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First radio use for apprehension South Africa
n Goeie vriend en oudkollega van my, afgetrede kolonel Owen Paschke wat saam met my by SAP Radio Tegnies gewerk het, het vir my interessante fotos en materiaal gestuur.

Meisiebende Krap Sa Polisie-Kaarte Deurmekaar
SWA and the Caprivi Zipfel was at one stage policed by the SA Police.

Manie Odendaal: Hondeman Par Excellence
The life and times of the late Lt-Col JH “Manie” Odendaal, a Police Dog Handler from 1963 and later Commanding Officer of the Durban SA Police Flying Squad and Radio Station. He also trained dogs to combat drugs. He was famous as a crime bu

Lt-Kol Tj Byrne: “burne the Bastard”
HBH describes one of the delightful and true old characters and a strict disciplinarian, Col TJ Bryne. He was OC of the strict SAP Depot where new Recruits were transferred into fully fledged policemen. He met him in Durban during the 1960’

Trou tot die Dood Toe: Die Oorgang-Onderhandelinge
Extracts from autobiography of late SA Police Commissioner Johan van der Merwe, with this article covering his personal recollections about South Africa's transition negotiations.

My Eerste Grensbesoek 1988
Memories of 14 year old boy visiting the border area in northern Namibia for the first time in 1988