FULL REPORT AND TRANSCRIPT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ARMED FORCES HEARING, TRUTH AND RECONCILLIATION COMMISSION, 9 OCTOBER 1997

FULL REPORT AND TRANSCRIPT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ARMED FORCES HEARING, TRUTH AND RECONCILLIATION COMMISSION, 9 OCTOBER 1997

by | Jun 9, 2025 | Military History, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Public Safety, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SADF Special Forces, SAP Commissioners, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad (SSVR - SSSC), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

Introduction and Context: A de facto declaration of war. On 2 November 1961, a secret meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) took place in a rented house in Emmerentia, Johannesburg. The purpose of the meeting, which was attended...

SAAF HELICOPTERS AS FORCE MULTIPLIERS LT GEN DJ EARP

by | Apr 23, 2025 | Defence, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Koevoet, Military History, Operation "K", POW's / Krygsgevangenes, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, South African Air Force, South African Air Force in Korea

SAAF HELICOPTERS AS FORCE MULTIPLIERS: LT GEN DENIS JOHN EARP, SSA, SD, SOE, SAAF (RETIRED) Abstract On 26 April 2011 Brig Hennie Heymans interviewed Lt-Gen DJ Earp on the use of SAAF-helicopters as a force multiplier in counterinsurgency operations and their use by...

MICHAEL COENRAAD BOTHA: MISSING SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE (SAAF) PILOT’S REMAINS FOUND IN KOREA

by | Apr 8, 2025 | Military History, SA War Graves / SA Oorlogsgrafte, South African Air Force, South African Air Force in Korea

MICHAEL COENRAAD BOTHA: MISSING SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE (SAAF) PILOT’S REMAINS FOUND IN KOREA Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Abstract The remains of a South African Air Force pilot who died in Korea during 1953 has been located and positively been identified by...
Dr LD (NIëL) BARNARD – AN APPRECIATION

Dr LD (NIëL) BARNARD – AN APPRECIATION

by | Feb 7, 2025 | South African Intelligence History, BfSS NIS, Life Story, RI/BfSS/NI/NIS/BSV, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Staatsveiligheidsraad

ABSTRACT: The late Dr LD (Niël) Barnard, who served as director-general of South Africa’s National Intelligence Service during the turbulent 1980’s, remains a controversial figure – seen by some as a condescending, self-aggrandising egoist, whilst lauded by others as...