by Henning van Aswegen | Dec 10, 2025 | British Army in Colonial South Africa, Cold War, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Defence, ESPIONAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Foreign intelligence services, Foreign Police Forces, Historical photos, History, HUMOUR IN UNIFORM, INTERNATIONAL TERROR, IRREGULAR FORCES IN AFRICA, Local South African Police Forces, Memory, Military History, Military writers & authors, New Weapons of War, Nongqai Afrikaanse Woordeboek Veiligheidstudies, NONGQAI BOEKE, Nongqai Books, Nongqai Books & Writers, Nongqai Columns, Police Humour, Revolutionary Warfare, SA Military History, South African Constabulary, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Terrorism in Africa
Table of Contents/Inhoudsopgawe HOOFARTIKEL: Redaksie Nongqai Matjiesfontein en Genl. Andrew Wauchope Irregular Forces: Informal, Commercial and Criminal (3) Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Von Steinaecker’s Horse Lashkar-e-Taliba [LeT]: The Islamist Jihadist...
by Hennie Heymans | Dec 8, 2025 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Major-General Andrew Wauchope, Matjiesfontein Memorial, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Matjiesfontein and General Andrew Wauchope Abstract Matjiesfontein was founded in 1884 by the legendary and energetic Scottish railway man, James Douglas Logan. The village established itself as a Victorian health spa and is now well known for its splendid historical...
by Henning van Aswegen | Nov 26, 2025 | Angola, Military writers & authors, SA Army, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SADF Special Forces, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Medals, South West Africa (Namibia) and Angola
Political Remembrance of South African Border War Veterans Eben Mare & Dylan Mayers Abstract: South African Border War Veterans, Angolan Bush War, Frontline States, Angola and Mozambique, South African Defence Force [SADF], Memories and Experiences of South...
by Hennie Heymans | Nov 24, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Military Personalities, Remembrance day, SA Air Force, SA Military History, South African Commonwealth War casualties buried across the World –, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South Africans in RAF
The story of Captain Kinnery, S.A.A.F. Abstract Captain John Frederick “Jack” Kinnery (1918–1944), born in London and raised in Johannesburg, trained as a surveyor before enlisting in the South African Air Force in 1940. Rising through the ranks from air gunner to...
by Hennie Heymans | Nov 23, 2025 | Roman Coins & Medal dug up in Nelspruit, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Discoveries of Roman artefacts near Nelspruit (Mpumalanga) Abstract Ancient Mediterranean Artefacts and Voyages in Southern Africa: Roman Coins and Phoenician Circumnavigation Discoveries of Roman artefacts near Nelspruit (Mpumalanga) — including sestertii of Lucius...
by Henning van Aswegen | Nov 18, 2025 | Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, IRREGULAR FORCES IN AFRICA, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Revolutionary Warfare, SA Army, SA Defence Force / Weermag, South African Defence Force, STATE-BACKED INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA
Irregular Forces – State-Backed Insurgencies in Africa Helmoed Römer Heitman – Nongqai The most common concept of irregular forces is that of guerrilla forces engaged in insurgency against a government. It is also generally understood and accepted that for an...
