomon" at all. Confirmed by the existing 25 Aug 2026 SN CORRECTION note on this record, which already identified PersonNumber 32057 as the true owner of this record's copied ServiceNo via the same external source. Cleared back to unknown rather than guessed, AddInfo (also an exact copy from the same neighbour) cleared likewise.