April - Department of Defence

as the Trustee for the Gold Cup
Shooting Competition. Col Van
Zanten was also responsible for the
launch of the White Horse and
Rembrandt Shooting Competition
for Reserve Force members. He
manages his own business in the
motor industry.
Col Ed Carton-Barber
Col Ed Carton-Barber has been
appointed as the Senior Staff Officer
Mechanised Infantry. He completed
his national service in the period 1979
to 1980 and since then has completed
several military courses.
He served as the Officer
Commanding of the Witwatersrand
Rifles from 1997 to 2002 and during
this period he attended training sessions
with the Belgian Defence Force
in peacekeeping operations.
Col Carton-Barber completed
diplomas in financial management
and analysis and is a farmer at the
present time.
Col Karel Groesbeeck
Col Karel Groesbeeck began his
military career in 1979 at 1 SAI Bn in
Bloemfontein and served in several
units as an Intelligence NCO and later
as an officer. In 1993 he was appointed
as the Officer Commanding of the
Nigel Commando.
He managed his own business in
the farming and building materials
industries and is at present completing
his LL B studies. He plans to
pursue a career in the legal field. Col
Groesbeeck has been appointed as the
Senior Staff Officer of Area Defence.
His years of experience will be of
great value to the Army Territorial
Force (Commandos), especially during
this time when the Infantry
Formation will be phasing out the
commando units.
Talk show for the
Reserve Force
By Mrs Jennifer Render,
National Promotions Co-ordinator
for the Reserve Force
“W
hat is Reserve Force
Service" This is a
question which is
asked frequently by
our internal, but
especially the external
target publics of
the SANDF. To try and simplify and
explain what Reserve Force Service is
all about, the Reserve Force Division
decided to produce a video to carry
over the message to the broader population.
To this end they embarked
on a video production campaign.
There was a vibe of excitement as
the project manager, Maj Rina van
Schalkwyk, began to draw in the
main role players. Firstly we needed
a script and who better to write it for
us than Josias Moleele. Molelee's
writing skills have been proven without
a doubt. His pen scooped him
the Aardklop Award, an annual festival
hosted by SABC 2. His Gogo's
Groove will be produced for the channel
and screened as a feature in the
near future. Josias captured the spirit
of Reserve Force Service in his script
and at the same time indicated the
criteria needed to join. It was decided
that the video would take the form of
a TV talk show, and it was aptly
named The Latitia Talk Show. The
panel (military "representatives" from
The Latitia Talk Show.
each of the four Services) on Latitia's
Show were actors sourced from the
National Ceremonial Guard, as well
as one professional actor.
After two weeks of practice the
day finally arrived for the cameras to
start rolling. There was a buzz of
excitement at Defence TV as cameramen,
sound technicians, and a makeup
artist began working with the
actors. One could feel the nervous
tension as the set, which was supplied
by Corporate Communications Visual
Communication Department, was
scrutinised one last time, the actors
making sure of their words once
more, and finally the cameras were in
a position to shoot.
Although the actors were tense
but excited at the prospect of being
captured on video, much vying went
on behind the scenes as to who would
be selected to make up the "audience"
in the talk show. Many were happy
just to be part of the audience, but
some definitely wanted to be part of
the show and were given a question
to ask the panel!
The Reserve Force Division certainly
achieved what it set out to do,
namely to make a video which would
take the message across South Africa
about what Reserve Force Service
really is, and how as a patriotic South
African you can offer your services to
your country through serving as a
Reserve Force Volunteer in the
SANDF.
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