From Special Constables (Kitskonstabels ) to Chaos: The Police, Boycotts and Violence in South Africa’s Unfinished Transition

by | Aug 29, 2025 | 1976 Onwards - Riots, Black on Black Violence, Detection of Crime, Murder Statistics, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Non-White SAP Officers, Revolutionary Warfare, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE, Staatsbou - State building, Swart op Swart geweld, Taxi Industry

From Special Constables (Kitskonstabels ) to Chaos: The Police, Boycotts and Violence in South Africa’s Unfinished Transition VAN KITSKONSTABELS TOT CHAOS: DIE POLISIE, BOIKOTTE EN GEWELD IN SUID-AFRIKA SE ONVOLTOOIDE OORGANG Deur Hennie Heymans met insigtelike...

NATIONAL SECURITY: THE LEGACY OF RESISTANCE: HOW NON-PAYMENT CULTURE IS UNDERMINING SOUTH AFRICA’S POWER GRID

by | Aug 29, 2025 | Electrical Power Supply, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

NATIONAL SECURITY: THE LEGACY OF RESISTANCE: HOW NON-PAYMENT CULTURE IS UNDERMINING SOUTH AFRICA’S POWER GRID Hennie Heymans Abstract This article explores the long-term consequences of the ANC’s anti-apartheid boycott strategy, which encouraged communities to...

CONSTABLE B CELE: SOUTH AFRICAN WW2 VETERAN (UNION DEFENCE FORCE)

by | Aug 11, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, SA Military History, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP King's Rest Durban, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force

CONSTABLE B CELE: SOUTH AFRICAN WW2 VETERAN (UNION DEFENCE FORCE) Moonlight and Memory: A Patrol in the Summer of ’65 Brig Hennie Heymans It was the summer of 1965. We reported for the night shift—21:45 to 06:00 the next morning. Sergeant W. “Tandjies” van der Merwe,...