Start of the Angola-South Africa Bush War: 1966-1989. Wolfgang Witschas

Start of the Angola-South Africa Bush War: 1966-1989. Wolfgang Witschas

The Start of the Border War (1966 – 1989) and The History of the South African Police (SAP) Counter Insurgency (COIN) Unit Wolfgang Witschas Abstract The Battle of Ongulumbashe (also known as Omugulugwombashe), or Operation Blouwildebees, was a pivotal clash...

Lt-Col Ray Munilall Mathura

Lt-Col Ray Munilall Mathura LIEUTENANT-COLONEL RAY MUNILALL MATHURA: SA POLICE NOGQAI VOL 17 NO 1C Brigadier H Heymans Special Edition Nongqai please! Thank you. Logan Extract Lieutenant-Colonel Ray Munilall Mathura (1937-1993) was a groundbreaking Indian South...

Sarie van Niekerk

Message of Condolence: Sarie Van Niekerk It is with great sadness and deep regret that I learned of the passing of our dear Sarie Van Niekerk. Her loss is deeply felt by all who knew her and by everyone who followed her work. Sarie was the editor of Nongqai –...

Captain Nelson Kabalamurthi Nayager

Captain Nelson Kabalamurthi Nayager Excerpt Captain Nelson Kabalamurthi Nayager (1932–1975) was a pioneering Indian member of the South African Police whose career embodied professionalism, integrity, and resilience during the apartheid era. Joining the force in 1952,...
In Memoriam – Jacob S (Classie) Classen

In Memoriam – Jacob S (Classie) Classen

Abstract: J.S. (Classie) Classen. HULDEBLYK – JS (CLASSIE) CLASSEN † JOHAN MOSTERT Met diepe respek neem ons afskeid van een van ons land se voorste strategiese denkers, ’n visionêre ontleder wie se werk ‘n beduidende bydrae gelewer het om die weg voor te berei vir ‘n...

ROR: Ops Savannah

ROR: Ops Savannah Abstrak Die kort mediaberig in Die Burger van 18 Desember 1975, waarin Minister P.W. Botha die verlenging van nasionale dienspligtiges se dienstyd en die opkoms van sekere burgermageenhede aankondig, het ’n kettingreaksie van logistieke, persoonlike...

Regiment Oranje Rivier (ROR)

Regiment Oranje Rivier (ROR) Gedenkwoord deur ROR se ere-kolonel, kol AP Stemmet REGIMENT ORANJE RIVIER Gedenkwoord deur kol AP Stemmet Kol AP Stemmet en mev Petro Stemmet Interessante berigte in Die Burger oor gebeure van vyftig jaar gelede herinner ons aan die...

Colonel Johnny Govender

Brigadier Heymans Special edition Nongqai please! Thank you. Logan SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE COLONEL JOHNNY GOVENDER A BORDER VETERAN AND AN OFFICER AFTER THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY HE SERVED Cover photo FOREWORD It gives me great pleasure to write this foreword in respect...

Spotted Dog and the German Espionage Networks in Cape Town (1938–1945)

Spotted Dog and the German Espionage Networks in Cape Town (1938–1945) Abstract The iconic Spotted Dog roadhouse in Retreat/Tokai, Cape Town, has for decades been at the centre of a persistent local wartime rumour: that the building was used by German spies during the...

Lieut-Col Sykes G Pillay

Brigadier Hennie Heymans Special Nongqai please! Thank you. Logan SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE A LEGACY OF SERVICE, HONOUR & A BORDER VETERAN BEYOND SELF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SYKES G PILLAY Cover page Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes G Pillay FOREWORD Advocate Karen Pillay,...
How National Security Policy is formulated – Helmoed Romer Heitman

How National Security Policy is formulated – Helmoed Romer Heitman

How National Security Policy is Formulated Nongqai – Helmoed Römer Heitman – January 2, 2026 Abstract: National Security, National Interests, Threat Perception, Threat Analysis, Development of National Security Policy, South Africa, Intelligence Requirements...
Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke: Jeugboeke en Kinderverhale in Afrikaans

Nongqai Skrywers & Boeke: Jeugboeke en Kinderverhale in Afrikaans

Voëls in die Vrystaat vlieg onderstebo Uit Vrystaatstories, uitgegee deur Naledi-uitgewers, 2024. “Is dit waar dat die voëls in die Vrystaat onderstebo kan vlieg, Mossieman? Ek het so ʼn voëltjie hoor fluit op my ou Ramkiekie met net een snaar.” Geronkie die...

Die Agent

Die Agent Abstrak Hierdie vertelling ondersoek die dun, soms onsigbare grens tussen alledaagse akademiese lewe en die skaduwêreld van intelligensie‑werk. Deur die herinneringe aan ’n voormalige kollega — eers ’n betaalde agent, later ’n dosent en uiteindelik ’n...
Operation Vula – a Deadly Miscalculation

Operation Vula – a Deadly Miscalculation

Henning van Aswegen The article is an extract from Spioenmeesters, published by Kraal Publishers, Pretoria, 2021. Spioenmeesters is available on Amazon.com: Abstract: Operation Vula, insurrection, South African political crossroads, Groote Schuur Minute, Oliver Tambo,...

South African Police: Sergeant K Chutterpaul

South African Police Remembering Border Veteran Sergeant Kay Chutterpaul Abstract This tribute honours Sergeant Kay Chutterpaul as a principled, humble, and compassionate police officer whose unwavering dedication marked his service during the turbulent 1970s. Known...
Nesbitt’s Horse Field Intelligence Unit – Wolfgang Witschas

Nesbitt’s Horse Field Intelligence Unit – Wolfgang Witschas

Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Field Intelligence Unit: Nesbitt’s Horse Wolfgang Witschas Abstract Nesbitt’s Horse was an irregular unit raised in the Eastern Cape during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). The corps, about 300 strong, was formed in...

Four Decades of Distinguished Service The Retirement of Colonel D S Naidoo

Four Decades of Distinguished Service: The Retirement of Colonel D S Naidoo Abstract Colonel DS Naidoo retired in December 2024 after nearly 40 years of distinguished service in the South African Police. As Head of Human Resource Management at the eThekwini District...

A Life of Service and Courage Constable Narainsamy Moodley

A Life of Service and Courage Constable Narainsamy Moodley Abstract Nariansamy Moodley joined the South African Police in 1948 and devoted 35 years to safeguarding the communities he served. Beginning his career in Northern Natal and later serving in Sydenham and Cato...

A Woman of Firsts Honouring Lieutenant General Sharon Jephta’s 38-Year Legacy

South African Police A Woman of Firsts Honouring Lieutenant General Sharon Jephta’s 38-Year Legacy Abstract Lieutenant General Sharon Jephta’s career in the South African Police Service reflects a trajectory of exceptional leadership, resilience, and historic...
Skrywers en Boeke – Vrystaatstories

Skrywers en Boeke – Vrystaatstories

Vrystaatstories – Spookasem, Henning van Aswegen ABSTRACT: Children’s fiction stories, Children’s books, Fiction, Short stories for younger children, Stories in Afrikaans for kids, Vrystaatstories, Henning van Aswegen, Spookasem. “Het jy al ‘n perd...

An Autobiography: Lieutenant-Colonel Subramonia Pillai: Dedicated to my beloved wife, Vimla, my star in life

An Autobiography: Lieutenant-Colonel Subramonia Pillai: Dedicated to my beloved wife, Vimla, my star in life Abstract “The life journey of the late Colonel S Pillai, B Proc, (South African Police) is a richly woven biography that reads like a novel, portraying the...

Natal Colony: Pionier African (Zulu) Policemen

Natal Colony: Pionier African (Zulu) Policemen Abstract (English) This photo-article examines the pioneering role of Black policemen in the Durban Borough Police, Pietermaritzburg Borough Police, and the Natal Mounted Police. Recruited largely from strong Zulu men,...
NONGQAI VOLUME 16, Number 11 – November 2025

NONGQAI VOLUME 16, Number 11 – November 2025

Table of Contents/Inhoudsopgawe HOOFARTIKEL: Redaksie Nongqai Matjiesfontein en Genl. Andrew Wauchope Irregular Forces: Informal, Commercial and Criminal (3) Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Von Steinaecker’s Horse Lashkar-e-Taliba [LeT]: The Islamist Jihadist...

Matjiesfontein and General Andrew Wauchope

Matjiesfontein and General Andrew Wauchope Abstract Matjiesfontein was founded in 1884 by the legendary and energetic Scottish railway man, James Douglas Logan. The village established itself as a Victorian health spa and is now well known for its splendid historical...