by | Feb 10, 2024 | Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis
FIREARMS MISSING? Abstract The loss of firearms in the SAPS is endemic. The problem that started decades ago persists despite a vast number of policies, control measures and threats of severe punishment that face the culprits. This abstract argues that the problem is...
by | Feb 9, 2024 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak
Sedert sy totstandkoming het die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie, wat onlosmaaklik deel van die gemeenskap is, dikwels vasgevang geraak in politieke tweespalt. Deur die geskiedenis heen het die Polisie egter nog altyd wet en orde gehandhaaf, al het elke lid sy eie politieke...
by | Feb 5, 2024 | SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, Archives Posts
Security Branch Origins ABSTRACT: The Career of Detective Head Constable (Detective Warrant Officer) WJ Herbst a founder member of the Security Branch of the 1950’s and prior, he worked under Lt-Col AE Trigger and Lt-Col JAC Reay on the Witwatersrand. KEYWORDS:...
by WPS | Jan 19, 2024 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad (SSVR - SSSC), TIN Teeninsurgensie / COIN
ABSTRACT: Personal experiences, anecdotes, insights and comments from the pen of Brig (Ret) Fanie Bouwer, who served in the uniformed component of the erstwhile South African Police during the turbulent years of internal political strife prior to and during the...
by WPS | Jan 18, 2024 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, TIN Teeninsurgensie / COIN
ABSTRACT: Second extract from NONGQAI’s eBook on the South African Police Security Branch and the armed struggle launched by the SACP/ANC-alliance. This episode highlights the very limited scale of the conflict when compared to other such conflicts that raged in...
by WPS | Jan 16, 2024 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, TIN Teeninsurgensie / COIN
ABSTRACT: In October 1974 a patrol of SA Policemen deployed along the Zambezi River went missing. Trackers were sent in and eventually found that the SAP contingent had bedded down around a small camp fire. They must have taken their clothes off, as naked,...
