South African Police
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The South African Police was the national police force and law enforcement agency in South Africa from 1913 to 1994; it was the de facto police force in the territory of South West Africa from 1939 to
The Casspir, an armoured personnel carrier used by the SAP.
Durban Sign 1989
Koevoet
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Koevoet was the counterinsurgency branch of the South West African Police. Its formations included white South African police officers, usually seconded from the South African Security Branch or Speci
South African Police
…deliberation in the decision to open fire" by the police. In 1983, the SAP formed C1, a counterinsurgency unit commanded by police colonel and former Koevoet operator Eugene de Kock. C1 was run out of a secluded farmhouse called Vlakplaas until 1992. It functioned as a paramilitary hit squad, capturing…
Koevoet Memorial at the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria
PLAN insurgents on the march