THE BUREAU FOR STATE SECURITY AS SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGAN

DIE BURO VIR STAATSVEILIGHEID AS SUID-AFRIKA SE EERSTE SENTRALE INTELLIGENSIE-VERWERKINGSDIENS Dr. Willem Steenkamp ABSTRACT: South Africa’s Bureau for State Security BfSS, founded in 1969, was its first central intelligence agency and though it supposedly was...
Dr LD (NIëL) BARNARD – AN APPRECIATION

Dr LD (NIëL) BARNARD – AN APPRECIATION

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...
Niël Barnard was ‘n baanbreker en onderhandelaar, maar eerstens ‘n gesinsman en intelligensieman

Niël Barnard was ‘n baanbreker en onderhandelaar, maar eerstens ‘n gesinsman en intelligensieman

Johan Mostert & Jan-Jan Joubert Een van die grondleggers van die Suid-Afrikaanse demokrasie en moderne intelligensiedienste, Niël Barnard, is Maandagoggend in die ouderdom van 75 jaar oorlede. Jan-Jan Joubert en Johan Mostert neem bestek op van sy bydrae tot...
S.A. POLICE SECURITY BRANCH SERIES #3

S.A. POLICE SECURITY BRANCH SERIES #3

ABSTRACT: Third extract from NONGQAI’s eBook on the South African Police Security Branch and the armed struggle launched by the SACP/ANC-alliance. This episode explains the complex history of South Africa’s internal conflict. Was “Apartheid” South Africa uniquely...
Intelligence and National Security Management System in South Africa

Intelligence and National Security Management System in South Africa

ABSTRACT:  As part of a new series in Nongqai, the South African Forces History Magazine, entitled “The Men Speak”, its editor-in-chief, retired Police Brigadier Hennie Heymans, shares his personal insights into the period 1964 to 1993 within the South African Police...
NONGQAI SERIES : The men speak : Brig Hennie Heymans

NONGQAI SERIES : The men speak : Brig Hennie Heymans

ABSTRACT: Introducing Nongqai magazine’s new series of eyewitness recollections and insights titled: “The Men Speak” about the security and intelligence sphere during the last decades of white rule in South Africa. KEYWORDS: South Africa; Apartheid; national security;...