Category: SAP History / Geskiedenis
POLICE PATROL MASSACRED IN CATO MANOR, 1960
A squad of policemen of the SAP were massacred in Cato Manor, Durban (South Africa) in 1960 whilst out on a patrol against illicit liquor brewing and selling.
Read MoreBOEK: AMPER MY MENSE (Dot Serfontein)
In her book “Amper my Mense” (Almost My People) the Afrikaans Author, Dot Serfontein, wrote that some views held by the Boers after the war about the police in the Free State was that former Tommies (British troops) were not welcome nor invited into their homes.
Read MoreLOOPBAAN: KAPTEIN M “THYS” DU PLESSIS (SPOORWEGPOLISIE & SA POLISIE)
The life and times of Capt Mattys (Thys) du Plessis) South African Railways Police and SA Police
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TALK BY MAJ CRAIG WILLIAMSON (agent RS 167)
South African Police Security Branch master spy, Major Craig Williamson, RS 167 spoke on the 2nd of April 2025 about the ever present need for espionage, and gave background about the SAP-SB’s infiltration of the SACP/ANC Alliance during the armed struggle through operations such as “Ops Daisy”.
Read MoreNONGQAI SPECIAL EDITION VOL16 NO 3B NOW AVAILABLE
Nongqai Vol16 No3B Special Edition consisting of a reprint of The Natal Bobby of December 1990
Read MoreTHE BUREAU FOR STATE SECURITY AS SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGAN
South Africa’s Bureau for State Security BfSS, founded in 1969, was its first central intelligence agency and though it supposedly was closed down and replaced by the National Intelligence Service NIS under premier PW Botha, in essence the NIS was just a continuation of the BfSS under another name, building on the foundation laid under the aegis of the Bureau.
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CHIEF ALBERT JOHN MVUMBI LUTHULI
HOOFMAN ALBERT LUTHULI, ANC-PRESIDENT EN NOBEL VREDESPRYS-WENNER CHRISTEN, ANTI-KOMMUNIS,...
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SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE: MY DAD : SERGEANT MARIEMUTHU “IRUSAN”
Tribute: South African Police: My Dad : Sergeant Mariemuthu “Irusan” by Col Logan Govender (SAP-Ret)
Read More1962: SAP CHAPLAINS: THE BEGINNING
1962: The first three uniformed SA Police Chaplains were introduced. They were Ds AJN van Heerden, Ds JC Jansen & Ds BP van Zyl of the Dutch Reformed Church.
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