1960’s – 1970’s: The Elite Durban Radio Control & Dog Squad

by | Sep 9, 2025 | SAP Caprivi, SAP Dog Unit, SAP Durban, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP Transport & Animals, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Tribute to SAP Members

1960’s – 1970’s: The Elite Durban Radio Control & Dog Squad DURBAN TEL 44562: RADIOBEHEER EN HONDE-EENHEID Durban se Goue Dae – ’n Stasie-haas se Herinnering “Ons het op die skouers van Reuse gestaan.” Hennie Heymans In die skemer van die 1960’s tot begin 70’s...

BEYOND THE UNIFORM: A PERSONAL REFLECTION ON NON-WHITE SAP MEMBERS DURING A TIME OF TRANSITION

by | Aug 16, 2025 | 1992 First Black Brigadier, Non-White SAP Officers, SAP & Apartheid, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP Wentworth (Durban South), SAP Wentworth Training College, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur

BEYOND THE UNIFORM: A PERSONAL REFLECTION ON NON-WHITE SAP MEMBERS DURING A TIME OF TRANSITION English Summary This article offers a personal retrospective by Brigadier HB Heymans on the role and experiences of non-white members of the former South African Police...

“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...

RADIKALISERING BINNE AFRIKANER-NASIONALISME: 1707–2011

by | Aug 8, 2025 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Ultra Regse Rewolusionêre Bedrywighede

RADIKALISERING BINNE AFRIKANER-NASIONALISME: 1707–2011 Hennie Heymans ’n Historiese narratief oor identiteit, wetmatigheid, verset, en ideologiese vorming Inleiding Van 1970 tot ongeveer 1988 het ek as lid van die veiligheidstak op die sogenaamde “blanke lessenaar”...

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...