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Johan van Zyl vertel van Just Nuisance, die Groot Deense hond wat in Simonstad met Britse matrose bevriend geraak het en later amptelik as matroos ingeskryf is. Hy beskryf ook sy avonture, sy 'huwelik', en sy dood en militêre begrafnis.
This article explains how the Ferreira Raid in November 1906 reflected tensions between the British, Boers and Germans after the South African War. It describes the raid, the Cape Mounted Police response, the trial, and the claim that the episode was a quixotic rehearsal for the 1914 Afrikaner rebellion.
A police force’s greatest danger is not the criminal outside the gate, but the policeman who opens it from within.
Mike Nagamuthoo is celebrating his 91st birthday after a long and meaningful life. He served the South African Police with dedication from 1956 until his retirement, and his story is presented as an example of service, family, respect and commitment to the community.
Jack the Baboon was a Chacma baboon who worked as a railway signalman at Uitenhage station in the Eastern Cape during the 1880s. The article says he was trained by James "Jumper" Wide and worked for about nine years without a mistake.
Mercy dogs, also known as ambulance dogs, Red Cross dogs, casualty dogs and Sanitätshunde, served in a paramedical role in both World Wars. They were trained to locate wounded soldiers, carry medical supplies, guide medics, and comfort the dying.
This article describes the South West Africa Territorial Force’s 1 SWA Specialist Unit (1 SWASpes), a unique counter-insurgency unit during the Border War. It says the unit combined horse-mounted infantry, motorcycles, trackers and specialized dogs, and was formed in 1977 at Oshivelo.
This foreword introduces a comprehensive eBook by Dr Willem Steenkamp on South Africa’s negotiated transition to a non-racial democracy. It argues that the outcome was shaped less by individual weakness than by systemic dysfunction in national security decision-making, the conflict between military and political strategies, and the eventual necessity of negotiation.
This article examines the political tension and population movements that followed the failed Jameson…
This biographical narrative traces the 38‑year career of Colonel Riana Nel in the South…
