Author and ex-prisoner of war, Wynand du Toit visits Secunda Moths
Tickets cost R250 per person and includes dinner, but bookings are essential.
SECUNDA – Wynand du Toit, a former special forces operator and prisoner of war, will share his story and present his books at the Secunda Moth’s Mukumbura Shell hole on Saturday, 27 April.
Du Toit was part of the Special Forces of the South African Defense Force during the border war.
He became a sea-borne operator at 4 Reconnaissance Regiment at Langebaan in the Cape, from where he partook in several operations until he was captured during a raid on the oil-rich enclave of Cabinda, Angola in 1985.
After spending two-and-a-half years in solitary confinement in an Angolan prison, he was released during an elaborate prisoner swop in Maputo, Mozambique.
He retired from the military at age 31 with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Du Toit later began farming operations in South Africa, Namibia and Angola while conducting various other projects such as transportation to Angola, security services, and commercial construction.
His stint as an Executive Outcomes Mercenary in Angola after the end of the border war, served him well to pick up his ties and connections with his previous opponents and captors.
He served as chairman of the Kalkplato Farmers Association in Namibia and represented them as a Labour delegate at the Namibian Farmers Union.
Du Toit was a member of the Gauteng Master Builders Association, and became the vice-president of Congo Agriculture in the outset of the farming expedition in the Republic of the Congo.
He is currently farming part-time on his farm “Belle Terre”, in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville).
Du Toit took up writing and his first published book was about his life story, called Judas Goat and Josefskleed.
This true-life drama was followed by three more wartime fictional books.
His books are published in Afrikaans and English.
Du Toit is currently writing full-time whenever he is not engaged in any farm activities in the Congo.
His programme is furthermore filled with public appearances and motivational addresses.
He was decorated several times and received the National Order of Merit of the Republic of the Congo, in February 2014.
The event at the Moth shell hole will begin at 3.30pm.
Tickets cost R250 per person and includes dinner, but bookings are essential.
To book your seat, contact Gerhard at 082 327 2530 or Brian at 082 490 5368.
