by Henning van Aswegen | 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...
by Henning van Aswegen | 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...
by Henning van Aswegen | 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...
by Hennie Heymans | 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...
by David Blyth | Jul 25, 2025 | SA Army, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Eulogy Maj Gen Lou Oosthuizen SD, SM, MMM (SA Army) “Oosie”: A Tribute by Brig Gen Tony Savides (SA Army, Retired) I am deeply saddened by his passing, but I am also humbled that it had been my privilege to have known him, to have worked with him, learnt...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 12, 2025 | Historical photos, 1960 Cato Manor - Murder of 9 SAP-members, 1966 Bush War / Coin, 1966 Ongulambashe, BOOKS / BOEKE, Cape Mounted Police, Life Story, Military History, Ministers of Justice / Police / Law & Order, Natal Police (Colony), OVSRDM, Paul Els (military author), Republican Intelligence (RI), SA Army, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SAP Brigade, SAP Colours - Vaandel, SAP Commissioners, SAP Durban, SAP Helicopters, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Mobile Unit - Port Natal, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP Transkei Division (Pre-Independence from the RSA), Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad (SSVR - SSSC), South African Air Force, South African Constabulary, South African Medals, Staatsveiligheidsraad, Tribute to SAP Members
ONGULAMBASHE DIE SLAG VAN ONGULAMBASHE: 26 AUGUSTUS 1966 Paul Els & Hennie Heymans Inleiding: Die Slag Van Ongulambashe: 26 Augustus 1966 Hennie Heymans Die “Slag van Ongulambashe” het nie sommer uit die bloute ontstaan, asof ’n towerfeetjie haar towerstaffie...
