by Joan Swart | Sep 5, 2026 | Defence Policy and Strategy, Foreign Affairs (RSA), National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, South Africa, STRATEGIC STUDIES
Abstract: As the global order becomes increasingly multipolar, South Africa faces a strategic dilemma: it possesses significant geopolitical advantages but lacks a settled conception of its national interest. This article explores whether strategic culture,...
by Ida Steyn | Sep 3, 2026 | Anti-Apartheid, Foreign Police Forces, New Zeeland, Revolutionary Warfare, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – Meelbomme in NZ DIE MEELBOMME VAN 1981 Ida Steyn Toe die Springbok-toer, protes en rugbygeskiedenis in Nieu-Seeland saamgekom het Abstract This article documents the 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand as one of the most controversial sporting...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 31, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Books by SAP Members, Camel Patrol in Kalahari 1930's, Cape Mounted Police, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Gen Louis Botha, IDB (Illicit Diamond Buying), INTELLIGENSIE-PERSOONLIKHEDE, Military History, Military Personalities, Military writers & authors, Nasionale Intelligensiediens [NI], National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Paul Els (military author), Police Camels / Polisie kamele, Pres PW Botha, SA Military History, SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SA War Graves / SA Oorlogsgrafte, SANAB, SAP Alexanderbaai (Diamantveld), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Northern Cape Division (Kimberley), SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP South West Africa Division, SAP Transport & Animals, Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad (SSVR - SSSC), SOUTH AFRICA POLICE [SAP], SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History, South West African Police (pre-SAP), Staatsveiligheidsraad, Tak Strategie, The "Reiterdenkmal" in Windhoek, The Equestrian Monument: Windhoek, Top Spies in the SAP (Jan Taillard), Union Defence Force (1912), Wartime Special Branch ("Political Detectives")
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (8) Kampvuurstories in Suidwes OM DIE KAMPVUUR: SAND, DIAMANTE, KAMELE EN SPIOENE ’n Vertelstyl‑Essay oor die Namib, die Sperrgebiet, Gordonia, die Polisie en die Geheimenisse van ’n Stil Woestyn-wêreld Hennie Heymans Dis storietyd om die vuur...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 29, 2026 | 1976 Onwards - Riots, Books by SAP Members, Bush War, Functions of the SA Police, Kaapse Bendes / Cape Gangs, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Pres PW Botha, Revolutionary Warfare, SAP - CID, SAP Afdeling: WP, SAP Bomb Squad, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, Security Branch - Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, SWE - Spesiale Wageenheid
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (6) Boek deur kol Schalk Visagie UNDER FIRE IN SOUTH AFRICA Colonel Schalk Visagie (SAP) (Via John Elsegood) Excerpt Under Fire in South Africa presents the extraordinary life and frontline experiences of Colonel Schalk Visagie, a South African...
by Joan Swart | Aug 23, 2026 | Defence Policy and Strategy, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, South Africa, STRATEGIC STUDIES
Abstract: Foreign policy is often presented as a calculation of national interest, separate from emotion and morality. Yet national interest itself is shaped by history, values and strategic culture, raising a difficult question: when principle, international law and...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 17, 2026 | 10th Anniversary: SA Railways Police - Special Task Force, Esselen Park Training College, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Railway Transport in South Africa, Revolutionary Warfare, SA Railways Police - Special Task Force, SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Spesiale Taakmag: SA Spoorwegpolisie
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – 1985: SASPOL-STM: 10-jarige herdenking 1985: SA SPOORWEGPOLISIE – SPESIALE TAAKMAG: 10-JARIGE HERDENKING Johan Lotriet, OOB Extract The article commemorates the tenth anniversary of the South African Railway Police Special Task Force,...
