Duty, Politics, and Retrospection: A Reflection on Security and Accountability Policing and Politics — A Thin Line

by | Oct 16, 2025 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, ESPIONAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, Historical photos, Life Story, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, SAP - CID, SAP Commissioners, SAP Commissioners, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP Medals, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP South West Africa Division, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur

Duty, Politics, and Retrospection: A Reflection on Security and Accountability. Policing and Politics — A Thin Line DUTY, POLITICS, AND RETROSPECTION: A REFLECTION ON SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY: POLICING AND POLITICS — A THIN LINE Brig Hennie Heymans Abstract This...

Plig, Politiek en Nabetragting ’n Oordenking oor Veiligheid en Verantwoordbaarheid

by | Oct 15, 2025 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Academicians, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Nongqai Books & Writers, Nongqai Magazine 1907 - 2007, Republican Intelligence (RI), SAP - CID, SAP Commissioners, SAP Commissioners, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Tribute to SAP Members

Plig, Politiek en Nabetragting: ’n Oordenking oor Veiligheid en Verantwoordbaarheid PLIG, POLITIEK EN NABETRAGTING: ’N OORDENKING OOR VEILIGHEID EN VERANTWOORDBAARHEID Hennie Heymans Politie(k): Polisie en Politiek In Nederlands is daar net ’n “k” wat die verskil...

South African Police: Lieutenant Kathavarayen Rajgopaul: A Dedicated and Hardworking Officer

by | Sep 22, 2025 | SAP - CID, SAP Durban, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

South African Police: Lieutenant Kathavarayen Rajgopaul: A Dedicated and Hardworking  Officer SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE LIEUTENANT KATHAVARAYEN RAJGOPAUL A DEDICATED AND HARDWORKING OFFICER Kathavarayen Rajgopaul as a young constable dressed in black uniform during the...

Parole: An Anecdote about Brig Piet Byleveld by Chris Botha

by | Sep 17, 2025 | Detection of Crime, Detectives / Speurders, Life Story, Parole, SAP - CID, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE, Tribute to SAP Members

Parole: An Anecdote about Brig Piet Byleveld by Chris Botha PAROOL Chris Botha “Ek is steeds seker hy was by nog moorde betrokke. Ons sal dit nog uitvind, ons moet net lank genoeg lewe …”. Aan die woord is Piet Byleveld. Ons sit in die Duine, op die grondpad na...

MY FATHER THE SPY: AGENT OF THE REPUBLICAN INTELLIGENCE (RI) AND THE BUREAU FOR STATE SECURITY (BFSS): 1964 TO 1978

by | 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...

1938: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE DOG MASTERS IN THE PALESTINE POLICE

by | Jul 17, 2025 | 1938 - SAP in Palestine, Functions of the SA Police, Palestine Police service, SAP - CID, SAP Dogmasters (CID), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities

1938: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE DOG MASTERS IN THE PALESTINE POLICE By Brig HB Heymans Introduction The Palestine Police Force was a British colonial service established in Mandatory Palestine on 1 July 1920, under High Commissioner Sir Herbert Samuel. Composed of Jewish,...