SWAPolice Punishment!

[Michael Alexander]

How many of you were naughty enough to get hauled on down to the Cop shop to get a lethal dose of South West African Police punishment.... I heard of a few guys from my era, and the stories that went around town, were that they put salt on your buttocks/legs before they caned you, to make the pain worse,,,,, anyone else know more about this story?

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

They actually put the canes in salt water before they were used on the buttocks.  Made the cane heavier and more flexible (maybe for max impact?).  But that practice was stopped a long long time ago.    

Lyfstraf is uit.............  that's why crime rises, 'cos the cane ain't rised anymore.  If some of the old punishment methods were still in use a lot of criminals would think 10 times before commiting a crime!

Geez, remember those little canes, that was covered with thight brown leather, that the policemen used to carry as part of the uniform?  Big Dirk used that thing on our butts  -  .............   need I say more! 

[Stephen Hockney]

I never got the caneing b4, but one thing for sure i know the iside of that station better than any-one  spinningweed and the rest,lol. I was the naughtiest little shithead Oranjemund has EVER seen, things i got up to with my buddies will never be forgotten, but i guess to be old and wise you gatta be young and stupid!!!!! must of been all about running out of things to do in the small town as i have done it all you name it i have been there and done that!!!!

[Michael Alexander]

It was'nt just you... all your mates were career hooligans also.... By the way, Arthur Conry sends his regards!

[Stephen Hockney]

Ahhh Author,
the greatest rugby hooligan of all, thanx man send my regards too, is he still playing rugby?should i ask but is there any rugby players left in Oranjemund, and where is Author now???

[Stephen Hockney]

OOPS SORRY AUTHOR, I MEANT ARTHUR LOL.

[Michael Alexander]

Artur the Author is sitting in front of me at Spar right now, He is too overweight to play these days and now refs...

[Delia]

Hokkas - is that you Stephan Hockney?  If it is, damn right, you little s....t!  :36_2_35:

Also never got the caning, but like you Hokkas, I saw the inside of that station once thanks to Sgt Barnes when a couple of us got bust for the Holy Herb  spinningweed.  He was on a mission to catch us and he finally did, we'd gotten lax about where we were smoking so our own fault I guess.  Got let out on R100 bail only after they took me home to get the rest of my stash.........damn, i  was collecting the pips for my own plantation, the stuff grew amazingly there...........

[Michael Alexander]

Sssssh! They might hear you!   

[Delia]

there's a method in my madness mike, send them on a wild goose chase. maybe they'll find the stash I threw in the desert back in '87 on the way to the beach to get rid of it when I heard they were coming back for us a few days later.
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[Stephen Hockney]

HI DELIA,
YOU DAMN RIGHT ITS STEPHEN HOCKNEY, JUST REGISTERED, AND BOY HAVE I GOT SOME STORIES TO TELL,LOL.
IM LOVING THIS AND REALLY GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU DELIA. IVE GOT SOME READING TO DO HERE SO KEEPS THE STORIES COMING

[Delia]

Cool, welcome aboard - can't wait to catch up on your memories - i think ours could overlap sometimes, if i remember right you moved with us sometimes - jacques laubscher, single quarters,?????

[Michael Alexander]

Shit... that was weird, Arthur just said to me, Ja, STephen and Jaques Laubscher were quite tight, and viola., there you mention it...

[Stephen Hockney]

Oh yes
will never forget the times we had Delia i recall reading about Dancing Denzel the DJ i think i took over from him as the towns DJ the diving club parties log cabin and yatch club parties memories never to be forgotten we did have some awesome parties, remember the street parties when i was playing on the roof of the shopping center!!! but nothing could beat the diving club floating dance floor parties then my sound system was stolen,lol.  Remember the Rec club and palm court parties oh man good times. I recall getting my head slashed with a bottle by tati martin for not playing his type of music,haha now we shud start talking about what went on at those parties!!! great stories ahead of us folks

[Stephen Hockney]

Jaaa Boet,
Jaques and i were quite tight we used to drink get drunk and batter each-other, lol, violent is not the word, but i think the last battering was at the golf club croaky that Brian Masterton i think used to orginise used all make fools out of our selves singing and croaking,lol. but as for the battering the Rugby club took the cake,hahaha