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
Redaksie, Nongqai
- NONGQAI VOLUME 17, Nr. 3. Maart /March 2026.
- ‘Grazie’ vir Italiaanse Krygsgevangenes en hul nalatenskap – Petronel Fourie
- When Realignment Strengthens the Adversary – Dr Joan Swart
- BOOKS: The Daisy Spy Ring
- NOTAS INSAKE SUID-AFRIKA SE NASIONALE VEILIGHEIDSBESTUURSTELSEL [NVBS]
- SAR POLICE – Henning Heymans
- Diamanttak – Hennie Heymans
- Nongqai Album 3/26 – Hennie Heymans
- Zimbabwe – Elkarien Fourie
- World War Two Internment Camps – Wolfgang Witshas
- Military Posture – Dr. Joan Swart
- Ballenden – Hennie Heymans
- Wachthuis – Hennie Heymans
- WO S.G. ngeamu – Nongqai Volume 17, No 3 B – Hennie Heymans
- Generaal-Majoor G N Erasmus – Hennie Heymans
- UMDISA
LEADER
In this March 2026 issue of Nongqai we continue publish in-depth articles on America and Israel’s War on Iran. The primary questions focussed upon in our articles are the effects and consequences of Trump’s Iran War for Africa; espcially South Africa and its ally Iran. It is not difficult to see that oil is the root cause of the war – meaning the denial of oil and mineral resources from Venezuela and Iran to Russia and China. It is however Trump’s erratic behaviour and reckless decisionmaking that is drawing more interest and media coverage because the Iran War has both profound international and serious regional geopolitical consequences, particularly for the United Arab Emirates and surrounding Gulf States.
Nongqai also continues to report on how a revengeful ANC-SACP government continues its badly thought out policy of Commissions of Inquiry, Commissions of Investigation, Commisions of Truth and Reconcilliation, Commissions ad infinitum, which serves no other purpose than running around in circles. South Africa’s general elections are approaching and paying compensation to various ill-defined victims groups is the ANC-SACP’s way of generating votes from a confused and fatigued population. If the Zondo Commission on State Capture is the benchguard by which the ANC-SACP operates, one wonders if the present commissions of enquiry and court cases against former former of the security forces, are doomed to go the same way, that is into the waste paper basket of history.
Editor
Nongqai Volume 17, Nr. 3.
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. Ons korrespondente sluit die militere historici Walter Volker en Wolfgang Witschas in, en Dr. Joan Swart.
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’.
KONTAKBESONDERHEDE
E-pos: Intel@Nongqai. org. Tel: 082-344-5641. Webtuise: Nongqai.org
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Mervyn Mitton & Frans Bedford Taylor
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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 its consequences for Africa and South Africa.
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NONGQAI SE CREDO
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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 credo: “To preserve the past without living in it,” remains a trusted, unbiased source of historical documentation, reflecting Heymans’ integrity and passion.
Skrywers & Boeke
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.
Bestellings: henningvanaswegen55@gmail.com
by Henning van Aswegen | Oct 17, 2025 | BfSS NIS, BOOKS / BOEKE, BSV/DIE BURO/BfSS, Inligting- en/of Veiligheidsperspektief, RI/BfSS/NI/NIS/BSV
Die Buro vir Staatsveiligheid (BvS)/Nasionale Intelligensiediens (NI): ’n Unieke verskynsel in die Westerse intelligensiewêreld Abstrak: Buro vir Staatsveiligheid, BSV, Intelligensiewetenskap in Suid-Afrika, Intelligensie, Nasionale Intelligensiediens…
DIE BURO is by die skrywer bestelbaar: henningvanaswegen55@gmail.com.
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