NONGQAI – Preserving the stories of commitment and bravery that shaped generations of policemen, soldiers, and civil servants and protected a safer and better future for all South Africans. Stories told since 1907 with respect and without prejudice. – Henning van Aswegen, Editor.
Table of Contents/Inhoudsopgawe
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- NONGQAI VOLUME 17, Nr. 2. Februarie 2026.
- Hoe word ‘n Kommandant weer ‘n Skutter? – Herman Toerien
- Knee Prints, Ermelo – Hennie Heymans
- New Books: The Daisy Spy Ring [Naledi] – Henning van Aswegen
- Vrouehoekie: Marone Cupido – Hennie Heymans
- Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke: Herman Toerien
- The Panga Man – Marc Naude
- Pretoria FM – Hennie Heymans
- When will non-amnesty ANC-SACP members be prosecuted? – Henning van Aswegen
- Tom Volschenk Cycle Trip to Rhodesia – Carl Volschenk
- Ladies in Blue – Logan Govender
- In the City of Spies – Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn
- Winning without Fighting – Dr Joan Swart
- AMAGP – Candidate Maj. Genl S J Nelson, GEPF – A P Stemmet
- 1989 Vrouelede Spesialewageenheid [SWE], Kaapstad – Logan Govender
- Vrouehoekie – Ida Steyn
- Assupol Newsletter
- Nongqai Vol 17 No 2C – Inligtingsagentskappe – Hennie Heymans
- Nongqai Vol 17 No 2D – Special Edition (Sgt Alagappa Vurdan Gounden – Logan Govender
LEADER
In February 2026 most South Africans are living below the breadline, from one SASSA payment to the next, amidst infrastructural and civilisational decline, unable to afford health care, decent accommodation of even a second hand motor car. Since 1994 and because of the ANC-SACP’s state centered socialist management system, the prices of groceries and consumer goods have shot through the roof. Unattainale, unaffordable – South African’s are living in the worst economic and financial straits of their lives.
Yet a mendatious and corrupt ANC-SACP government and its oligarcial support network concern themselves with reckless capital expenditure such as ad nauseam support for bancrupt and useless state owned enterprises (SOE’s), meaningless court cases in the International Court of Justice and perpretrated locally by a vengeaful National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), expropration of land without compensation, and basking in Russia and China’s glory as an orphan member of BRICS.
In this February 2026 issue of Nongqai we write and refport on all these issues, and particularly on Trump’s War on Iran. While Trump’s left hand moaned and groaned for not receiving the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, his right hand prepared for kidnapping the Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro and starting a war with Iran. Has the Unted States once again stormed headlessly into another ‘forever war’ (Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq), or is there in fact a plan and a rationale behind launching a war without approval of the US Congress?
Read our articles by knowledgeable writers Joan Swart and Helmoed Romer Heitman to discover the answer to this vexacious question, and how it affects South Africa.
Editor
Nongqai Volume 17, Nr. 2.
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
REDAKSIE
Die Hoofredakteur van Nongqai Tydskrif is afgetrede Brig. Hennie Heymans van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie. Brig. Heymans was ‘n verteenwoordige van die SAPS op die Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad, en dekades-lank die Redakteur van Nongqai.
Die historikus Henning van Aswegen is die Redakteur van Nongqai, en die Bedryfsbestuurder Dr. Willem Steenkamp. Nongqai se redaksielede is Sub-redakteur Kol. Logan Govender, Eben Marè, Helmoed Romer Heitman, Renè Geyer.
REDAKSIONELE BELEID
‘n Mening uitgespreek deur enige lid van die Redaksie of korrespondente is hul persoonlike opinie en verantwoordelikheid. Nongqai se doel is om Suid-Afrika se Nasionale Veiligheidsgeskiedenis akkuraat aan te teken en so vir die nageslag te bewaar. Ons gebruik die artikels en stories soos van ons korrespondente en bedraers ontvang, en ons maak slegs spelfoute reg. Nongqai bewaar die stories in die vorm en konteks waarin dit ontvang word. Nongqai is nie ‘n letterkundige of wetenskaplike joernaal nie, wel ‘n forum en plaform vir geskiedskrywing en debatvoerinig. Nongqai is ‘n opvoedkundige publikasie sonder winsbejag wat gratis versprei word, en behou dus die kopiereg, outeursreg en intelligektuele eienaarskap van sy artikels en fotos’.
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Henning van Aswegen
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Carl Volschenk
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Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn
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Dr Joan Swart
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A P Stemmet
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Ida Steyn
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VOORBLAD | COVER
Our February 2026 cover is designed by Nongqai Emiritus member Dr Willem Steelkamp, symblosing America’s War on Iran and conflict in the Middle East.’
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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.
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DIE BURO IS BY IMPRIMATUR UITGEWERS, PRETORIA BESKIKBAAR: Mandy@Imprimatur.co.za
- Boekbeskrywing: DIE BURO
In Die Buro beskryf Henning van Aswegen die lewe en leed van Hendrik van den Bergh en sy tydgenote wat in 1963 Republikeinse Intelligensie (RI), en die Buro vir Staatsveiligheid in 1969 gestig het. Die Lang Generaal is ʼn historiese figuur wat onkreukbaar geglo het dat die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunistiese Party (SAKP), nie oor die reg beskik het om Suid-Afrika se toekoms eiehandig te bepaal nie. Manne van Staal is nie populêre revisionistiese geskiedskrywing oor die Buro vir Staatsveiligheid nie; dit is die verhaal van wat agter die skerms gebeur het, en hoe hierdie historiese gebeure die verloop van die geskiedenis in Suid-Afrika beduidend beïnvloed het.
Henning van Aswegen is die skrywer van die topverkoper Spioenmeesters (Kraal Uitgewers), en ‘n intelligesnie historikus wat spioenasieverhale uit Suid-Afrika se geskiedenis beskryf en ontleed. Van sy ander boeke is The Daisy Spy Ring, The Spymasters of South Africa, en Russian Espionage in South Africa. Henning van Aswegen is ‘n afgetrede dosent in Intelligensiekunde aan die Nasionale Intelligensie Akademie (NIA), Pretoria.
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