by Hennie Heymans | May 8, 2025 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Monuments& graves, Tribute to SAP Members
THE MURDER OF CAPT BM VAN HEERDEN MOORD OP KAPT BM VAN HEERDEN Nongqai 1947/3 & SARP 1974/9 Abstract On 30 December 1946 a criminal, Piet Matthyse, wanted for murder shot at the SA Police and killed Capt BM van Heerden just outside the little hamlet of...
by Hennie Heymans | May 8, 2025 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP - CID, SAP Commercial Branch / Handelstak
EULOGY: BRIG TH SCHERMAN HULDEBLYK AAN OORLEDE BRIGADIER T. H. (THEO) SCHERMAN Luit-Kol. Piet Cronje Abstract The life and times of Brig TH “Theo” Scherman the “Father” of the Commercial Branch of the South African Police Keywords Angliotti-case CID Commercial Branch...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 23, 2025 | Nature Conservation, Pangolin
PLEASE PROTECT THE PANGOLIN Abstract The pangolin is an endangered species in South Africa and the world. Please contact Pangolin Africa on WhatsApp (072-726-4654) if you see one of these animals. Keywords Pangolert-noodlyn Pangolin Pangolin Africa Toby Jermyn NOODLYN...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 23, 2025 | Defence, Military History, Royal Air Force, SA Military History, South Africans in RAF, Women's Auxiliary Air Force
HOW A PRETORIA GIRL BECAME A PILOT IN WORLD WAR II Abstract Dolores Teresa “Jackie” Sorour a young lady from Pretoria was determined to become a pilot and the first lady to use a parachute. She succeeded and became a pilot and later a pilot in the WAAF – she was a...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 23, 2025 | Defence, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Koevoet, Military History, Operation "K", POW's / Krygsgevangenes, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, South African Air Force, South African Air Force in Korea
SAAF HELICOPTERS AS FORCE MULTIPLIERS: LT GEN DENIS JOHN EARP, SSA, SD, SOE, SAAF (RETIRED) Abstract On 26 April 2011 Brig Hennie Heymans interviewed Lt-Gen DJ Earp on the use of SAAF-helicopters as a force multiplier in counterinsurgency operations and their use by...
