SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE: LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SUBRAMONIA PILLAI PIONEER, LEADER, ROLE MODEL AND GREATEST LEGEND

by | Oct 7, 2025 | Life Story, SAP - Durban, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SUBRAMONIA PILLAI PIONEER, LEADER, ROLE MODEL AND GREATEST LEGEND Colonel Subramonia Pillai (1927–1982) was a pioneering Indian South African police officer whose distinguished service and trailblazing career broke through the...

The Daisy Spy Ring: About Maj Craig Michael Williamson (RS 167) and his Clandestine Overseas Operation of how the SA Communist Party was infiltrated locally and abroad during the Cold War.

by | Sep 13, 2025 | Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, Coup d’Etat, ESPIONAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, Life Story, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Republican Intelligence (RI), Resensies: Nuwe Boeke, SAP Durban, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP South West Africa Division, SKRYWERS & BOEKE, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

The Daisy Spy Ring: About Maj Craig Michael Williamson (RS 167) and his Clandestine Overseas Operation of how the SA Communist Party was infiltrated locally and abroad during the Cold War. THE DAISY SPY RING: CRAIG WILLIAMSON (RS 167) AND HIS CLANDESTINE  OPERATIONS...

“SHOCK TROOPS” IN DURBAN, 1973: PERSOONLIKE HERINNERING VAN ‘n HISTORIESE OOMBLIK

by | 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...

OOM BOKKIE, DIE TANNIETJIE EN OUWÊRELDSE RESPEKTE

by | Jul 29, 2025 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Police Academics, SAP Brigade, SAP Depot / College ) Pretoria West, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities

OOM BOKKIE, DIE TANNIETJIE EN OUWÊRELDSE RESPEKTE * (Chris Botha) Kaptein NM Breedt “‘n Doppie vir ‘n man, en ‘n doppie vir ‘n dame asseblief ‘sant Boorap”, sê die waardige ou man. Met onteenseglike gesag maar ook met baie respek. Die waardige het in die...

1962: SAP COLLEGE TRAINING

by | Jul 4, 2025 | 1962 South African Police College: "Its the toughest training in the world", Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, Police Academics, SAP Chaplains - SAP Kapelane, SAP College, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie [SAP], Tribute to SAP Members

1962: SAP COLLEGE TRAINING 1962: SAP COLLEGE TRAINING: “ITS THE TOUGHEST COURSE IN THE WORLD!” Maj – Gen LG Snyman-Collection (via HB Heymans) Introduction Mr Johannes Snyman, son of the late Maj-Gen Snyman, presented me with some of his father’s photos, newspaper...