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SA Police Badge

SA Police Badge

The South African Police Badge Following the post of a former SAP member, Mr. Lance Pieter de Klerk of the vintage SA Police badge above and with assistance of his research, we found the accompanying articles by Lt Col LJ Haasbroek in Servamus from January and...
Volunteer Fire Brigade in Sinoville

Volunteer Fire Brigade in Sinoville

ABSTRACT: The community of Sinoville, a neighbourhood to the East of Pretoria, established their own volunteer fire brigade. This blog post explains what they have done, with links to their website and a video, so that other communities may consider following suit....
Capital punishment

Capital punishment

Warrant : Death Penalty On June 6 1995, capital punishment was abolished by the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Before this and at the time when a death penalty was expected, the registrar of the court summoned the sheriff to court. Upon handing down the...
S.A. Police Security Branch and the Armed Struggle: Part 1

S.A. Police Security Branch and the Armed Struggle: Part 1

ABSTRACT:  A “single story” has established itself in public discourse, around the topic of South Africa’s “armed struggle”. But does it represent the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, about the role of the S.A. Police...
AKTE VAN KOMMISSIE SA POLISIE

AKTE VAN KOMMISSIE SA POLISIE

ABSTRACT: Example of an official S.A. Police commissioning deed promoting a previously non-commisioned member to officer rank as lieutenant. Also, Certificate of Service at retirement and photo of Brig Grobler. KEYWORDS: South African Police history, commission as...

First radio use for apprehension South Africa

First Radio use for apprehension ABSTRACT:During the 1930’s an armed robbery took place in Bloemfontein and the robbers used a getaway car with a Johannesburg registration. The police in Bloemfontein had a member who was an amateur radio operator. He contacted an...
SALM-Mirages met MIG-enjins!

SALM-Mirages met MIG-enjins!

Click Here for the downloadable, full report of this fascinating project. Abstract: The true story of the top-secret cooperation between the USSR and sanctioned South Africa, from 1989, in the re-design of SOVIET MIG-29 jet engines for the upgrade of SAAF Mirage...

National Security: Free State: Theft of Catenary Copper Wires for Electric Locomotives

NATIONAL SECURITY: THEFT OF COPPER CATENARY WIRES DUE TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SA RAILWAY POLICE NASIONALE VEILIGHEID: AGTERUITGANG VAN SPOORWEË AGV DIE ONTBINDING VAN DIE SA SPOORWEGPOLISIE Die hooflyn tussen  Viljoensdrift en Sasolburg (Johannesburg en Kroonstad) J...

SOUTH AFRICAN COMMONWEALTH WAR CASUALTIES BURIED ACROSS THE WORLD – PART NINETY-ONE.

SOUTH AFRICAN COMMONWEALTH WAR CASUALTIES BURIED ACROSS THE WORLD – PART NINETY-ONE. By Captain (SAN) Charles Ross (SA Navy Retired) South Africans participated in almost every war theatre during the First and Second World Wars. According to the Commonwealth War...