In this new Nongqai article, author Henning van Aswegen recounts how operators of the ANC/SACP tried and failed to sabotage the 1992 CODESA negotiations in Kempton Park, South Africa
Operation Vula – a Deadly Miscalculation

Operation Vula – a Deadly Miscalculation

Henning van Aswegen The article is an extract from Spioenmeesters, published by Kraal Publishers, Pretoria, 2021. Spioenmeesters is available on Amazon.com: Abstract: Operation Vula, insurrection, South African political crossroads, Groote Schuur Minute, Oliver Tambo,...
NONGQAI VOLUME 16, Number 11 – November 2025

NONGQAI VOLUME 16, Number 11 – November 2025

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...
Irregular Forces: Informal, Commercial and Criminal (3) – Helmoed Romer Heitman

Irregular Forces: Informal, Commercial and Criminal (3) – Helmoed Romer Heitman

Irregular Forces: Informal, Commercial, and Criminal Helmoed Römer Heitman Key Words: Helmoed Romer Heitman, Irregular Forces, Guerilla Forces, Protection Forces, Self-armed Forces In addition to the classic guerrilla forces, whether fully irregular or government...
Irregular Forces: Informal, Commercial and Criminal (3) – Helmoed Romer Heitman

IRREGULAR FORCES – STATE-BACKED INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA (2) – Helmoed Römer Heitman

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...