by Hennie Heymans | Jul 23, 2026 | Badges, Collections, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Memorabilia, Military History, Patches, POLICE MEMORIALS IN SOUTH AFRICA, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Medals, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SAP Uniforms, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Memorabilia Abstract This article offers a reflective account of a lifetime devoted to collecting, preserving, and documenting police, military, and cultural memorabilia. The author, now in his eighties, recounts the development of...
by Wolfgang Witschas | Jul 22, 2026 | 1966 Bush War / Coin, Badges, Bush War, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Uniforms, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – SAP Camou South African Police (SAP): Camouflage Uniform: 1968-1994 Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Abstract From 1968 to 1994 the South African Police (SAP) Counter Insurgency Unit (COIN) and the SAP Special Task Force used distinct camouflage...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 22, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1966 Beginning of the Bush War, 1966 Bush War / Coin, 1966 Ongulambashe, Academicians, African Battlegrounds, Deutsch Sûdwest Afrika (DSWA), Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs (RSA), Historical photos, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Ongulambashe, SA Dept of Foreign Affairs, SAP 1939 Nazi's in SWA interned, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP South West Africa Division, SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE [SADF], SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, The World Court, The World Court, The World Court: SWA
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – 1966 Wêreldhofuitspraak SWA Inleiding Suid-Afrika het Suidwes-Afrika – ’n mandaatgebied van die voormalige Volkebond – sedert die einde van die Eerste Wêreldoorlog geadministreer. In 1939 het die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie die gebied binnegegaan om...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 20, 2026 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, Functions of the SA Police, Ministers of Justice / Police / Law & Order, OVSRDM, SAP - CID, SAP 1939 Nazi's in SWA interned, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Koffiefontein, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, Security Branch - Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Wartime Special Branch ("Political Detectives")
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Koffiefontein Abstract This article traces the layered history of Koffiefontein, a Free State town shaped by diamond discovery, military conflict, and evolving systems of law enforcement. Beginning as a vital rest stop for 19th‑century...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 17, 2026 | Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, DMI / AMI, Foreign intelligence services, Generals of the SAP, GRU, Henning van Aswege, Nasionale Intelligensiediens [NI], National Intelligence, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, SA Naval Museum, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Museum - Compol Building Pretoria, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History, Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie [SAP], TRC - Truth and Reconcilliation
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Admiraal Dieter Felix Gerhardt Abstract (English) This article examines the life, espionage activities, and eventual death of Rear Admiral (JG) Dieter Felix Gerhardt, one of the most significant Soviet GRU agents to operate in the Western...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 11, 2026 | Bosletterkunde, Ds Jacobus van Tonder, Nongqai Columns, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Bos- en Grensletterkunde – Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 INLEIDING: LETTERKUNDE UIT DIE BOS – Wanneer ’n Dominee die Oorlog Moes Lees Inleiding deur Hennie Heymans In vandag se wêreld leef alles op ’n slimfoon, maar in die dae van die bosoorlog was daar geen WhatsApps, geen...