SAP History / Geskiedenis
Dep Nat Com Morgan Chetty
From Recruit in SA Police Force to Deputy National Commissioner in the SA Police Service
All Articles
995 articles
SAP Hall of Fame
Warrant Officer Kenny (GC) Pillay
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9C – (29) Warrant Officer Kenny (GC) Pillay
1906 Ferreira raid
1906: the Ferreira Raid in the Cape Colony
1906: the Ferreira Raid in the North Western Cape Colony
1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War
The Battle of Paardeberg
Anglo Boer War: Cronjé’s encircled Boer force collapsed after ten days of siege at Paardeberg, marking a decisive turning point in the war.
MADLANGA COMMISSION
Madlanga waarom moet die kommissie ooit eindig?
The Madlanga Commission has revealed a depth of systemic corruption and criminal infiltration that suggests South Africa may need a permanent constitutional body to confront these threats.
Defence Policy and Strategy
Is a Second-Order Arab Spring Emerging? Joan Swart
War-related disruption, economic pressure and growing public dissatisfaction are increasingly converging across the Middle East. The conditions differ from those of 2011, but their interaction could create a second-order Arab Spring dynamic in which external conflict feeds existing domestic grievances and produces a new wave of regional unrest.
Afrikaans
Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke: Boekresensie 'Plundering Ontbloot,' Fanie Cronje
Book Review, Plundering Ontbloot [Naledi Publishers], by author Fanie Cronje.
Murder of Police
Moord op (v) kapt AM Potgieter
The brutal murder of Capt. Anna Marie Potgieter on 17 January 2006 shook South Africa deeply and silenced a heroine of child protection.
1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War
The ZARPS and Bergendal
The ZARPs, turned mounted infantry, held the exposed koppie at Bergendal with exceptional discipline under hours of British shelling. Their stand, praised even by Arthur Conan Doyle, broke Botha’s line and marked the end of conventional warfare in the Anglo Boer War.