Husband of Happy Zulu
Cleared stolen ServiceNo 96671631 (belongs to Zulu PN 33949, 1998-08-08).
SASFA In Memoriam (operators): confirmed Special Forces operator. SASFA: Zulu Shadrack MMM KIO 2002. https://www.recce.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/4.1.-Memoriam.pdf | Bushwar Books 23 Aug 2026: gives Unit 5 Reconnaissance Regiment and age 33 for Major S.G. Zulu vs ROH Unit 111 SAI and age 45 — not overwritten. Cause (veld fire, smoke inhalation/burns, training area near Ellisras) matches. | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 23 Aug 2026 (direct paste): confirms Unit 5 Reconnaissance Regiment (ROH has 111 SAI — still not overwritten given no independent confirmation of either) and age 45 (matches ROH; Bushwar Books' age 33 was wrong). Died of wounds 13 Aug 2002, DateDeath (date of death, 23 Aug 2002) unchanged. 26 Aug 2026: Unit was leftover "111 South African Infantry Battalion". SAWGP Regiment 5 Special Forces Regiment with no separate unit.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
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Bushwar Books - Lest We Forget
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Bushwar Books 23 Aug 2026 Lest We Forget post.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 23 Aug 2026, pasted directly.
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Unit veterans association
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SASFA In Memoriam: Zulu Shadrack MMM KIO 2002 — confirmed Special Forces operator
Major GS Zulu (45) died on Thursday night at 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria, a statement said. He is survived by his wife, Happy Zulu. Five people died after fighting a blaze at the police Special Task Force's Verdrag urban anti-terrorist training area near Lephalale (Ellisras) last Tuesday. Two soldiers died on the day of the fire and a third died in hospital later that night. They were Warrant Officer Elias Viva Vavarirai (46) of Namakgale near Ba-Phalaborwa in Limpopo, Sergeant Nthatheni Makumbane (34) of Thohoyandou, and Sergeant Bongani Andries Nkwanyana (39) of Babanango in KwaZulu-Natal. The fourth man, Corporal B Mathebula (26) of Giyani, died in hospital at the weekend. All were from 5 SF Regiment, based at Ba-Phalaborwa. The soldiers and police were conducting a final training exercise for the World Summit on Sustainable Development that starts on Monday.