WW2: TO EVERY MEMBER OF 1 SAP

by | Jun 28, 2025 | 2nd South African Division, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Military History, SA Military History, SAP Brigade, SAP Colours - Vaandel, SAP Commissioners, SAP History / Geskiedenis

WW2: TO EVERY MEMBER OF 1 SAP Brig HB Heymans 1 SAP 2 SA Div 30 Corps Brig FW Cooper, DSO – later honorary Major-General – and in life Quartermaster of the SA Police. Brig Hayton – Brigadier Alexander Alfred Hayton VD DSO (1894 – 1977 (aged 82–83)) was a...

STASIEBEVELVOERDER: SAP ROBERTSON

by | Jun 26, 2025 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, Establishment - Getalsterkte, Ministers of Justice / Police / Law & Order, SAP Commissioners, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP Robertson, Tribute to SAP Members

STASIEBEVELVOERDER: SAP ROBERTSON SAP ROBERTSON: MY EERSTE STASIE AS STASIEBEVELVOERDER Brig Fanie Bouwer Die eerste keer dat ek van Robertson hoor, was ons laaste dag op offisierskursus toe een of ander generaal in die polisiekollege ons nuwe standplase aflees. Ek...

COMMUNITY POLICING IN SOUTH AFRICA – SUCCESSES AND FAILURES (DE WITT COMMITTEE)

by | May 8, 2025 | Public Safety, Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, SAP Commissioners, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

THE DE WITT COMMISSION – COMMUNITY POLICING Abstract:  This article examines the origin, development, and ultimate failure of community policing in South Africa, with specific reference to the De Witt Commission of 1988–1989 and the subsequent establishment of...