by Hennie Heymans | Sep 9, 2026 | Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, Diamant- en Goudtak, Diamond & Gold Branch (CID), IDB (Illicit Diamond Buying), Murder of Diamond Detectives, Polisie-optrede, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (19) W/O Flip Olivier: Diamond Branch: Bloemhof Excerpt Warrant Officer Phillip “Flip” Olivier, a respected SAP diamond‑branch detective from Bloemhof, was fatally shot during a sting operation near Christiana, an event that deeply affected the...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 9, 2026 | Diamant- en Goudtak, Diamond & Gold Branch (CID), Humour in the SAP, IDB (Illicit Diamond Buying), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (18) Die diamantspeurder wat amper sy eie troue verpas het Excerpt A diamond sleuth nearly missed his own wedding when a last‑minute breakthrough pulled him back into the chase. Abstract (English) This story follows a dedicated diamond...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 1, 2026 | Diamant- en Goudtak, Diamond & Gold Branch (CID), IDB (Illicit Diamond Buying), SAP - CID, SAP Commissioners, SAP Head Office (Wachthuis - Pretoria), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Tribute to SAP Members
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (9) SAP Diamant- en Goudtak SA POLISIE: DIAMANT- EN GOUDTAK Lt-kol VE “Vel” Kruger (jnr) Die artikel “Ou Grootwiel”: https://www.nongqai.org/ou-grootwiel-alexanderbaai-nongqai-vol-17-no-6/ het betrekking. Diamant- en Goudtak –...
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 | Mar 17, 2026 | IDB (Illicit Diamond Buying), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Diamanttak PAP, KAIINGS EN DIE POLISIE Ron Jones I was 13… 14 years old… somewhere around there sometime in the mid 60’s. My mom worked at the Mint in Pretoria, was it in Andries St …? Anyway, one of her colleagues invited me to come and spend...
