NONGQAI SPECIAL EDITION CAPTAIN TIGER ELLAPPAN

by | Oct 30, 2025 | Non-White SAP Officers, Roll of Honour - Ererol, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

SPECIAL EDITION – CAPTAIN RAJOO “TIGER” ELLAPPAN A legacy of Dedication and Excellence ABSTRACT: A Special Edition of NONGQAI dedicated to South African Police Captain Rajoo “Tiger” Ellappan (drill and musketry instructor and professional...

Plaque: Natal Police (Colonial) – St Peters Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg

by | Oct 29, 2025 | CULTURE - PRESERVING, Historical photos, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Memory, Natal Police (Colony), Natal Police Memorials, Roll of Honour - Ererol, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP Memorial / SAP Gedenkteken, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, The history of the Nongqai (1907 - 1961)

Plaque: Natal Police (Colonial) – St Peters Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg NATAL POLICE – ST PETERS CATHEDRAL, PIETERMARITZBURG Hennie Heymans This Natal Police (Colonial) plaque was formerly in the St Saviours Cathedral in Pietermaritzburg. Deon van Niekerk...

New Statue of President Paul Kruger Unveiled in Orania on His 200th Birthday

by | Oct 29, 2025 | CULTURE - PRESERVING, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Statute; Pres SJP Kruger (Orania), Statute: Pres SJP Kruger

New Statue of President Paul Kruger Unveiled in Orania on His 200th Birthday Abstract: On 10 October 2025, a precise replica of the iconic statue of President Paul Kruger—originally erected on Church Square in Pretoria—was unveiled in Orania to mark the bicentenary of...
ISRAEL, GAZA, AND THE MORAL LANDSCAPE OF WAR – Peter M. Swanepoel

ISRAEL, GAZA, AND THE MORAL LANDSCAPE OF WAR – Peter M. Swanepoel

by | Oct 28, 2025 | Academicians, and Power - Peter M Swanepoel, INTERNATIONAL TERROR, Nongqai Books & Writers, Nongqai Columns, NONGQAI Publications, SKRYWERS & BOEKE

Peter M Swanepoel Israel, Gaza and the Moral Landscape of War Abstract: Peter M. Swanepoel, Gaza-Israel War, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, History of the Middle East, Israel, the Power Factor in International Relations. A plain-spoken argument about aid, ethics, and...

South African Navy (SAN): Warrior-class Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV)

by | Oct 25, 2025 | Military History, Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV), SA Military History, SA Navy (post 1994), SANDF, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

South African Navy (SAN): Warrior-class Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY (SAN): WARRIOR-CLASS MULTI-MISSION INSHORE PATROL VESSELS (MMIPV) Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas SA Navy Warrior-class MLIPV SAS King Shaka Zulu: Photo by Boitumelo...

Flyday is Officer’s Day

by | Oct 25, 2025 | Marshall Square, Nongqai Afrikaanse Woordeboek Veiligheidstudies, Police Humour, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur

Flyday is Officer’s Day In the days of Marshall Square a Commissioned Officer from Pretoria Head Office visits Chinese Shops in Johannesburg on a Wednesday. A serious subject of Police Corruption told in a humorous fashion. OP ‘N WOENSDAG IN JOHANNESBURG[1] (Chris...
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE CANDIDATE OFFICERS COURSE AT MECHANICAL SCHOOL BENONI 1984

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE CANDIDATE OFFICERS COURSE AT MECHANICAL SCHOOL BENONI 1984

by | Oct 25, 2025 | Non-White SAP Officers, Police Academics, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE CANDIDATE OFFICERS COURSE AT MECHANICAL SCHOOL BENONI 1984 ABSTRACT: In South Africa, during the 1970’s and 80’s, the notion of the police officer being unskilled had to be addressed. This was also being done at the time, internationally, in...
BIOGRAPHY OF ADAMUS (AP) STEMMET THE MAN BEHIND SOUTH AFRICA’S FORMER STATE SECURITY COUNCIL

BIOGRAPHY OF ADAMUS (AP) STEMMET THE MAN BEHIND SOUTH AFRICA’S FORMER STATE SECURITY COUNCIL

by | Oct 22, 2025 | National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, NONGQAI SPECIAL EDITIONS pdf, Pres PW Botha, Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad (SSVR - SSSC), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History, STRATEGIC STUDIES, Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, Tak Strategiese-kommunikasie (TSK)

ADAMUS PAULUS STEMMET: DIE MAN AGTER DIE DESTYDSE STAATSVEILIGHEIDSRAAD ABSTRACT: This Special Edition of Nongqai presents a biography of Adamus (AP) Stemmet the man behind South Africa’s former State Security Council. It contains tributes to the distinguished...

My beginjare in die Mag.

by | Oct 22, 2025 | Misdaadvoorkoming - Crime Prevention, SAP Afdeling: Oos-Rand, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Transport & Animals, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Tribute to SAP Members

My beginjare in die Mag. MY BEGINJARE IN DIE MAG. Daniel Putter Ek is op 1976-01-07 te Boksburg-Noord geattesteer en het die volgende dag as Student Konstabel by Boksburg begin werk. Ek het in Witfield, ongeveer 14km vanaf  Boksburg SAPD, gewoon. Aangesien daar geen...
MAJ GE DIEDERICKS AND THE SAP SPECIAL STAFF DURING WW2

MAJ GE DIEDERICKS AND THE SAP SPECIAL STAFF DURING WW2

by | Oct 22, 2025 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, ESPIONAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, General JC Smuts, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, NONGQAI SPECIAL EDITIONS pdf, SA Military History, SAP - CID, SAP CID Special Staff WW2, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, STRATEGIC STUDIES, Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie [SAP], Tribute to SAP Members, Union Defence Force

MAJOOR GE DIEDERICKS EN DIE SAP “SPESIALE STAF” GEDURENDE WO2 ABSTRACT: This article explores the formation, function, and legacy of the South African Police CID Special Staff, a covert political policing unit established in 1939 under the command of Major...
Die Buro vir Staatsveiligheid (BvS)/Nasionale Intelligensiediens (NI): ’n Unieke verskynsel in die Westerse intelligensiewêreld

Die Buro vir Staatsveiligheid (BvS)/Nasionale Intelligensiediens (NI): ’n Unieke verskynsel in die Westerse intelligensiewêreld

by | Oct 17, 2025 | BfSS NIS, BOOKS / BOEKE, BSV/DIE BURO/BfSS, Inligting- en/of Veiligheidsperspektief, RI/BfSS/NI/NIS/BSV

Johan Mostert Die Buro vir Staatsveiligheid (BvS)/Nasionale Intelligensiediens (NI): ’n Unieke verskynsel in die Westerse intelligensiewêreld Abstrak: Buro vir Staatsveiligheid, BSV, Intelligensiewetenskap in Suid-Afrika, Intelligensie, Nasionale Intelligensiediens...

Duty, Politics, and Retrospection: A Reflection on Security and Accountability Policing and Politics — A Thin Line

by | Oct 16, 2025 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, ESPIONAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, Historical photos, Life Story, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, SAP - CID, SAP Commissioners, SAP Commissioners, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP Medals, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP South West Africa Division, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur

Duty, Politics, and Retrospection: A Reflection on Security and Accountability. Policing and Politics — A Thin Line DUTY, POLITICS, AND RETROSPECTION: A REFLECTION ON SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY: POLICING AND POLITICS — A THIN LINE Brig Hennie Heymans Abstract This...

Colonel George Parson CBE, DSO and BAR

by | Oct 16, 2025 | British South Africa Police (BSAP), Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Foreign Police Forces, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Southern Rhodesia Constaulary

Colonel George Parson CBE, DSO and BAR COLONEL GEORGE PARSON CBE, DSO AND BAR Gerry van Tonder Commanding Officer of the Southern Rhodesia Defence Force from 1929 to 1936, as an officer in the British South Africa Police (BSAP) Colonel George Parson served with...

The Monument of the Forgotten Soldiers of the Cape Coloured Corps: Carnarvon Northern Cape

by | Oct 16, 2025 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, 1966 Beginning of the Bush War, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Military History, SA Cape Corps, SA Military History, SACC - SAKK, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force

The Monument of the Forgotten Soldiers of the Cape Coloured Corps: Carnarvon Northern Cape THE MONUMENT OF THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS OF THE CAPE COLOURED CORPS: CARNARVON NORTHERN CAPE Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Introduction In the small town of Carnarvon in the...

Plig, Politiek en Nabetragting ’n Oordenking oor Veiligheid en Verantwoordbaarheid

by | Oct 15, 2025 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Academicians, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Nongqai Books & Writers, Nongqai Magazine 1907 - 2007, Republican Intelligence (RI), SAP - CID, SAP Commissioners, SAP Commissioners, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Tribute to SAP Members

Plig, Politiek en Nabetragting: ’n Oordenking oor Veiligheid en Verantwoordbaarheid PLIG, POLITIEK EN NABETRAGTING: ’N OORDENKING OOR VEILIGHEID EN VERANTWOORDBAARHEID Hennie Heymans Politie(k): Polisie en Politiek In Nederlands is daar net ’n “k” wat die verskil...
HOW PRETORIA AND MOSCOW SECRETLY COOPERATED TO BUILD MIG-29 ENGINES INTO SAAF MIRAGES

HOW PRETORIA AND MOSCOW SECRETLY COOPERATED TO BUILD MIG-29 ENGINES INTO SAAF MIRAGES

by | Oct 14, 2025 | Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, KGB (Former Russian Intelligence Agency), National Intelligence, NONGQAI SPECIAL EDITIONS pdf, Pretoria Moscow cooperation, SA Air Force, SA Military History, South African Air Force, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History

HOW PRETORIA AND MOSCOW SECRETLY COOPERATED TO BUILD MIG-29 ENGINES INTO SAAF MIRAGES eBook by Kobus de Villiers (the South African team leader) HOE PRETORIA EN MOSKOU IN DIE GEHEIM SAAMGEWERK HET OM MIG-29 ENJINS IN TE BOU IN SALM MIRAGES eBoek deur Kobus de Villiers...

Second Anglo Boer War (1899 – 1902): Town Guards/Forts of Uniondale & Boer Invasion

by | Oct 13, 2025 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Town Guards/Forts of Uniondale & Boer Invasion

Second Anglo Boer War (1899 – 1902): Town Guards/Forts of Uniondale & Boer Invasion SECOND ANGLO BOER WAR (1899 – 1902): TOWN GUARDS/FORTS OF UNIONDALE & BOER INVASION Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Introduction Uniondale is a small town in...

ONS BRING HULDE AAN DIE POLISIE SE LAASTE KOMMISSARIS. EN DIE VROU AGTER HOM ANS VAN DER MERWE.

by | Oct 13, 2025 | SAP Commissioners, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Tribute to SAP Members

ONS BRING HULDE AAN DIE POLISIE SE LAASTE KOMMISSARIS. EN DIE VROU AGTER HOM ANS VAN DE MERWE. ONS BRING HULDE AAN DIE SA POLISIE SE LAASTE KOMMISSARIS EN DIE VROU AGTER HOM, ANS VAN DE MERWE. Sarie van Niekerk en Zelda Conradie. Agter elke suksesvolle man staan ‘n...

If the Legs Look Like This… What About the Mind? Moral Injury and Spiritual Trauma Among SAP Veterans

by | Oct 10, 2025 | Bush War, Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, Moral Injury, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Police Psychology, Revolutionary Warfare, SAP Chaplains - SAP Kapelane, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur

If the Legs Look Like This… What About the Mind? Moral Injury and Spiritual Trauma Among SAP Veterans IF THE LEGS LOOK LIKE THIS… WHAT ABOUT THE MIND? MORAL INJURY AND SPIRITUAL TRAUMA AMONG SAP VETERANS Executive Summary (English) Title: If the Legs Look Like This…...

South African Commonwealth War Casualties Buried Across the World – Part Ninety-Three.

by | Oct 8, 2025 | Military History, South African Commonwealth War casualties buried across the World –, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force (1912)

South African Commonwealth War Casualties Buried Across the World – Part Ninety-Three. SOUTH AFRICAN COMMONWEALTH WAR CASUALTIES BURIED ACROSS THE WORLD – PART NINETY-THREE. By Captain (SAN) Charles Ross (SA Navy Retired) South Africans participated in almost every...

HONOURING WARRANT OFFICER (AROO / WILLIAM) ARUMUGAM MOODLEY: A LIFETIME OF DEDICATION AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

by | Oct 7, 2025 | SAP - Durban, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Tribute to SAP Members

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE HONOURING WARRANT OFFICER (AROO / WILLIAM) ARUMUGAM MOODLEY: A LIFETIME OF DEDICATION AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Warrant Officer (Aroo / William) Arumugam Moodley is a beacon of integrity, courage, and commitment in the South African Police...

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 WIDELY PRAISED POLICE HANDLING OF THE 1973 DURBAN STRIKES

THE WIDELY PRAISED POLICE HANDLING OF THE 1973 DURBAN STRIKES

by | Oct 1, 2025 | 1960 Cato Manor - Murder of 9 SAP-members, 1960 Murder of SAP members in Cato Manor, BfSS NIS, Departement van Buitelandse Sake, General JC Smuts, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Police Diplomacy, Pres PW Botha, SAP & Apartheid, SAP Durban, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SAP Soweto, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie [SAP], Tribute to SAP Members, Wachthuis

THE REASONS BEHIND THE WIDELY PRAISED POLICE HANDLING OF THE 1973 DURBAN STRIKES by Dr Willem Steenkamp (Political scientist & retired ambassador, lawyer, and intelligence analyst) ABSTRACT: The informed, sympathetic, and restrained manner in which the South...

South African Police Service: Lieutenant-Colonel Rukahia Bibi Khan: A Woman of Indomitable Spirit

by | Sep 30, 2025 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SAPS Personalities, SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE, WOMEN IN UNIFORM

South African Police Service: Lieutenant-Colonel Rukahia Bibi Khan: A Woman of Indomitable Spirit SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL RUKAHIA BIBI KHAN A WOMAN OF INDOMITABLE SPIRIT By Col Logan Govender Khan graduated with Bachelor of Administration with...

The Tale of the Two Statues in Durban

by | Sep 29, 2025 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, 1906 Bambatha Rebellion (Natal), Dinuzulu_KaCetshwayo, Gen Louis Botha, Gen Louis Botha, SA Military History, Statute: Gen Louis Botha (Durban), Statute: King Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo

The Tale of the Two Statues in Durban THE TALE OF THE TWO STATUES IN DURBAN Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Introduction In the city of Durban in the province of KwaZulu Natal, on the corner of King Dinuzulu Road (formerly Berea Road) and Julius Nyerere Street (formerly...

VF+ Condemns Vandalism of Kruger Statue Ensemble at Church Square in Pretoria

by | Sep 29, 2025 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Crime in South Africa (post 1994), CULTURE - PRESERVING, Public Safety, SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE, Statute: Pres SJP Kruger

VF+ Condemns Vandalism of Kruger Statue Ensemble at Church Square in Pretoria Synopsis VF+ Condemns Vandalism of Kruger Statue Ensemble at Church Square in Pretoria The Freedom Front Plus (VF+) in Gauteng has expressed outrage over the vandalism of the Kruger statue...

South African Police: Lieutenant Kathavarayen Rajgopaul: A Dedicated and Hardworking Officer

by | Sep 22, 2025 | SAP - CID, SAP Durban, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

South African Police: Lieutenant Kathavarayen Rajgopaul: A Dedicated and Hardworking  Officer SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE LIEUTENANT KATHAVARAYEN RAJGOPAUL A DEDICATED AND HARDWORKING OFFICER Kathavarayen Rajgopaul as a young constable dressed in black uniform during the...