Table of Contents/Inhoudsopgawe
HOOFARTIKEL: Redaksie Nongqai
Letters to the Editor/Briewe aan die Redakteur
- Natal Colony: Pioneer African (Zulu) Policemen – Hennie Heymans
- National Security Focus
- Nesbitt’s Horse
- Nuwe boeke: Spioenmeesters, DIE BURO, The Daisy Spy Ring
- Four decades of Distinguished Service: the Retirement of Col D.S. Naidoo
- South African Police Sargeant K Chutterpaul
- A Woman of Firsts: Honouring Lt General Sharon Jephta’s 38-year legacy
- A Life of Service and Courage: Constable K.P. Jack
- Passing of Brig. William John Slabbert
- Season’s greetings, from Nongqai
- Twee interessante ministers
- Africa: Battleground of Global Power
- Foreign Policy
- Operation Vula – a Deadly Miscalculation
- SAP Alouette III helicopter
- Nongqai Skrywers en Boeke
- Die Agent
- The Daisy Spy Ring
- In Memoriam: Clasie Claassen
HOOFARTIKEL/LEADER
Suid-Afirka is die enigste land in die wereld met meer as 140 rassistiese en rasgedrewe wette op sy wetboeke. Wette wat daarop gemik is om minderhede en hul menings te onderdruk, hul konstitusionele menseregte te ontneem en om minderhede ekonomies te ontmagtig. Om hierdie eenvoudige rede moet die rassisme van die Al Jama-ah politieke party in die Suid-Afrika se parlement met die minagting wat dit verdien, verwerp word. Nongqai se lesers word aangemoedig om die wetsontwerp wat deur hierdie radikale Islamitiese groep, wat as ‘n politieke party in Suid-Afrika maskereer, te lees en om openbare kommentaar daaroor te lewer.
Nongqai publiseer hierdie Desember 2025 verskeie diepte-artikels deur bekende politieke analiste en kommentators soos Helmoed Romer Heitman en Dr. Joan Swart, wat as agtergrondinligting en verwysingsraamwerk gebruik kan word om met skerp oë na die Suid-Afrikaanse parlement en sy wetgewing te kyk. Om bedreigingselemente teen die konstitusie en die welbehae van sy inwoners onder die aandag van lesers te bring, vorm ‘n belangrike deel van Nongqai se visie en missie.
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Nongqai has been South Africa’eading national security magazine since 1907 – that is more than 118 years and counting. For more than a century, Nongqai has been a platform for diverse opinions and articles lazer-focussed on the wellbeing of South Africa’s citizens, reporting without prejudice on the political and national security situation in this troubled country, and its often reckless politicians and racist governments.
Draft legislation submitted by the radical Al Jama-ah political party to parliament, attempts to criminilise the culture and language of others, and targets South African citizens that do not agree with that party’s racist and antisemitic viewpoints and policies. This radical Islamist political party is trying to anchor it racism and antisemitism in South African legislation and deny South Africans freedom of religion and freedom of choice – sacred principles inscribed in the South African constitution of 1994.
The purpose of Al Jama-ah racist proposed legislation is clearly aimed at censorship and the brutal suppression of free speech and freedom of association. It is often said that democracy dies in darkness – it is also a truism that democracy is under attack from racist political parties in South Africa and that its demise will be assured if we the people remain timid, cowered and silent.
The racism and antisemitism of Al Jama-ah and any political party that supports them, should be rejected and condemned with the contempt it deserves. Nothing demonstrates the futility of good intentions more than an extremist political party like Al Jama-ah so openly demonstrating iis bad faith in the constituion of the country which gives it with the right to freedom of speech.
Henning van Aswegen
Nongqai Volume 16, Nr. 12
Nongqai Editorial Board: Hennie Heymans, Willem Steenkamp, Sarie van Niekerk, Logan Govender, Henning van Aswegen, Helmoed Romer Heitman, Rene Geyer, Eben Mare.
Letters to the Editor / Briewe aan die Redaksie
Beste Redakteur
Baie dankie vir hierdie uitgawe. Ek waardeer dit. Vriendelike groete
Helen Greenway
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Hennie Heymans
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Wolfgang Witchas
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Henning van Aswegen
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Dr. Willem Steenkamp
https://www.nongqai.org/category/south-african-forces-history-preserved/
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Hennie Heymans
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Dr. Joan Swart
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Helmoed Romer Heitman
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Henning van Aswegen
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Wolfgang Witschas
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Henning van Aswegen
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Hennie Heymans
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Available from the author: henningvanaswegen55@gmail.com
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In Memoriam
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VOORBLAD | COVER
Our December cover is designed by Nongqai Emiritus member Dr Willem Steelkamp, symbolisng our wish to all our readers for a happy and joyful 2026. May wishes for peace reign around the world!
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Nongqai is ‘n opvoedkundige en kultuurhistoriese tydskrif wat met sy inhoud die geskiedenis vir ons nageslag bewaar.
Nongqai is an educational and cultural-historical electronic magazine that preserves history though its content.
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Nongqai Abstract
Nongqai, a magazine dedicated to preserving South Africa’s national security history, has undergone a restructuring, with Brigadier Hennie Heymans appointed as the new chief editor. Previously, Heymans served as executive editor, a role now taken over by a new appointee. Heymans is recognized for his significant contributions in creating a balanced narrative of the pre-1994 South African security forces, countering one-sided and negative portrayals that dominated post-1994 narratives. Through Nongqai, he revived a vital collection of source material, ensuring a broader perspective on the past that is indispensable for historians. The magazine has served as a platform for veterans to share their oral histories, preventing these accounts from being lost, and has published insightful articles and special editions focused on specific topics. Despite lacking publishing expertise and financial resources, Heymans single-handedly managed the magazine’s production for years, later joined by Dr. Willem Steenkamp and, more recently, Henning van Aswegen. Nongqai stands as a testament to Heymans’ selfless dedication to historical truth, driven by his loyalty to the South African Police and appreciation for the security forces’ role in stabilizing the country during challenging times. The magazine, guided by the motto “To preserve the past without living in it,” remains a trusted, unbiased source of historical documentation, reflecting Heymans’ integrity and passion.
Nongqai is herstruktureer en brig. Hennie Heymans (foto) is die nuwe hoofredakteur. Die jare het aangestap en die moeisame taak van uitvoerende redakteur wat hy vir soveel jare behartig het, sal voortaan deur ‘n nuwe uitvoerende redakteur hanteer word.
THE OWLS AND THE SHADOW WAR, VOLUME VIII
Directorate Special Tasks and Sub-Division Intelligence Operations
– West Front: DST1 and UNITA
For the first time a comprehensive guide to one of the most Top Secret operations of the SADF and Military Intelligence, namely the support for UNITA, is disclosed to the public. This operation continued for almost three decades, from 1975 to the end of 1992 under a series of secret code names. It is an account of one of the most remarkable and most unlikely military alliances in modern warfare. It is surprising because, despite many fundamental differences, the SADF and UNITA were able to work together in a synergistic way that resulted in a force multiplier of note. While the SADF was generally regarded being there to support a white minority government, UNITA was a black guerrilla liberation movement. And yet, their common enemy – the Communist-backed SWAPO and MPLA (both backed by the Soviet Union and Cuba) – proved to be stronger than any differences. This work for the first time discloses the origins of the alliance, the people involved, the strategic intent, the extent and nature of the support, and the major contribution made to the military success of the SADF during the Border War, as well as to countering the imperialistic ambitions of the Soviet Union – until an acceptable political settlement could be achieved in the region. This is a must have for any serious student of intelligence and military history who is interested in the Cold War confrontation which took place in Angola and northern Namibia between South Africa and its pro-Western allies, and the Communist-aligned SWAPO, MPLA, Cuban, East German and Soviet Forces.
Limited Edition Hard Cover Edition: R980-00
Standard Soft Cover Edition: R740-00
Courier costs: R120-00
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