by Hennie Heymans | Aug 12, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Military History, POW's / Krygsgevangenes, SA Military History, SADF Special Forces, SAP Brigade, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force (1912)
FREDERIK JACOBUS WAGENAAR GELDENHUIS (MM) (MMM) (MID) – WO (UNION DEFENCE FORCE, SA POLICE & SADF – RET) FJW Geldenhuis—Oom Fred: A Tribute to a Quiet Hero Hennie Heymans RSM (Ret) FJW Geldenhuis, affectionately known as Oom Fred, was my friend. When he relocated...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 11, 2025 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, SAP Caprivi, SAP History / Geskiedenis
1971: IN REMEMBRANCE OF FALLEN POLICEMEN IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA: CONSTABLE JJ HENNING AND CONSTABLE WP DOBBIN Deon van Niekerk In June 2024, while photographing graves in the Greytown cemetery for the EGGSA Graves Project, I was asked about the resting place of young...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 11, 2025 | SAP - Durban, SAP Durban, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
“SHOCK TROOPS” IN DURBAN, 1973: PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE OF A HISTORICAL MOMENT “SHOCK TROOPS” IN DURBAN, 1973: PERSOONLIKE HERINNERING VAN ‘n HISTORIESE OOMBLIK Lt-Kol Piet-Patu van Zyl In Januarie 1973 het Durban die brandpunt geword van ’n reeks massiewe...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 11, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, SA Military History, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP King's Rest Durban, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force
CONSTABLE B CELE: SOUTH AFRICAN WW2 VETERAN (UNION DEFENCE FORCE) Moonlight and Memory: A Patrol in the Summer of ’65 Brig Hennie Heymans It was the summer of 1965. We reported for the night shift—21:45 to 06:00 the next morning. Sergeant W. “Tandjies” van der Merwe,...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 8, 2025 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Ultra Regse Rewolusionêre Bedrywighede
RADIKALISERING BINNE AFRIKANER-NASIONALISME: 1707–2011 Hennie Heymans ’n Historiese narratief oor identiteit, wetmatigheid, verset, en ideologiese vorming Inleiding Van 1970 tot ongeveer 1988 het ek as lid van die veiligheidstak op die sogenaamde “blanke lessenaar”...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 6, 2025 | Functions of the SA Police, Republican Intelligence (RI), SAP - CID, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP South West Africa Division, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
MY FATHER THE SPY: AGENT OF THE REPUBLICAN INTELLIGENCE (RI) AND THE BUREAU FOR STATE SECURITY (BFSS): 1964 TO 1978 Wolfgang Witschas Abstract: My father, Herbert Ernst Witschas, worked as an agent for the Republican Intelligence (RI) and the Bureau of State Security...
