🇿🇦 South Africa 11h ago · Ray Leathern

Beer, rugby and AK-47s: HOW 1981 Seychelles coup unraveled

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Beer, rugby and AK-47s: HOW 1981 Seychelles coup unraveled
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The story of the failed 1981 Seychelles coup is one the Department of Defence may wish never happened. An example of an isolated government in Apartheid being overconfident, under prepared and paying the price for it. Nevertheless, 45 years on, their hubris is something we can learn from …  



It’s 25 November 1981. And a group of about 50 men step off a flight in the Seychelles posing as tourists on a stag trip. They call themselves the Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers. This happens to be a name

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