by Hennie Heymans | Aug 6, 2026 | Generals of the SAP, Humour in the SAP, Roll of Honour - Ererol, SAP - CID, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Krugersdorp, SAP Pretoria Central & Barracks, SAP Pretoria West, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Genl Jan Grobbelaar: Speurstories Herinneringe aan Brig. Jan Grobbelaar en Ander Speurstories Deur Barry Taylor Soos baie van julle weet, het ek en Brigadier Jan (Kleinjan) Grobbelaar altyd ’n goeie verhouding gehad. Hy kon soms kort van draad...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 5, 2026 | Generaalsklub, Generals of the SAP, SANAB, SAP - CID, SAP - Durban, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP Head Office (Wachthuis - Pretoria), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, Security Branch - Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Tribute to SAP Members
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Genl Basie Smit LT.GENL. BASIE SMIT Deur lt-genl Johan Ferreira Geagte vriende, Ons ken almal vir lt.genl. SJJ “Basie” Smit en baie van ons het nog gedien toe hy ‘n leiersrol in verskeie hoedanighede in die SAP beklee het. Hy was op sy tyd een...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 5, 2026 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, SAP - CID, SAP History / Geskiedenis
Nongqai Vol 18 No 8 – Brief van Thailand Brief van Thailand Lt Barry Taylor Môre almal Ek word nie sommer diep geraak deur moorde nie, maar hierdie een — die saak met die twee pragtige kinders — het my ontstel. In my lewe was daar drie moorde wat my nog altyd bybly,...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 4, 2026 | 1947 Royal Visit, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Col WB Lansdell Short Biography: Colonel William Butler Lansdell (South African Police) William Butler Lansdell: A Family Tribute and an Unfolding Police History Via Hennie Heymans The Nongqai regularly receives enquiries about former members of...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 4, 2026 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, ABS - ISU, SAP Afdeling: Oos-Rand, SAP Springs, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Unit 6
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – War in Peace: ISU East Rand WAR IN PEACE: THE STORY OF THE MEN WHO POLICED A COUNTRY AT WAR WITH ITSELF Sgt Nick Howarth Abstract War in Peace: The Truth About the South African Police’s East Rand Riot Unit, 1986–1994 by Sgt Nick Howarth is a...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 4, 2026 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Spying in Cyprus British-Azerbaijani man arrested in Cyprus over alleged spying on UK airbase for Iran Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas RAF base Akrotiri Cyprus Abstract A man, of dual British and Azerbaijani nationality is being was arrested on 17...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 4, 2026 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Spioenkop Abstract This chapter examines the Battle of Spioenkop (23–24 January 1900), one of the most decisive and tragic engagements of the Second Boer War. It outlines the British capture and subsequent loss of the summit due to poor...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 4, 2026 | Police Dog Unit / Honde-eenheid, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Hondeskool Kwaggaspoort, SAP Speurhonde, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai vol 17 No 8 – Hondemanne: Tollie Vreugdenburg GESOEK: LEDE VAN DIE HONDE-EENHEID Kol Tollie Vreugdenburg Goeie dag al die oud- en huidige Hondemanne . Ek is oud-Kol Tollie Vreugdenburg, op pensioen na 43 jaar se werk. Ek het deel geword van ‘n klein film...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 3, 2026 | Nuusbrief (SASPOL) Spesiale Taakmag, SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Spesiale Taakmag: SA Spoorwegpolisie
NUUSBRIEF NO 4 04/2025 15 Junie 2025 Kontakbesonderhede Voorsitter: +27 82 324 6636 Onder-Voorsitter: +27 83 212 6778 Beskermheer: +27 82 411 7836 Strategies: +27 83 469 7969 Projekte: +27 82 862 1046 Bestuur Voorsitter: Hein Crocker Onder-Voorsitter: Philip Schutte...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 3, 2026 | "Veterane Tree Aan!" - Pretoria FM, BfSS NIS, Historical photos, Military Personalities, Nasionale Intelligensiediens [NI], SA Army, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SA Railways Police - Special Task Force, SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SADF Special Forces, Sekretariaat van die Staatsveiligheidsraad (SSVR - SSSC), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Veterane Tree Aan: Menere Lamprecht & Lotriet DIE WÊRELD IS KLEIN: ONTMOETING TUSSEN GENL-MAJ DP LAMPRECHT EN MNR JOHAN LOTRIET BY PRETORIA FM Hennie Heymans Vlnr: Brig Hennie Heymans, Mnr Johan Lotriet en Genl-maj Dan Lamprecht As sameroeper...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 1, 2026 | 18338 Bloukrans, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Cape Mounted Police, Cape Police (Pre-1910), Court Houses / Hofkantore, Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, Durban City Police, JOHAN MOSTERT, Johanna van der Merwe, JUSTICE, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colony), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Pietermaritzburg, SAP Pietermaritzburg (Loop Street & Central), SAP Springs, SAP Wentworth (Durban South), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Tribute to SAP Members, VOORTREKKERS
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Maandbrief: Potpourrie Abstract (English) This month’s letter weaves together South African history, policing heritage, personal memoir, and spiritual reflection. It opens with the remarkable story of Johanna van der Merwe — “a Voortrekker...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 1, 2026 | 1988: Forensiese Wetenskaplike Laboratorium (FWL) Silverton, Ballistics / Ballistiek, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Tribute to SAP Members
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Wollie word 80 Wollie Wolmarans word 80 Hennie Heymans Op Donderdag 30 Julie 2026 het Wollie Wolmarans van die polisie se Forensiese Wetenskap Laboratorium, Afdeling Ballistiek, sy 80ste verjaarsdag gevier by die IPA Nongqai‑tak in Kilnerpark,...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 1, 2026 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, 1982 - 10th Anniversary of Women Police, Polisiedame - 'n Roos, Tribute to SAP Members, Women Police
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Die roos Polisiedame Abstract (English) This article by Ida Steyn recounts the creation of the Polisiedame, a rose, a unique yellow rose cultivated to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the appointment of the first women in the South African...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 1, 2026 | Africa and Global Power, Africa and the 21st Century, Mali, Private Security, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai vol 17 No 8 – Mali: Piet van Zyl SEKERHEIDSWERK IN MALI (NOORD-AFRIKA) Kol Piet “Walk-Tall” van Zyl Die plan is beslis nie volgens skaal nie – maar verstrek darem ‘n idee waar Mali is. Ek het na my kontrak met Heritage Oil terug gekeer na SA en was van plan om...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 1, 2026 | BfSS NIS, Bureau for Information (Dr E Rhoodie), Foreign Affairs (RSA), Foreign intelligence services, INTELLIGENSIE-PERSOONLIKHEDE, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Pretoria, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Suspected Spy Abstract This brief note refers to a 1974 Rand Daily Mail report in which Dr Eschel Rhoodie denied allegations that he or his department had any dealings with a suspected spy. The piece highlights the political sensitivity of the...
by Wolfgang Witschas | Aug 1, 2026 | Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), China - Ministry of State Security (MSS), Espionage - NATO, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Foreign intelligence services, Foreign Police Forces, NATO (NAVO), Royal Canadian Mounted Police, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Spying at NATO Abstract A Canadian woman of Chinese origin has been arrested for allegedly spying while working as an intern at the military headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance (Nato), according to Belgian...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 1, 2026 | National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Donald Trump (President: USA), STRATEGIC STUDIES, United States - Foreign Policy
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Trump se Buitelandsebeleid Summary (English) The article evaluates Donald Trump’s understanding of foreign‑policy principles during his second presidential term, beginning in January 2025. It explains how his America First approach reshaped the...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jul 31, 2026 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Africa Strategic Alignments, GLOBALISM AND AFRICA, History, INTERNATIONAL TERROR, Israel
Table of Contents/Inhoudsopgawe Redaksie, Nongqai KAPELAAN SE MAANDABOODSKAP; Ds. JACOBUS VAN TONDER. BOS- EN GRENSLETTERKUNDE Bos- en Grensletterkunde – Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 NONGQAI VOLUME 17, Nr. 7. Julie/July 2026. CAPTAIN CATHERINE NAIDOO – Logan Govender...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jul 31, 2026 | CULTURE - PRESERVING, Academicians, Nongqai Afrikaanse Woordeboek Veiligheidstudies, NONGQAI BOEKE, Nongqai Books, Nongqai Books & Writers
AFRIKANERMAN – Vasgevang Tussen Onthou en Herontdek ‘n Splintenuwe boek deur Mart-Marié Uys Webwerf: afrikanerman.co.za Vir navrae en bestellings, kontak Wilma de Bruin by media@afrikanerman.co.za. AFRIKANERMAN is eerste wetenskaplike ondersoek na die...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jul 30, 2026 | Henning van Aswege, INTELLIGENSIE-PERSOONLIKHEDE, JOHAN MOSTERT, KULTURELE IDENTITEIT/CULTURAL IDENTITY
Johan MOSTERT – Afrikaner en Suid-Afrikaner Sleutelwoorde/Key Words: South Africa, Culture, Political and Cultural Debate, Value-based culture, political polarisation. ABSTRACT: Should South Africa search for a new value-based cultural and political system to...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 28, 2026 | Crime Intelligence, Detectives / Speurders, Excellent service, Farm Murders, Military History, National Intelligence, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, SA Military History, SA Navy (post 1994), SANDF, SAPS Personalities, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History, SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE, Staatsbou - State building, Under cover police officials
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7E – Col J “Tollie” Vreugdenburg Short Summary of the Case Bradley Stanford Morris, a South African Navy Captain serving within Defence Intelligence, was convicted for illegally disclosing classified military information. He pleaded guilty to...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jul 28, 2026 | Defence, ESPIONAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, Foreign intelligence services, Henning van Aswege, NONGQAI BOEKE, Nongqai Books & Writers
The Traitor of Simonstown ABSTRACT: Dieter Felix Gerhardt was a commodore in the South African Navy [SAN], commander of the Simonstown Naval Base, and from 1963 to 1983, an inimical Russian spy. Key Words: Espionage, South Africa, GRU, DST, SA Navy, Dieter Felix...
by Wolfgang Witschas | Jul 28, 2026 | 1 SWA Specialist Unit, 1975–1976 grensoorlog, Angola, Angola, Animals & Mascots, Horses & Motorbikes in Bush War, Military History, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South West African Territorial Force (SWATF), South West African Territorial Force (SWATF)
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – 1SWA Spes Abstract 1 SWA Specialist Unit, or 1 SWASpes, was a unique South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) counter-insurgency unit during the Border War. Formed in 1977 as 101 Specialist Unit in Oshivelo (in 1980 became part of the SWATF),...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jul 27, 2026 | NONGQAI Publications, Afrikaans Literature in Uniform, Nongqai Books, Nongqai Books & Writers, SKRYWERS & BOEKE
VRYSTAATSTORIES, UITGEGEE DEUR NALEDI-UITGEWERS: https://naledi.co.za Die Donkie-hofsaak ‘‘Ek is gedagvaar om in die Vrystaatse rondgaandehof te verskyn, Mossieman’ kla Geronkie die Donkie al kouende aan ‘n Vrystaatse mieliestronk . ‘As getuie. Een of ander skelm...
by Logan Govender | Jul 25, 2026 | SAP Black Members, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Members of Coloured decent / Bruin-lede, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SAP Personalities, SAP Rank Structure, SAP Seperate Development, SAP Uniforms, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Tribute to SAP Members
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7D – Sergeant’s Ranks Brigadier Hennie Heymans Special Edition Nongqai please ! Thank you. Logan Cover page Key Words South African Police, Subramonia Pillai, JR David, VR Moodley, Soobramoney Govender, Sergeant ranks, Non-White members, Police...
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 Joan Swart | Jul 24, 2026 | Defence Policy and Strategy, Energy Security, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, South Africa, STRATEGIC STUDIES
Abstract: South Africa’s draft Strategic Petroleum Stocks Policy is about far more than fuel security. It signals a renewed appreciation that national resilience cannot be left entirely to market forces, and that strategic endurance requires deliberate...
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...
by Wolfgang Witschas | Jul 22, 2026 | 1966 Bush War / Coin, Badges, Bush War, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Uniforms, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – SAP Camou South African Police (SAP): Camouflage Uniform: 1968-1994 Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Abstract From 1968 to 1994 the South African Police (SAP) Counter Insurgency Unit (COIN) and the SAP Special Task Force used distinct camouflage...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 22, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1966 Beginning of the Bush War, 1966 Bush War / Coin, 1966 Ongulambashe, Academicians, African Battlegrounds, Deutsch Sûdwest Afrika (DSWA), Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs (RSA), Historical photos, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Ongulambashe, SA Dept of Foreign Affairs, SAP 1939 Nazi's in SWA interned, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP South West Africa Division, SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE [SADF], SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, The World Court, The World Court, The World Court: SWA
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – 1966 Wêreldhofuitspraak SWA Inleiding Suid-Afrika het Suidwes-Afrika – ’n mandaatgebied van die voormalige Volkebond – sedert die einde van die Eerste Wêreldoorlog geadministreer. In 1939 het die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie die gebied binnegegaan om...
by Henning van Aswegen | Jul 20, 2026 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Death Notice - Eulogy, Excellent service, SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE [SADF], South African Intelligence History, Tak Nasionale Vertolking (TNV)
Major General Bertus Steenkamp – A Eulogy by military historian Walter Volker Generaal-majoor Bertus Steenkamp; 21 Januarie 1946 – 18 Julie 2026 † Genl.-Majoor Bertus Steenkamp is op 18 Julie 2026 in 2 Militêre Hospitaal in Wynberg, Kaapstad oorlede. Hy...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 20, 2026 | Ernisstigting - Voortrekkermonument, Esselen Park Training College, Nuusbrief (SASPOL) Spesiale Taakmag, RAILWAYS IN WAR, SA Railways Police - Special Task Force, SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Spesiale Taakmag: SA Spoorwegpolisie
NUUSBRIEF NO 2 02/2025 20 Mei 2025 Kontakbesonderhede Voorsitter: +27 82 324 6636 Onder-Voorsitter: +27 83 212 6778 Beskermheer: +27 82 411 7836 Strategies: +27 83 469 7969 Projekte: +27 82 862 1046 Bestuur Voorsitter: Hein Crocker Onder-Voorsitter: Philip Schutte...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 20, 2026 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, Functions of the SA Police, Ministers of Justice / Police / Law & Order, OVSRDM, SAP - CID, SAP 1939 Nazi's in SWA interned, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Koffiefontein, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, Security Branch - Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Wartime Special Branch ("Political Detectives")
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Koffiefontein Abstract This article traces the layered history of Koffiefontein, a Free State town shaped by diamond discovery, military conflict, and evolving systems of law enforcement. Beginning as a vital rest stop for 19th‑century...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 20, 2026 | Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Agtertang & Slingerfontein, British Army in Colonial South Africa, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Military History, SA Military History
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 –ABW Agtertang & Slingerfontein Abstract This chapter examines two linked engagements during the Colesberg campaign of early 1900: the skirmish at Agtertang Station on 3 January and the Battle of Slingerfontein on 9–10 January. British forces...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 18, 2026 | RAILWAYS IN WAR, SA Railways Police - Special Task Force, SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Stormtroepe SASP-STM Abstract (English) This article from Die Lourierkrans (December 1984) highlights the professionalism and elite training of the South African Railway Police Special Task Force. It describes their dual role in...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 17, 2026 | Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, DMI / AMI, Foreign intelligence services, Generals of the SAP, GRU, Henning van Aswege, Nasionale Intelligensiediens [NI], National Intelligence, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, SA Naval Museum, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Museum - Compol Building Pretoria, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History, Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie [SAP], TRC - Truth and Reconcilliation
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Admiraal Dieter Felix Gerhardt Abstract (English) This article examines the life, espionage activities, and eventual death of Rear Admiral (JG) Dieter Felix Gerhardt, one of the most significant Soviet GRU agents to operate in the Western...
by Joan Swart | Jul 17, 2026 | Defence Policy and Strategy, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, South Africa, STARLINK, Strategic communication, Strategic Interconnectivity, STRATEGIC STUDIES
Abstract: Amazon’s planned entry into South Africa’s satellite internet market fundamentally shifts the Starlink debate from individual companies to the governance of strategic digital infrastructure. As communications infrastructure becomes increasingly...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 15, 2026 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – brigadier T. J. “Rooi Rus” Swanepoel, SOO INLEIDING HISTORIESE VERSLAG BRIGADIER T. J. “ROOI RUS” SWANEPOEL, SOO Hennie Heymans Brig TJ Swanepoel, SOO Hierdie historiese verslag is opgestel deur destydse kolonel T. J. “Rooi Rus” Swanepoel,...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 15, 2026 | SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE, Crime in South Africa (post 1994), Detection of Crime, Detectives / Speurders, Neglect of duty, Political Oversight, SAPS - Forensic Science Laboratories, Staatsbou - State building
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – DNS‑forensiese agterstand Abstract (English) South Africa’s forensic DNA system is experiencing a severe capacity crisis that threatens the integrity of criminal investigations and the delivery of justice. Recent parliamentary replies...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 15, 2026 | Crime in South Africa (post 1994), Political Oversight, Restructering, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE, Staatsbou - State building, State Expenditure and Corruption
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Dr I de Vries Abstract (English) This article by Dr Ian De Vries examines how persistent political interference has weakened the South African Police Service (SAPS) and contributed to decades of organisational dysfunction. Drawing on historical...
by Rene Geyer | Jul 15, 2026 | 1st South African Infantry Brigade, Battle of the Somme, Delville Wood, First World War, SA Military History, South African Overseas Expeditionary Force
FROM SWAZILAND TO THE SOMME: PETRUS JACOBUS KOSTER AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR René Geyer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-7284 Abstract This article reconstructs the First World War service of Private Petrus Jacobus (Piet) Koster, my great-grandfather, and places his...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 12, 2026 | Public Safety, Railway Transport in South Africa, RAILWAYS IN WAR, SA Railways Police - Special Task Force, SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SAL/SAA Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Spesiale Taakmag: SA Spoorwegpolisie
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – 1983: SA Spoorwegpolisie: Opleiding by GSG9 in Duitsland Hennie, aangeheg van die foto’s tydens my opleiding by die GSG 9, St Augustin, Bonn, Duitsland, gedurende 1983. Johan Lotriet FOTOALBUM ...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 12, 2026 | Military strategy, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, PROXY WARS, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, STRATEGIC STUDIES, TERRORISME/TERRORISME
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – The Return of Indirect Conflict: Strategy, Risks, and Accountability KENNISGEWING / NOTICE Inleiding Proxy‑oorlogvoering is besig om die wêreld se veiligheidslandskap stil maar ingrypend te verander. Agter baie moderne konflikte skuil ’n...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 11, 2026 | Ds Jacobus van Tonder, Maanbrief van die Kapelaan, Nongqai Columns, Nongqai Rubrieke, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Maandbrief van die Kapelaan MAANDBRIEF VAN DIE KAPELAAN UIT DIE WOOD PSALM 8 “As ek u hemel aanskou, die werk van vingers, die maan en die sterre wat U toeberei het – wat is die mens dat U aan hom dink, die mensekind dat U hom besoek. U het hom ʼn...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 11, 2026 | Bosletterkunde, Ds Jacobus van Tonder, Nongqai Columns, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Bos- en Grensletterkunde – Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 INLEIDING: LETTERKUNDE UIT DIE BOS – Wanneer ’n Dominee die Oorlog Moes Lees Inleiding deur Hennie Heymans In vandag se wêreld leef alles op ’n slimfoon, maar in die dae van die bosoorlog was daar geen WhatsApps, geen...
by Joan Swart | Jul 10, 2026 | Defence Policy and Strategy, Diplomacy, Military strategy, Strategic communication, STRATEGIC STUDIES
Abstract: The funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demonstrates how states can employ ritual, symbolism and mass mobilisation as instruments of strategic communication before military force is ever employed. Recognising and correctly interpreting such signals is an...
