THE PIVOT OF AN EMPIRE – Walter Volker

THE PIVOT OF AN EMPIRE – Walter Volker

by | Mar 8, 2026 | 1975–1976 grensoorlog, Africa and Global Power, Africa Strategic Alignments, Angola, Angola, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, IRREGULAR FORCES IN AFRICA, SA Army, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SKRYWERS & BOEKE, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

Walter Volker Abstract: Analysing the Strategic Redirection of Soviet Military Assets from the Afghan Theatre to the Angolan Civil War [1987-1989]. Article by military historian Walter Volker in Nongqai Magazine. Keywords: Soviet Military Assets, Afghanistan, South...
Start of the Angola-South Africa Bush War: 1966-1989. Wolfgang Witschas

Start of the Angola-South Africa Bush War: 1966-1989. Wolfgang Witschas

by | Jan 30, 2026 | Africa Sub-State Fault Lines, African Battlegrounds, Historical photos, History, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, Military History, SA Army, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, South African Air Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE, STRATEGIC STUDIES, Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, SWAPOL, Terrorism in Africa

The Start of the Border War (1966 – 1989) and The History of the South African Police (SAP) Counter Insurgency (COIN) Unit Wolfgang Witschas Abstract The Battle of Ongulumbashe (also known as Omugulugwombashe), or Operation Blouwildebees, was a pivotal clash...
Political Rememberance of South African Border War Veterans – Eben Marè & Dylan Mayers

Political Rememberance of South African Border War Veterans – Eben Marè & Dylan Mayers

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

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

by | 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...

Letters to the Editor: Briewe aan die Redakteur

by | Nov 17, 2025 | Afrikaans Literature in Uniform, National Intelligence, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Nongqai Columns, Nongqai Magazine 2010 - 2025 (e-publication), Pres PW Botha, SA Army, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Staatsveiligheidsraad, Tak Strategiese Kommunikasie (TSK), Tak Strategiese-kommunikasie (TSK)

Letters to the Editor: Briewe aan die Redakteur LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: BRIEWE AAN DIE REDAKTEUR HULDEBLYK AAN A. P. (ADAMUS) STEMMET IN NONGQAI (VOL 16 NO 10D) Piet Cronje Adamus en Petro, Baie dankie vir die pragtige en betekenisvolle huldeblyk van julle lewe en vir...