Genl LG Snyman – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6

by | Jun 7, 2026 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, 6 SAI (Police Brigade), Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, Generals of the SAP, Mounted Div - Berede Afd., SAP Brigade, SAP College, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Transport & Animals, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force

Genl LG Snyman – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 1964: DIE DAG TOE MAJOOR SNYMAN MY “VUIL” GEWEER GEÏNSPEKTEER HET Hennie Heymans Hennie Heymans  Op 12 Januarie 1964 klim ek op die trein na Pretoria – dit was die spogtrein, die Trans-Natal. Ek is ‘n ‘applikant’ en 17-jaar oud en...

Mascots – Nongqai Vol 17 No 5

by | May 28, 2026 | Elephant - Mascot, Koevoet, Mascots, Mascots, Military History, Natal Police (Colonial), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force (1912)

Mascots- Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 EARLY SOUTH AFRICAN MASCOTS Hennie Heymans 1912 Police Pet: Zebra Most regiments had a regimental pet, and the Colonial Natal (Mounted) Police was no exception to this rule. Our magazine has featured various police and military pets in...
MAJ GE DIEDERICKS AND THE SAP SPECIAL STAFF DURING WW2

MAJ GE DIEDERICKS AND THE SAP SPECIAL STAFF DURING WW2

by | Oct 22, 2025 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, ESPIONAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, General JC Smuts, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, NONGQAI SPECIAL EDITIONS pdf, SA Military History, SAP - CID, SAP CID Special Staff WW2, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, STRATEGIC STUDIES, Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie [SAP], Tribute to SAP Members, Union Defence Force

MAJOOR GE DIEDERICKS EN DIE SAP “SPESIALE STAF” GEDURENDE WO2 ABSTRACT: This article explores the formation, function, and legacy of the South African Police CID Special Staff, a covert political policing unit established in 1939 under the command of Major...

The Monument of the Forgotten Soldiers of the Cape Coloured Corps: Carnarvon Northern Cape

by | Oct 16, 2025 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, 1966 Beginning of the Bush War, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Military History, SA Cape Corps, SA Military History, SACC - SAKK, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force

The Monument of the Forgotten Soldiers of the Cape Coloured Corps: Carnarvon Northern Cape THE MONUMENT OF THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS OF THE CAPE COLOURED CORPS: CARNARVON NORTHERN CAPE Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Introduction In the small town of Carnarvon in the...

CONSTABLE B CELE: SOUTH AFRICAN WW2 VETERAN (UNION DEFENCE FORCE)

by | Aug 11, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, SA Military History, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP King's Rest Durban, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force

CONSTABLE B CELE: SOUTH AFRICAN WW2 VETERAN (UNION DEFENCE FORCE) Moonlight and Memory: A Patrol in the Summer of ’65 Brig Hennie Heymans It was the summer of 1965. We reported for the night shift—21:45 to 06:00 the next morning. Sergeant W. “Tandjies” van der Merwe,...