by WPS | Feb 7, 2025 | South African Intelligence History, BfSS NIS, Life Story, RI/BfSS/NI/NIS/BSV, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Staatsveiligheidsraad
ABSTRACT: The late Dr LD (Niël) Barnard, who served as director-general of South Africa’s National Intelligence Service during the turbulent 1980’s, remains a controversial figure – seen by some as a condescending, self-aggrandising egoist, whilst lauded by others as...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jan 4, 2025 | BfSS NIS, Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, Historical photos, Life Story, Local South African Police Forces, Police Psychology, Public Safety, RI/BfSS/NI/NIS/BSV, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad (SSVR - SSSC), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History
Ontploffing op Johannesburg-stasie – 1964 In 1964 neem die ANC-SAKP se rewolusie geweldadige afmetings aan met ‘n gewetenlose aanval in Johannesburg op onskuldige lede van die algemene publiek. ’n Ondergrondse organisasie, bekend as die ARM, het intussen...
by WPS | Apr 22, 2024 | SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
ABSTRACT: S A Police Security Branch Series Part 4 – the fourth extract from NONGQAI’s eBook on the South African Police Security Branch and the armed struggle launched by the SACP/ANC-alliance. This chapter explores who and what the typical Security Branch...
by WPS | Apr 11, 2024 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, BfSS NIS, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History
ABSTRACT: South African Police a case of so few owed so much yet scorned; an analysis of how tiny the South African Police force in reality was by international standards, also given the vast territory they had to cover and their onerous new work-load regarding...
by WPS | Apr 5, 2024 | BfSS NIS, RI/BfSS/NI/NIS/BSV, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, South African Intelligence History
ABSTRACT: Revealing article by John Fullerton in NOW! magazine, October 1979, about the “quiet coup d’etat against PM John Vorster in 1978, which Fullerton attributes to a group of generals in the South African Defence Force, stemming from an inter-departmental power...
