Editions / Uitgawes
Nongqai - Digitale Uitgawe - Oktober 2026
Nongqai Oktober 2026, Volume 17 Nr. 10. Maanduitgawe Oktober 2026.
Henning van Aswegen
Author · 154 articles
Henning van Aswegen is an author and journalist with post-graduate degrees in Journalism and Political Science. Experienced in Intelligence (i.a. at the National Intelligence Academy), he has published a substantial number of factual books on the topic, acclaimed for the quality of the research underpinning them. A dedicated historian, Henning is NONGQAI’s editor-in-chief. He is also a novelist with a number of children’s books to his credit.
Articles by Henning van Aswegen
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
NET 'N LASPOS, Johan van Zyl in Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke
Net 'n Laspos, Johan van Zyl, in Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke
Editions / Uitgawes
Nongqai - Digital Edition - September 2026
Nongqai September 2026, Volume 17 Nr. 9. Maanduitgawe September 2026.
South African Police Service [
Sapd-Speurdersgebou Ontaard in Plundertoneel
SAPD-SPEURDERSGEBOU ONTAARD IN PLUNDERTONEEL
Afrikaans
Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke: Boekresensie 'Plundering Ontbloot,' Fanie Cronje
Book Review, Plundering Ontbloot [Naledi Publishers], by author Fanie Cronje.
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Die Sapd en Sy Baie Generaals.
The South African Police Service [SAPS] and its many generals.
Editions / Uitgawes
Nongqai - Digital Edition - August 2026
Nongqai August 2026, Volume 17 Nr. 8. Maanduitgawe Augustus/August 2026.
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Beriggewers en Informante.
Beriggewers en Informante. Nongqai Vol. 17 Nr. 8.
Nasionale Intelligensiediens [NI}: Navorsing & Ontledingg
Spioenasiestories: Navorsing. Fanie Cronje
Spionasiestories: Navorsing. Fanie Cronje, in Nongqai Vol. 17 Nr 8.
Editions / Uitgawes
Nongqai - Digital Edition - July 2026
Nongqai Julie/July 2026, Volume 17 Nr. 6. Maanduitgawe Junie 2026.
Academicians
AFRIKANERMAN, Vasgevang tussen Onthou en Herontdek. NONGQAI SKRYWERS & BOEKE. Vol. 17 Nr. 6
Afrikanerman, geskryf deur Dr. Mart-Marie Uys is die eerste wetenskaplike ondersoek na die sielkundige toestand van Afrikanermans tussen 50 en 70 jaar oud in postapartheid-Suid-Afrika.
Henning van Aswege
Afrikaner en Suid-Afrikaner - Johan Mostert
Johan Mostert asks a tough question in this Nongqai article: Should South Africa search for a new value-based cultural and political system to solve the country's multiple layers of political, economic, social and cultural problems?
Defence
The Traitor of Simonstown - the Dieter Felix Gerhardt espionage story - Henning van Aswegen
Dieter Felix Gerhardt as a commodore in the South African Navy [SAN], commander of the Simonstown Naval Base, and from 1963 to 1983, an inimical Russian spy.
Afrikaans Literature in Uniform
NONGQAI SKRYWERS & BOEKE; KINDERLITERATUUR
NONGQAI SKRYWERS EN BOEKE - VRYSTAATSTORIES, NALEDI-UITGEWERS
SAPS Personalities
JÕA GROENEWALD - 'n Kort Biografie, deur Ida Steyn
JÕA GROENEWALD - 'n Kort Biografie, deur Ida Steyn in Nongqai Vol.17 Nr.7.
Death Notice - Eulogy
Major General Bertus Steenkamp† - A Eulogy by Walter Volker, in Nongqai Vol 17, No 7
Major General Bertus Steenkamp. A Eulogy in Nongqai by military historian Walter Volker.
Editions / Uitgawes
Nongqai - Digitale Uitgawe - Junie 2026
Nongqai June 2026, Volume 17 Nr. 6. Maanduitgawe Junie 2026.
BSV/DIE BURO/BfSS
SOUTH AFRICAN INTELLIGENCE INVOLVEMENT IN SWA - Wolfgang Witchas. Vol 17, No 6.
South African Intelligence Involvement in South West Africa (SWA): 1949 to1990
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai - Oorsprong, Visie en Missie. Vol. 17 Nongqai Junie 2026.
Nongqai Oorspong, Visie en Missie
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai - Our Origin, and Credo. Vol. 17 Nongqai June 2026.
Nongqai Oorspong, Visie en Missie
NONGQAI BOEKE
Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke: PROSA deur Alexandre Xavier Riche
NONGQAI SKRYWERS & BOEKE: PROSA, deur Alexandre Xavier Riche
![NONGQAI BOEKE: VRYSTAATSTORIES [Kinderliteratuur]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnongqaisa.blob.core.windows.net%2Fnongqai-prod-images%2Fheroes%2Fde-adem-spook-prentjie-1794069881550.webp&w=828&q=75)
NONGQAI BOEKE
NONGQAI BOEKE: VRYSTAATSTORIES [Kinderliteratuur]
Kinderverhale, Uit Vrystaatstories; Henning van Aswegen. Naledi-uitgewers, Naledi.com
BOOKS / BOEKE
Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke - Anita Hamman
Nongqai Skrywers en Boeke - Anita Hamman se gedigte
BOOKS / BOEKE
Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke - AFSKEID VAN LEA, Anita van Aardweg
Nongqai Skrywers en Boeke - Anita van Aardweg
WOMEN'S WELLNESS AND HEALTH
WOMEN'S WELLNESS, with DR ARIEN
'n Nuwe rubriek in die Nongqai Dames, deur Dr. Arien van der Merwe.
![IMPAK VAN KI [KUNSMATIGE INTELLIGENSIE] OP DIE PRAKTYK VAN STRATEGIESE INTELLIGENSIE. JOHAN MOSTERT.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnongqaisa.blob.core.windows.net%2Fnongqai-prod-images%2Finline%2Ffoto-nuut-1794068320682.webp&w=828&q=75)
Africa Strategic Alignments
IMPAK VAN KI [KUNSMATIGE INTELLIGENSIE] OP DIE PRAKTYK VAN STRATEGIESE INTELLIGENSIE. JOHAN MOSTERT.
In Nongqai Volume 17, No 5, Johan Mostert analyses the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the practice of Strategic Intelligence.
![Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke: Vrystaatstories [Naledi]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnongqaisa.blob.core.windows.net%2Fnongqai-prod-images%2Fheroes%2Fberge-1794069615775.webp&w=828&q=75)
BOOKS / BOEKE
Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke: Vrystaatstories [Naledi]
Vrystaatstories, Kinderverhale, Fiksie. Naledi-uitgewers.
Africa and Global Power
Helmoed Romer Heitman - FUTURE FORCE DESIGN
"The political and national security situation in South Africa and Africa is difficult to predict with certainty and surity." Nongqai's National Security correspondent Helmoed Romer Heitman analyses Future Force Design constructs in a period of political and econonic instability. Helmoed Romer Heitman [Nongqai Naional Security Correspondent]
Africa and the 21st Century
Is Azania 'n Sosialisties-Marxistiese Demokrasie, of 'n Kommunistiese Oligargie?
Is Azania a Socialist-Marxist democracy, or a Communist Oligarchy? - Henning van Aswegen
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
FAK teken beswaar aan teen revisionistiese geskiedskrywing en onderrig
FAK teken beswaar aan teen revisionistiese geskiedskrywing-, en onderrig.
Africa and Global Power
NONGQAI - PRECISION AT SCALE - Dr Joan Swart.
NONGQAI 4 D MODEL FROM POSTURE TRAJECTORY: A Strategic Framework for Understanding Military Change - Dr Joan Swart
BfSS NIS
Humint en Kunsmatige Intelligensie [ki]
DIE IMPAK VAN KUNSMATIGE INTELLIGENSIE OP HUMINT: ’N NARRATIEWE PERSPEKTIEF VIR DIE INTELLIGENSIEPRAKTISYN
BOOKS / BOEKE
Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke - Anita van Aardweg
Nongqai Skrywers en Boeke - Anita van Aardweg
BOOKS / BOEKE
BOEK BEKENDSTELLING: 'Parlement-Praatjies', Dr. Pieter Mulder
PARLEMENT-PRAATJIES, Dr. Pieter Mulder, skrywer, Naledi Uitgewers, 2026.
BOOKS / BOEKE
Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke: Kinders moet Kaalvoet Loop
Kinders moet Kaalvoet Loop - in Vrystaatstories, deur Henning van Aswegen. Uitgewer: Naledi.com
Africa and Global Power
NONGQAI 4 D MODEL FROM POSTURE TRAJECTORY: A Strategic Framework for Understanding Military Change
NONGQAI 4 D MODEL FROM POSTURE TRAJECTORY: A Strategic Framework for Understanding Military Change - Dr Joan Swart
Africa and Global Power
Military Posture and Strategic Behaviour in Africa: A 3D Framework - Dr Joan Swart.
An Analysis of Military Posture and Strategic Behaviour in a new multipolar world order, by Strategic Security Analyst Dr Joan Swart, in Nongqai Magazine 26 March 2026.
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
WORLD WAR TWO INTERNMENT CAMPS IN SOUTH AFRICA - Wolfgan Witschas
The Forgotten Shadows of World War ll Interment Camps in Windhoek, Andalusia, Ganspan, Koffiefontein & Jagersfontein
Africa and Global Power
IRAN WAR AS A STRATEGIC TEST FOR BRICS - Dr Joan Swart
Abstract: How the Iran War is affecting Brics and Africa: an Anylysis by Strategic Security Analyst Dr Joan Swart, in Nongqai Magazine 20 March 2026.
Inligting- en/of Veiligheidsperspektief
Notas Insake Suid-Afrika Se Nasionale Veiligheidsbestuurstelsel [nvbs]
Abstract: Notes on the management and functionalisty of South Africa's National Security Management System, and the State Security Council [SSC]. Henning van Aswegen, Intelligence Historian.
Rhodesian Conflict
ZIMBABWE - GODGEGEWE OPDRAG, OF MISPLAASDE WELSYN? - Elkarien Fourie
Zimbabwe - die wrede moord van sendelinge. Artikel deur Elkarien Fourie, in Nongqai, Maart 2026.
Africa and Global Power
WHEN EXTERNAL PRESSURE STRENGTHENS THE ADVERSARY - Dr Joan Swart
What happens when External Pressure Strengthens the Adversary? - Dr Joan Swart
RAYTON
'GRAZIE' VIR ITALIAANSE KRYGSGEVANGENES EN HUL NALATENSKAP- Petronel Fourie
Petronel Fourie skryf oor die besondere geskiedenis en nalatenskap van die Zonderwater Krygsgevangenes
Communism in South Africa
Revolutionary Elitism - How a Communist Oligarchy rules South Africa
Why South Africa is now part of the China-Russia-North Korea-Iran-Cuba Axis, with a 100% pro-Axis voting record in the United Nations
1975–1976 grensoorlog
THE PIVOT OF AN EMPIRE - Walter Volker
The transfer of Russian military hardware and personnel to Angola in 1987–1989 stands as the last great act of Soviet global power projection. It was a masterful but ultimately futile attempt to manage the decline of the Soviet empire through the selective redirection of its remaining strength.
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
IRAN WAR 2.O - Dr Joan Swart
Dr Joan Swart Iran War 2.0: Strategic Implications for African and South African Security
Africa Strategic Alignments
Winning without Fighting - Dr. Joan Swart
Dr Joan Swart, Article in Nongqai Magazine: Winning Without Fighting: Military Strategy for Small States in the Transparency Battlefield.
BND Bundesnachrichtendienst
IN THE CAPITAL OF SPIES - The Deutsches Spionagemuseum. Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn
The German 'Deutsches' Spionagemuseum' - an article by Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn in Nongqai
Defence Policy and Strategy
Defence Strategy- Helmoed Romer Heitman
'Defence strategy must consider the unlikely, as the unlikely has an unfortunate habit of taking place.' - Helmoed Romer Heitman [Nongqai Naional Security Correspondent]
TRC - Truth and Reconcilliation
Will Trc Non-Amnesty Anc-Sacp Members Be Prosecuted?
Hard and direct questions are being aimed at South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority [NPA} about the whereabouts and status of TRC non-amnesty crminal dockets and cases.
BOOKS / BOEKE
Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke: Die Donkie is (soms) 'n Wonderlike Ding!
Die donkie is (soms) ‘n wonnerlike ding!
Archives Posts
Rhodesian Viscount Memorial, at the Voortrekker Monument. Wolfgang Witschas
The Rhodesian Viscount Memorial, at the Voortrekker Monument, Pretria. Rhodesia Viscount passasier vliegtuie wat op 28 September 1978 en 12 Ferbruarie 1979 deur ZIPRA terroriste afgeskiet is. 12 Februarie 2026 herdenk hierdie ongelukkige voorval van 47 jaar gelede.