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Luitenant-kolonel sir Percy Girouard was die Bevelvoerder van die IMR wat in die Transvaal en Oranje Vrystaat bedrywig was nadat die konvensionele oorlog tot ‘n einde gekom het. Hierdie spoorweg het sy eie spoorwegpolisie gehad.
Tempe Army Base near Bloemfontein has been in use by the military since the Anglo Boer War (ABW).Here is a collection of historical images spanning the ABW period, including pictures from the World War 2 era.
ABSTRACT: A former detective in the SA Police describes how he investigated a case of a dog that was stolen from the SPCA by a person who he later ascertained was his Troop-Sergeant in the SAP College
South Africans took part in almost every war theatre during the First and Second World Wars. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty Data Base 7 290 (includes 607 unknown) First World War casualties and 9 986 (includes 84 unknown) Second World War casualties are buried in 1 207 cemeteries while 2 959 First World War and 2 005 Second World War casualties are commemorated on 48 memorials. This does not include the more than 2 700 South Africans who until recently were not commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. A new memorial to commemorate these South Africans is being constructed in the Gardens in Cape Town and should be completed in 2024.
Nongqai magazine photo album #1 of 2024 consisting of interesting vintage photos of historic buildings, past events that had made the news, or which demonstrate police and military life in South Africa in years past.
ABSTRACT: Images of the Joubertina train station in the Eastern Cape, show the destruction of a railway station and steamtrain. The station building is occupied by squatters and is in a poor state of repair. The train station was once a hub
NONGQAI magazine special series - the men speak: From Apartheid to Democracy - Personal insights and experiences recounted by Brig (Ret) Fanie Bouwer, who served in the uniformed component of the erstwhile South African Police during the turbulent years of internal political strife prior to the country's transition to a non-racial democracy. He particularly addresses te question of coercive versus innovative police action.
Nongqai magazine article about SAAF Shackleton aircraft of the 50s encountering the F-14 Tomcat of the 70s on three patrols
Nongqai magazine's series of extracts from eBook on the armed struggle between the South African Police Security Branch and the alliance between the SA Communist Party and the ANC / MK
ABSTRACT: Jim Hooper was an American war journalist who put the legendary unit on the map with his book “Koevoet”. He had two deployments, twice wounded and casevacated, and was awarded a border service medal by the Commissioner of the SA P
During October 1974 a four-man South African Police patrol went missing along the Zambesi River, near Chirundu base. They were surprised in their sleeping bags, with two killed and two gravely injured.
ABSTRACT: Fanie Avenant questions the design of the SAP Medal for Combating Terrorism. The medal appears to be smaller than any other police medals. Mr Avenant was awarded the medal and wondered why it was so small. With careful measu
