by Hennie Heymans | Jul 24, 2026 | Cryptology, SAKSA, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Potchefstroom, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP Wes-Transvaal (Potchfstroom), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Kriptografie Abstract This article recounts the professional journey of Ida Steyn, who began working at the SAP/SAPS Security Branch in Potchefstroom in 1986 and later qualified as a cryptographer through the highly classified SAKSA training...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jul 24, 2026 | SAPS Personalities, SAPS Training, South Africa, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Women in Blue, WOMEN IN UNIFORM
KORT BIOGRAFIE VAN JÕA GROENEWALD IDA STEYN Ek het in 1981 gematrikuleer te Hoërskool Bothaville. In 1982 het ek n Sekratarieël in Regte kursus te Technikon OVS gedoen vir die jaar. Daarna is ek terug Bothaville toe en het my grootmens loopbaan afgeskop as klerk te...
by WPS | Jul 23, 2026 | 1976 Soweto Riots / Soeto-onluste, Koevoet, Military History, National Intelligence, Nongqai Books, NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND TECHNOLOGY, Operasie Savannah, Pres PW Botha, Race Based Laws, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Dept of Foreign Affairs, SAP - Durban, SAP & Apartheid, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, Situation Room - State President, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History, Staatsveiligheidsraad, STRATEGIC STUDIES, Tak Nasionale Vertolking (TNV)
South Africa’s Transition What Really Happened and Why FREE eBOOK SOUTH AFRICA’S TRANSITION WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AND WHY By Dr Willem Steenkamp Abstract This foreword introduces a comprehensive eBook by Dr Willem Steenkamp that examines South Africa’s negotiated...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 23, 2026 | ABS - ISU, Medal - proposed, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 no 7 – Proposed Riot Medal Abstract This article discusses the proposal for a commemorative medal intended to honour members of the Internal Stability Division and Riot Units who served between 1976 and 1994 during one of the most volatile periods in...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 23, 2026 | JUSTICE, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Witnesses in Court & Commissions
Nongqai vol 17 No 7 – Professionele getuie Abstract This article reflects on the nature of truth, deception, and credibility in courtrooms, commissions of inquiry, and everyday human interaction. Drawing on personal experience, the author examines how witnesses—both...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 23, 2026 | Badges, Collections, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Memorabilia, Military History, Patches, POLICE MEMORIALS IN SOUTH AFRICA, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Medals, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SAP Uniforms, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Memorabilia Abstract This article offers a reflective account of a lifetime devoted to collecting, preserving, and documenting police, military, and cultural memorabilia. The author, now in his eighties, recounts the development of...
