00 Nongqai Vol 15 No 12 - Vroue p[- Finaal

HIER IS DIE LAASTE EEN VAN 2024!!

NOVEMBER/DESEMBER 2024 NONGQAI

GEBED VIR DESEMBER

Via Sarie van Niekerk

Immanuel. God met ons

Here Jesus, Kind van Betlehem, ons aanbid U.

Ons sien met verlange uit na die viering Van U geboortedag.

Laat ons Kersfees met ‘n opregte gesindheid tegemoetgaan.

Suiwer ons gees van bitterheid en haat. en maak ons vry van sonde.

Laat elke geskenk in opregte liefde gegee word en elke groetekaartjie ‘n belydenis wees van ons geloof in U, ons Verlosser.

Gee, deur u Gees, nuwe betekenis aan bekende Kersmelodieë

Gee dat Kersfees weer versoening bring tussen God en mens sodat elkeen U Vader sal noem.

Bewerk ook versoening tussen mens en mens.

Mag die vrede waarvan die engele gesing het nie net ‘n ydele droom of ‘n onmoontlike ideaal wees nie, maar laat ons deur ons geloof dit ‘n werklikheid maak.

Gee dat die wonder van Kersfees nie net vir ‘n kort rukkie ons harte sal verbly nie, maar dit ook by ons sal bly wanneer ons weer moet terugkeer na die pligte,

die bekommernisse en verantwoordelikhede van elke dag.

Ons vra dit in die Naam van Jesus wat gekom het om die mens van sy sonde te verlos en om die ganse mensdom Immanuel by ons te wees. Amen

KINGDOM OF GOD PART 9

Past. Friede Müller McBride

Principles of the Kingdom of God continued

The Beatitudes, or Blessings continued

Matt 5:8 NKJ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Pure – Greek 2513 – katharŏs – clean (lit. and fig.):- clean, pure.

Pure – not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material. Unblended, uncontaminated, refined, sterling, flawless, perfect, authentic, genuine, true.

Untainted with evil, innocent, virtuous, chaste, virgin.

Purity is related to being guiltless and blameless, and exhibiting innocent behaviour.

In this beatitude Jesus teaches that it covers and includes all the characteristics and attributes that the citizens of the kingdom of God, should attain. As He said of the first and second commandments (see Matt 22:37-39) that all the Law and Prophets hang thereon (Matt 22:40), so all the Beatitudes, including their blessings, hang on this beatitude, namely, purity of heart.

Matt 15:17-20 NKJ Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? But those things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,

murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.

King David, who was a man after God’s own heart (Acts 13:22) was led into adultery and murder because he meditated on the evil thoughts in his heart (2 Sam 11:1-27).

After being brought to a place of repentance, he prayed “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (See Ps 51). He had been brought to understand that no-one can “see” God, or appear before God, without having a pure, clean heart.

Ps 24:3-6 NKJ Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, who seek His face.

True purity of heart that leads to a pure life before God comes from within, therefore, it is important that we guard our hearts from all contamination, for out of them spring the issues of life (Prov 4:23-27).

Guarding our hearts means keeping it from all fleshly lusts (Gal 5:19-21) and from all worldly lusts (1 John 2:15-17) to preserve it as a chaste, pure virgin for Christ (2 Cor 11:2).

If our hearts are evil (and indeed they are!) (Jer 17:9-10), how then can we acquire pure hearts to live by the principles (beatitudes) of the kingdom of God? We need to ask Hoy Spirit to take us through the sanctification process, that means our hearts need to be circumcised.

Rom 2:28-29 AMPC For he is not a (real) Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and [true] circumcision is of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal [matter]. His praise is not from men but from God.

Deut 30:6, 19-20 AMPC And the Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being, that you may live. I call heaven and earth to witness this day

against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefor choose life, that you and your descendants may live and may love the Lord your God, obey His voice, and cling to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Sanctification leads to holiness and holiness – purity of heart and hands – is the key to receiving the blessing of this beatitude, which is “seeing” God. And “seeing” God is not seeing Him physically but enjoying perfect fellowship and friendship with Him. It is purity of heart that enables believers to enter into the Holy of Holies and commune on a “face-to-face” basis with God to enjoy His glory, His presence, His love, and everything else that He is. This is the supreme blessing of all the beatitudes.

Ps 17:15 AMPC As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You].

Kingdom of God Part 10

Principles of the Kingdom continued.

The Beatitudes, or Blessings continued.

Matt 5:9 NKJ Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Peacemakers – Greek 1518 – ĕirēnŏpŏiŏs – pacificatory, i.e. (subj.) peaceable:peacemaker.

From Greek 1515 – ĕiro – (to join), peace (lit. or fig.); by impl. prosperity:- one, peace, quietness, rest, set at one again.

With Greek 4483 – ĕrĕo – (the idea of pouring forth) to utter, i.e. speak or say:command, make, say.

With Greek 5346 – phem – to show or make known one’s thoughts, i.e. speak or say :- affirm.

Pacificatory – tending to promote peace; peace-loving, quiet, restful, still, tranquil.

Taking all the Greek meanings together from which the word “peacemaker” is derived, one gets the image of a quiet person out of whose mouth flows streams of peaceful words that bring healing and reconciliation to all who will hear.

Part 11

A peacemaker is a person who brings about peace, especially by reconciling adversaries.

Also called a mediator, conciliator, intercessor, reconciler, pacifier, judge, and dove.

Peacemakers flow in the wisdom from above that is first pure and then peaceable.

James 3:17–18 NKJ But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Peacemakers walk before God in purity of heart and in peace towards all people, whether believers or unbelievers. They have a peaceable disposition, free from conflict and strife, and love to make and maintain peace.

Ps 120:7 NKJ I am for peace; but when I speak they are for war.

Peacemakers endeavour to live their lives in peace, thus maintaining their own inner peace.

2 Cor 13:11 NKJ Finally brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Peacemakers make it their quest to live in peace with others.

Rom 12:18 NKJ If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.

Peacemakers are intercessors, standing in the gap between God and people, much in the same way that Abraham stood in the gap between God and Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 18:20-33), endeavouring by the peace filled intercession that flowed from his mouth, to repair the breach between God and the sinful cities.

Ezek 22:30 NKJ So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found noone.

Is 58:12 NKJ Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of Streets to dwell in.

Peacemakers are blessed because since they love peace and strive to keep the peace within themselves intact, and walk in peace with others, they walk in the enjoyment of the peace and quietude of God. They have the satisfaction of being truly of service to others by encouraging them to walk in peace and assisting others to restore peace where strife or conflict has disrupted the peace.

Ps 34:14 NKJ Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Thus, peacemakers are co-workers with God.

2 Cor 6:1 NKJ We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Peacemakers are blessed to be called sons of God since they resemble their Father, and His Family. He is the God of Peace; the Son of God is the Prince of Peace; and the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Peace.

Rom 15:33 NKJ Now the God of Peace be with you all. Amen.

Is 9:6 NKJ For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given…..and His name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Luke 3:22a NKJ And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him…

Gal 5:22 NKJ But the fruit of the Spirit is…peace

VOORWOORD

Sarie van Niekerk, Redakteur Vroue/Female.

Kan julle dit glo, die jaar is verby!

Hier is nou die laaste uitgawe van Nongqai vir die jaar. Ek gaan so bietjie rem aandraai om eers weer bietjie te rus, ontspan en bietjie vir vriende te gaan kuier. Hierdie is mos die tyd van die jaar wanneer mens gaan sit om bietjie dit wat alles in die jaar gebeur het onder die soeklig te plaas. Vir my was dit regtig nie ‘n baie goeie jaar nie. Maar soos ek sê sluit nou die jaar af. Ek vertrou (DV) om aan die begin van 2025 weer te begin.

Ek gaan egter in die jaar wat kom, regtig bietjie afskaal op dinge wat ek doen wat net eenvoudig te veel begin raak vir my. My gesondheid is nie meer wat dit was nie.

Daarom is dit noodsaaklik om hier in hierdie laaste voorwoord vir 2024 julle weer daaraan te herinner dat ek steeds soek na ‘n dame om by my oor te neem. Ek het besluit die Mei uitgawe van 2025 sal die die laaste uitgawe wees wat ek gaan doen (DV). Daar is so baie van julle wat lekker skryf op Facebook. Dit is ‘n plesier om julle goed op Facebook te lees, wil een van julle wat so lekker kan skryf, nie sommer in Januarie al by my aansluit sodat ons kan saam werk tot einde Mei. Ek sal na Mei maand nog beskikbaar wees om te help met raad en ander klein goedjies.

Ek wil regtig nie hê dat ons Nongqai moet dood loop nie daarom vra ek asseblief dames kom laat weet my wie stel belang om oor te neem as redakteur van die vroue blad van Nongqai.

Genoeg nou hiervan. Hierdie tyd van die jaar is gewoonlik ook mos die tyd om dankie te sê. Ek wil dus baie dankie sê aan elke persoon wat in watter vorm ook al, bygedra het om van ons maandblad die lekker lees blad te maak wat dit is. Met interessante stories en verhale en die pragtigste foto’s die afgelope meer as drie jaar te sorg dat ons elke maand ons blad kon uitbring. Ek moet sê deur Nongqai het ek verskriklik baie van almal van julle geleer.

Ek wil egter ook dankie se aan veral brig. Hennie Heymans (afgetree) vir die reuse bydrae wat hy van die eerste oomblik af aan my gelewer het om die tydskrif uit te gee. Hennie ek dink nie jy besef hoe baie waardeer ek alles wat jy gedoen het nie, en alles wat ek by jou kon leer. Dankie ook aan hulle wat gekom en gegaan het, wat op die

agtergrond hul reuse bydraes gemaak het. Ons het ongelukkig in die afgelope paar jaar ‘n paar van ons bestuurskomitee lede aan die dood afgestaan.

Baie dankie aan dr. Willem Steenkamp, vir sy bydraes sedert hy by ons aangesluit het. Hy het ‘n reuse bydrae gelewer en ons almal kon van hom leer. Ongelukkig het sy gesondheid ook so verswak dat hy ook moes aftree by ons. Willem ek wens jou sterkte toe met jou herstel.

Aan almal wil ek net nog sê mag julle ‘n baie geseënde Feesgety ervaar. Geniet die Vrede van Kersfees saam met julle mense waar julle ook al mag wees.

Al wat nou oorbly is om aan julle almal ook ‘n baie voorspoedige en geseënde 2025!

Toe te wens. Ek bid dat dit vir julle almal ‘n jaar vol vreugde, vrede. geluk, liefde en alles wat mooi is, sal wees. SHALOM!!!

KERSBOODSKAP: SKAAPWAGTERS KRAP KERSFEES OM.

Dr. Wilhelm van Deventer

Hierdie opskrif is met die tong in die kies geskryf, want die verhaal van die skaapwagters krap so bietjie ons lewenslange idees van Kersfees om. Die eerste deel van die artikel kyk na ’n paar interessanthede en die tweede delf dieper in die betekenis daarvan.

• Interessante feite

In Lukas 2:8 lees ons dat die skaapwagters hul skape in die ope velde opgepas het. Onthou nou asseblief dat hulle en hul skape naby Betlehem was. Betlehem is in die noordelike halfrond geleë en dit sou beteken dat 25 Desember in die middel van die winter, ’n tyd waartydens die skaapwagters hul skape in krale beskerm het en nooit gedurende die winter hul aan die ooptes en gure weer sou blootstel nie.

Dit en ook ander navorsing bewys dat Jesus nie op 25 Desember gebore is nie. Sommige kerke vier Kersfees op 6 Januarie (steeds gedurende die yskoue tyd in die noordelike halfrond), maar andere beweer dat Sy geboorte in Maart of Mei plaasgevind het.

Van datums gepraat, soos wat die kalenders deur die eeue heen verander het, is dit nou duidelik dat Jesus nie gedurende die jaar 0 (nul) gebore is nie, maar 4 VC.

Dan verskyn ’n engel aan die skaapwagters en sê vir hulle dat die Verlosser vandag in Betlehem gebore is. Dit beteken gedurende die vroeë oggendure, die dag of tydens die aand. Waarom maak ons dan so ’n ophef van middernag?

Maar wat maak die presiese jaar, datum of tyd nou eintlik saak? Feit is, Jesus is gebore!

• Die dieper betekenis

Skaapwagters is gedurende daardie tye as “die skuim van die aarde beskou”. Hulle was slegs toegelaat om aan die buitewyke van die dorpe te woon. Indien hulle vir watter rede ook al noodgedwonge dorp toe moes gaan, moes hulle die ander inwoners vermy en sou niemand hulle ook groet nie.

En toe is dit juis hierdie eenvoudiges aan wie die engel verskyn en daarom was hulle die eerste mense wat van die geboorte van die Verlosser gehoor het. Voeg hierby dat Josef en Maria slegs in ’n stal plek kon kry om te bly vir die sensustelling, dan bevestig dit die nederige wyse waarop Jesus Sy eerste lig aanskou het en dat selfs die diere wat op stal was, Sy koms aanskou het en dat die verstote skaapwagters dadelik daarvan gehoor het.

Die Koning arriveer nie met ’n sprankelende kroningsgeleentheid of parlementsopening nie, maar die geboorte van Jesus sê vir ons dat Hy gekom het om die Verlosser van alle mense en die ganse skepping te wees.

Daarna sing die engelekoor tot eer van God en van vrede op aarde en vir en tussen alle mense.

Vier ons dus die geboorte van Jesus, is die verering van God die hoogste prioriteit. Dis immers God wat in en deur Jesus mens geword het.

Die woord vrede, soos ons almal weet, is die vertaling van die Hebreeuse woord shalom. Laasgenoemde beteken nie maar net oppervlakkige vrede nie, maar verwys na vrede van God en mens, mens en God, mens en mens, God en skepping en mens en skepping. Shalom dra ook die betekenisse van gesondheid en welstand vir almal en alles.

Uit opwinding sit die skaapwagters af Betlehem toe, ongeag wat die meerderwaardigers van hulle sou dink. Daar ontmoet hulle vir Jesus en as gevolg van hierdie ontmoeting, verander hul lewens in mense wat God prys en die Goeie Nuus aan almal vertel.

• Ek wens een en elk ’n tyd vol van God se eer, asook goeie gesondheid, welstand en vrede toe. Mag ons gedurende hierdie feestyd in vrede met God, mekaar en die skepping leef en dit geniet!

KYK NA JOU HANDE.

Skrywer onbekend. Via past. Koot Swanepoel. Geleen:

Ouma, so negentig plus jare oud, het kragteloos op die stoepbank gesit. Sy het nie beweeg nie, net daar gesit met geboë hoof en gestaar na haar hande. Toe ek langs haar gaan sit, het dit nie eens gelyk of sy my opgemerk het nie en ek het gewonder of sy oukei is. Uiteindelik, nie om haar te pla nie, maar om net te hoor of sy reg is, vra ek haar "Is alles reg ouma?"

Sy lig haar kop op en glimlag vir my. "Ja my kind, ek is reg en dankie dat jy vra” sê sy.

"Ek het nie bedoel om ouma te pla nie, maar ouma het so ingedagte na ouma se hande gestaar, ek wou net seker maak alles is nog reg" verduidelik ek aan haar.

"Het jy al ooit na jou hande gekyk?" vra sy. “Ek bedoel nou, régtig na jou hande gekyk?”

Ek het stadig my hande oopgemaak en afgekyk na hulle. Ek het hulle omgedraai, palms bo en toe na onder. Nee, ek skat ek nog nooit regtig só intens na my hande opgelet nie, terwyl ek probeer bepaal wat die punt is wat ouma wil maak.

Ouma glimlag en begin die storie te vertel: “Dink vir ‘n oomblik na oor die hande wat jy het en hoe goed hulle jou al gedien het deur al die jare van jou lewe. Mý hande, alhoewel vol plooie, bewend en swak, is en was die gereedskap wat ek deur my hele lewe gebruik het om die lewe aan te gryp en te omhels.

Hulle het gekeer en my val gestuit as kleuter, elke keer wat ek gestruikel of geval het.

Hulle sit kos in my mond en trek vir my klere aan.

As ‘n kind het my moeder my geleer om hulle saam te hou in gebed. Hulle het my skoene vasgemaak en my stewels opgetrek.

Hulle het my man vasgehou en my trane afgedroog toe hy weg is oorlog toe.

Hulle was al vuil, vol skrape, rou van wonde, geswel en seer. Hulle was dom en onervare toe ek my pasgebore seun wou vashou, versier met my trouring het hulle vir die hele wêreld gewys dat ek getroud is en iemand spesiaal lief het. Hulle het my briewe aan hom geskryf en gebewe en geruk toe ek my ouers en my man begrawe het.

Hulle het my kinders en my kleinkinders vasgehou, my bure vertroos en in ‘n vuis geskud van woede wanneer ek nie verstaan het nie. Hulle het my gesig bedek, my hare gekam en die res van my liggaam gewas en gereinig.

Hulle was al taai en nat, moeg, uitgedroog en gebars. En tot hede wanneer die meeste van my nie meer so lekker wil funksioneer nie, hou hierdie hande my op, lê my neer en steeds is hulle gevou in gebed.

My hande is die kenteken van waar ek oral was en die hardheid van die lewe. Maar die héél belangrikste is, dit sal die hande wees op daardie blye dag waarna Jesus sal uitreik Wanneer Hy ons kom haal. Daar sal ek dié hande gebruik om die aangesig van ons Verlosser aan te raak.”

Wanneer my hande vol pyne is of wanneer ek die gesigte van my kleinkinders of my man streel, dink ek aan ouma.

SAPD SE HUIDIGE (NUUTSTE) GETALSTERKTES

Brig. (afgetree) Fanie Bouwer

* Generaal- 1

(Nasionale .kommissaris)

* Luitenant generaals

( Nasionale. adjunk.-kommissarisse - 4)

* Luitenant-generaals

(Afdelingskommissarisse - 12)

* Luitenant-generaals

(Provinsiale Kommissarisse- 9)

* Generaal-majoors 156

* Brigadiers - 623

* Kolonelle - 2416

* Luitenant-kolonelle - 5965

* Kapteins - 12155

(Die rang van 'luitenant' en 'majoor' bestaan nie meer nie)

* Konstabels, sersante en adjudantoffisiere - in totaal 123 996

(Onderoffisiere)

* PSA - 34 226

(Siviele personeel)

TOTAL 179 502

(Dit was so 'n paar jaar gelede +- 190 000)

Kommentaar:

In 1996 was die totale getalsterkte van die SAPD 103,333. Dit het nie veel verskil van die laaste dae van 1994 nie.

In die jaar 2000 = 122, 727

Toe 60, 000+ vir die sokkerwêreldbeker 2010 gewerf is, het die getal opgestoot na die nou 197,000+ nadat alle indiensneming kriteria oorboord gegooi is.

Ek hoor deesdae die klaagliedere oor te min polisiemanne oral oor.

Hoe het ons nie in my tyd in die 70's en 80's gesukkel daarmee nie. Kort-kort moes jy ook 'n lid of twee aan grensdiens afstaan.

Ek wil gou hier vergelykings maak van die toé en die noú oor 'n stasie wat se syfers ek nou toevallig ken. En dit is Robertson waar ek vanaf 1977 SB was.

Ek is nie 100% meer seker nie, maar ek dink ons was so tussen 17-20 lede in totaal.

Maar vir doeleindes van hierdie pos, kom ek gebruik die syfer 20.

Ek het gister vasgestel dat Robertson nou 122 lede in totaal het. 20 na 122 is 'n styging van 610%.

In die laat 70's het SA 'n bevolking van ongeveer 24 531 000 gehad. Tans is dit ongeveer 61 930 000 - 'n styging van 252,4%.

As mens net met laasgenoemde persentasiesyfer (252.4%) sou werk om 'n getalsterkte te bepaal, behoort Robertson in totaal nou (2022) 51 lede te hê. Daar is natuurlik ander faktore ook soos bv. hierdie Kleinkaroo-dorp se eie bevolkingsyfer wat mens in berekening moet bring, maar dit sou nie die 51-syfer vreeslik opgestoot het nie. Mens kan hierdie argument sekerlik deurtrek na alles stasies.

Ek het 'n distrikskommissaris gehad wat tydens onverwagte inspeksies lief was om die oplossyfer uit te werk wanner hy die misdaadopgawe (SAP 6) nagesien het. Dit was gewoonlik so in die 80%. Ons het dit soort van as normaal beskou.

Maar wat interessant is, daar was nie speurders nie en het ek net twee uniformlede as ondersoekers gehad. Verder was dit 'n dubeldoorsituasie waar jy as SB sommer ook takbevelvoerder was en self dossiere nagesien en/of afgesluit het. Tans het Robertson 'n sterk speurtak.

Wat bogenoemde. syfers vir ons sê, is dat kwaliteit, eerder as kwantiteit, meesal beter resultate lewer.

Laastens kan mens ook miskien die afleiding maak dat die polisieminister en ander 'eksperte' se gehamer op onvoldoende polisie getalsterktes om wanprestasie te verdoesel, nie die volle waarheid is nie, om dit sag te stel.

Foto: SAPSNewsroom.

REAKSIE OP MISDAADSYFERS

Gemengde prent word geskilder. Inwoners in Suid-Afrika is nog lank nie veilig.‘

Dennis Delport BEELD 27NOVEMBER 2024

Via Sarie van Niekerk

Die misdaadsyfers vir die tweede kwartaal van die 2024-’25-boekjaar het gemengde reaksie van politieke partye en organisasies ontlok.

Sommige verwelkom die afname in veral moord en verkragtings, terwyl ander meen die syfers weerspieël nie werklik wat in Suid-Afrika aangaan nie.

Senzo Mchunu, minister van polisie, het die misdaadsyfers vir die tydperk van Julie tot September gistermiddag bekend gemaak.

“Vandag (gister) se bekendstelling van ons land se misdaadstatistieke toon ’n stap vorentoe in ons stryd teen misdaad. Dit bied nietemin geen rede tot selfvoldaanheid nie, aangesien ons misdaadsyfers steeds van die hoogste ter die wêreld is. Ons moet standvastig bly om veiligheid na gemeenskappe, huise en ondernemings te bring. Ons is nog ver daarvan af,” sê Ian Cameron, DA-LP en voorsitter van die portefeuljekomitee oor polisie, in ’n verklaring.

Hy sê daar is areas wat steeds kommerwekkend vir die DA is. Dit sluit in geweldsmisdade teen vroue en kinders en stygende kommersiële misdade.

Cameron sê die probleme van kapasiteit en moeilike en stresvolle werkomstandighede by die polisie pla ook.

“Die minister se erkenning dat misdaadintelligensie, tegnologie en forensiese wetenskappe nie is waar dit behoort te wees nie, is ’n kritieke area om aan te pak.

“Sonder behoorlike ondersteuning in hierdie afdelings sal volhoubare misdaadvermindering moeilik wees. Terwyl suksesse in provinsies opgemerk word, gaan ongelykhede in die toekenning van hulpbronne voort om sekere streke te belas, veral dié wat oorgrensmisdade ervaar,” sê hy.

Die ANC sê hy “neem kennis en verwelkom” die misdaadstatistieke.

“Die uitreiking van hierdie statistieke dien nie net as ’n daad van deursigtigheid en aanspreeklikheid nie, maar ook as ’n oproep tot aksie vir alle Suid-Afrikaners.

“Hierdie syfers lê die grimmige werklikhede van misdaad en sy impak op maatskaplike stabiliteit, ekonomiese groei en beleggersvertroue bloot.

“Dit daag ons uit om kollektief as ’n nasie op te tree om die misdaad, wat vrees in ons gemeenskappe inboesem, te beveg,” sê die ANC in ’n verklaring.

Terwyl die afnames op vooruitgang dui, bly die ANC diep bekommerd oor die aanhoudende vlakke van misdaad, veral dié wat gekoppel word aan die verspreiding van ongemagtigde vuurwapens en dwelms.

“Hierdie kwessies vereis dringende aandag en beslissende optrede.

“Die plundering van onwettige mynbou moet ook ’n prioriteit bly. Die verskerping van Operasie Vala Umgodi (maak die put toe) is noodsaaklik vir die aanpak van hierdie bedreiging, wat ekonomiese stabiliteit ondermyn en bydra tot onwettige finansiële uitvloeie,” sê die ANC.

Rise Mzansi sê die misdaadsyfers skilder ’n gemengde prent.

“Terwyl moord en verkragting jaar op jaar laer is, kyk ons na die kwartaal-op-kwartaalstatistieke en sien dat moord op is van 6 198 tot 6 545. Verkragtings is dan op van 9 309 tot 10 191 wanneer die statistieke op ’n kwartaalbasis vergelyk word.

“Dit beteken dat meer Suid-Afrikaners in die tweede kwartaal as in die eerste kwartaal vanjaar vermoor en verkrag is. Dit het gebeur in ’n tydperk toe die land oorlaai is deur massamoorde. Suid-Afrikaners is nie veilig nie,” sê die party in ’n verklaring.

Die organisasie Action Society, wat hom vir burgerregte beywer, sê hy is “nie verbaas om te sien dat die misdaadstatistieke ’n prentjie van ’n bloeddeurdrenkte Suid-Afrika skilder nie”.

“Geweldsmisdade van alle soorte het ’n toename gesien in vergelyking met die vorige kwartaal en die syfers is ontstellend. Action Society is daaroor bekommerd dat hierdie statistieke nie werklik die geweld teen vroue en kinders weerspieël nie.

“Die waarheid is dat geweld teen vroue erger is as wat hierdie syfers jou wil laat glo,” sê Action Society in ’n verklaring.

MINDER

MOORD, MAAR MEER KINDERS LY.

Marelize Barnard

BEELD 27 November 2024: Nuutste misdaadsyfers.

Via Sarie van Niekerk

Die moordsyfer vir die drie maande van 1 Julie tot einde September het met 5,8% afgeneem teenoor ’n jaar tevore, wys die jongste statistieke van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD).

In dié drie maande is sowat 400 minder moorde (6 545) aangemeld teenoor die 6 954 moorde van 1 Julie tot einde September verlede jaar.

Die aantal seksuele oortredings wat aangemeld is, het met 2,5% afgeneem, van 13 090 van 1 Julie tot einde September verlede jaar tot 12 765 in die oorstemmende tydperk vanjaar.

Die aantal pogings tot moord het egter met 2,2% toegeneem, asook die aantal aanrandings met die doel om ernstig te beseer.

Minder rooftogte

Rooftogte en rooftogte met verswarende omstandighede het met onderskeidelik 6,2% en 8,8% afgeneem.

Die polisiekantore waar die meeste kontakmisdade aangemeld is, is Mfuleni (Kaapstad-metro), waar 1 050 klagte aanhangig gemaak is, gevolg deur Delft (Kaapstad), Inanda (eThekwini), Johannesburg-Sentraal, Nyanga (Kaapstad) en Thembisa (Ekurhuleni).

Geweld teen kinders vererger drasties

Geweldsmisdaad teen kinders het toegeneem. In dié drie maande is 315 kinders vermoor, daar was 490 gevalle van poging tot moord op kinders en 1 944 gevalle van aanranding met die doel om ernstig te beseer.

Die aantal gevalle waar gepoog is om kinders te vermoor, het met 35,7 persentasiepunte (129 gevalle) toegeneem teenoor die 361 gevalle wat in die ooreenstemmende tydperk verlede jaar aangemeld is.

Topmoordstreke

Die meeste moorde is aangemeld in die Inanda-distrik, gevolg deur Philippi-Oos (Kaapstad), KwaZakhele (Nelson Mandelabaai), Delft, Nyanga, Mfuleni, Lusikisiki (Oos-Kaap), Gugulethu (Kaapstad), New Brighton (Nelson Mandelabaai) en Jeppe (Johannesburg).

Wanneer die aantal moorde vergelyk word met die getal inwoners per provinsie, is die Oos-Kaap die provinsie waar ’n mens die grootste kans het om vermoor te word, gevolg deur die Vrystaat, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal en Limpopo.

Die meeste moorde van 1 Julie tot einde September vanjaar (2 976) is met vuurwapens gepleeg, gevolg deur 897 met messe en 440 met ander skerp voorwerpe. Alkohol het in 7 565 gevalle ’n rol gespeel in kontakmisdade, ondermeer in 465 gevalle van poging tot moord, 227 moorde, 1 466 verkragtings en 5 407 voorvalle van ernstige aanranding. Ontvoerings neem skerp toe in Gauteng

Daar was in die drie maande 180 gevalle waar mense ontvoer en ’n losprys vir hul vrylating geëis is – 44 meer voorvalle as in die ooreenstemmende tydperk verlede jaar.

Die meeste gevalle (113) was in Gauteng, gevolg deur 15 in die Wes-Kaap, 13 in KwaZulu-Natal, en 10 elk in Noordwes en die Oos-Kaap.

Grafiek Beeld 26 November 2024.

(Hennie vir jou aandag. Die redakteur van Beeld, Barnard Beukman het persoonlik toestemming gegee vir Beeld berigte)

A STRANGE REQUEST WITH A TWIST

Charlisse le Roux

I was attending a Chaplains’ Meeting in Vereeniging one day, in which all the Chaplains from the Province of Gauteng came together for a monthly meeting.

This Fleur de Liz Award was presented to Charisse by the Paarl College Commander Brig. Charlotte Kotze

A call had come through from the Springs Station Commander requesting a ‘woman Chaplain’ with regards to a male that had been arrested for murdering his mother. I had a ‘Chaplains’ Assistant’ who worked with me. We were excused from the meeting we and headed back to Springs Police Station to where this man had been held in the waiting police cells. He was taken out of his cell, and we met in a more practical area in which the police officers could still keep an eye on him.

My mind only wandered so far as to why he requested a woman Chaplain to speak to. I was aware at all times whilst listening to him.

He started to explain and tell us the whole story according to him, where he had become a drug addict living in Durban and often got into trouble with the ‘Law’ and at the same time his wife divorced him.

He decided to move to Springs and stay with his mother. I found out that he was actually staying a few streets away from where we stayed in Selcourt. Things got from bad to worse, where he needed more drugs to keep his addiction going. He started to

silently sell his mothers’ possessions from the house. There were many quarrels between his mother and son, and started to get aggressive.

One morning he decided to sell his mothers’ lawnmower, and as he was loading it into the back of his cars’ boot, his mother arrived home. His mother was shocked and harsh words were spoken. His mother did not approve of what he was doing and he then pushed his frail mother and she fell and hit her head on the garage cement floor. He bent down to pick her up but she was already dead, so he placed her sitting up in the back of his car boot. He spent two days in the garage talking to her.

Brig. Charlotte Kotze receiving her Masters Award and myself receiving my Doctoral in Theology at SAPS Paarl College Lounge.

He planned to drive just on the outskirts of Springs where there are a few sand mine dumps. He thought of burying her in a sand heap and in so doing set the car alight, so as to look like an accident. He then hid for a month but was later arrested by the Police for the murder of his mother.

The story that I was listening to was horrifying beyond what one could imagine. I tried to keep my pose as much as possible. During this time whilst listening to this man I was conscious as to really why he wanted to tell us ‘his story’. I felt it was time to ask him the question as to what the real motive was for us to be there.

I decided to be bold and quite frank, and said to him, ‘If I gave you the keys to the cell door or drugs, which would you choose?’ He answered and said, ‘Drugs!’. He actually stated that his plan was to overpower us and take our handbags, which hopefully had money in it and escape. I had a feeling all along there was more than that.

God knows all things and will expose a lie for the truth. I truly believe that we carried the presence of the Lord in and he was unable to escape but felt that he needed to tell the truth. I led him to true repentance to ask the Lord Jesus Christ into his life and ask for forgiveness for what he had done in his life.

Another one of God’s interventions and testimony of His goodness.

What are you doing here; they will shoot you!

I was in my office in Springs, when I received a call from the Unit Commander of Tsakane, East Rand who told me that one of his Detective police officers had been shot and died by a suspect in his office at the Tsakane Police Station.

This Detective was apparently taking a statement from the accused suspect in a case who had to travel from Pretoria that morning. Whilst the Detective was taking his statement, the ‘suspect’ took out a firearm from the inside of his jacket, held it at point blank range and shot in over the table from where he was sitting. The ‘suspect’ shot the policeman twice before turning the gun on himself. The suspect died instantly.

There was no time and little chance to try and get through to a nearby police station and as for vehicle protection. I immediately responded and left for Tsakane Police Station in a white unmarked Mazda police vehicle.

On arrival at the police station the scene was already cordoned off and people from the community were already starting to gather around the crime scene. The Detectives’ Offices were separate from the Police Station, which were built at the back of the Police Station. Tsakane Police Station which was built on ‘open fields’, with no fencing wall around it. It really needed upgrading.

Tsakane is a township about 17kms from Springs where I was stationed in the East Rand. During my time of working in the East Rand this area of ‘Tsakane’ was called a, ‘red light area’, according to the murders and shootings in the area. It was told to me that it was not safe to travel into Tsakane township without police protection.

On Nelson Mandela Day, as one our Projects to making a difference in our community, we built a house for a destitute family

While I was on the scene of the crime, I had to speak with the relevant people to obtain all the information I needed to contact the family. On finding out, I was told that the detective who was shot dead, his wife was travelling by train from Durban back to her home in the East Rand that day. It would still take at least an hour before she arrived at Germiston train station.

As news travels fast, unfortunately someone phoned and told her that her husband had been shot and died on duty. How untactful and cold! I wandered what went through her mind, was there someone on the train that could comfort her? All these questions running through my mind!

I wandered if the police officers’ body and the suspect would be still on the scene where he they had been shot when his wife arrived, or would the mortuary vehicle be in time to remove the bodies away. Although the crime scene was closed off with police tape, the Photography Unit, the Forensic Unit, etc, the work still had to be done and completed before the body could be removed and this takes time.

A person’s emotions and mind play havoc, your mind goes into shock, you try and reason. The wife would ask the question, ‘Can it be my husband, are they sure, there must be a mistake?’ The thought of that she had spoken to her husband a few hours before she was going to see him, all was fine. She would have to see for herself. Shock and denial and unbelief start to set in.

In the distance I could see that more cars were arriving at the scene, as I wandered, if one of them could be the wife. I then saw the Unit Commander of Tsakane walk towards the car helped and comforted a lady out the vehicle and then walked in my direction. My heart started pounding. I then started to walk towards them, I was introduced as to the wife of the deceased. I held and comforted her.

The SAPS Unisa Students from Paarl Training College entered a 10km run in Paarl, which we ran together as a team.

At that time the TV Media, Sowetan Newspaper Journalists, and other people were streaming in from all over to get coverage for the local news. We were now surrounded by quite a large group of people. A few metres away from me came an ‘African woman with beads around her head, and ankles.’ She had traditional clothing on and I noticed her throwing what seemed like old bones, stones and sticks on the ground. I was told that she was the mother of the suspect that turned the gun on himself. I was told that she was a ‘Sangoma’ (a witch doctor) and believed she had the powers to remove any evil from what happened and that it would not come into her house.

While still with the wife, one of the Social Workers that I know from our Germiston office of the SAPS, told me that I should not be there, as I was a white woman and that they will shoot me. As I said earlier on, it was a ‘red zone area’ meaning ‘not safe to drive through the village or to drive alone.’

I mean, this is what I was called to do. The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent

me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORDS’s favour and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.

(Isaiah 61:1-3)

This was a Church Service held at Sôter Church in Parow where I preached the Word of God.

I was standing and talking to General Le Moer from the East Metropol that attended the Church Service

I knew that was the place I had to be and that the Lord would protect me. This was only the beginning of a long process of paper war that had to reach our Head Office in Pretoria the following morning by 08:00 with all the particulars of the incident. The following morning Debriefing sessions had to be arranged for the police officers that worked on the scene. There was an application for a ‘Semi-Military funeral’ and a Memorial Service needed to be arranged for the police officers and community combined.

The following day a Memorial Service was held at the Community Hall alongside the Tsakane Police Station, there were many different speakers involved, including Union Representatives, Church Representatives, a Colleague Representative, the Unit Commander from Tsakane and also the Provincial Commissioner besides others. All dignitaries were seated on the stage, that included myself and our Youth Worker. The hall was packed to capacity. The Memorial Service started while the speakers began to talk one by one. All of a sudden, a short man ran onto the stage. The stage was quite high from where the people were seated below. He was dressed in ‘animal skin’ holding a stick in his hand which also had some sort of animal’s tail hair on. From my own perception and knowledge, it looked like some of sort of ‘Songoma’ which is the Zulu word, as he performed some sort of a ritual and dance. This went on for a few minutes in a language I could not understand.

My mouth was gaping I had never experienced or seen what happened in front of my eyes. All of a sudden, this man jumped off the stage and down onto the floor where the people were seated, ran up the isle and disappeared with a puff of smoke. I leaned over to the Youth Worker and asked her if she had seen what he had done. She was just as shocked and taken back. I will never forget what I saw for the rest of my life.

To start to explain what had taken place and even in detail to anyone was not going to be easy. This type of ‘thing’ sticks in your subconscious drawer, and if there is a

trigger, this specific incident flashes and comes to mind in detail. You can replay, rewind this story, the ‘unexplainable stuff that happened that day’.

Terminal Disease - Hospital visit

I received an e-mail from the Alberton Station Commander, East Rand requesting the Chaplain to visit one of his members who was sick in hospital. Her sickness or condition was not mentioned in the e-mail. The only facts that I knew, was her name, station, hospital and ward no. She had been admitted to the the Medi-Clinic in Springs.

I arrived at the Medi-Clinic and walked towards her Ward. When I walked in, I recognised one of the Police Social Workers’ that worked in our area, standing there next to her bedside.

The Commander of SAPS, Paarl Training College, rig. Charlotte Kotzé. She celebrated the launching of my Devotional Book, Hope Between the Barbwire Fence at the Senior Officers Executive Lounge.

The police officer that was sick, lay with the sheet over her head. I was told that there was nothing more anyone could do.

I stood there for a mere moment, as if I was in my own bubble. I knew that she needed Gods’ peace and comfort. I said to the Social Worker, ‘Yes, there is definitely the most important thing of all, I need is to pray for her.’

I knelt down next to the bed; I took her frail hand that what seen from under the sheet and told her who I was and that I was going to pray for her.

I uttered these words, ‘Father, let this precious police officer feel your love you have for her. Let her know your peace and feel comforted at this very moment.’ I prayed that she would open up her heart and receive Gods’ forgiveness and receive eternal life. When I said, Amen, she took off the sheet from her face and tears were streaming down from her cheeks. She thanked me so much for the prayer that I prayed and that she prayed the prayer of faith over her life that God would forgive her. I stayed a little longer and then left. I just thanked the Lord that I listened to His voice, with peace in my heart, I drove back to my office.

Later that evening I received a call from the Medi-Clinic hospital and was told by the nursing Sister that the police officer that I had visited in the afternoon had passed away peacefully.

‘Is my wife still alive?’

As a Chaplain, when I eventually put my head down on the pillow in the evening, after a long days’ work, I prayed and hoped that I could sleep through the night without any call outs, but that is not how it works out most of the time. I have to be ready and alert at any time for any situation that arises. My diary and pen are always next to my bed in case the phone rings and I have to take down all the necessary information, time, place, names and what exactly happened, these are most important details that I needed for my work. A set of clothing and shoes, my logbook for the vehicle, ready to take with. After reading my Bible and thanking God for the day, I switch my lamp light off and closed my eyes so that I could go to sleep.

A Police Chaplains’ work is very stressful especially with the work that we deal with which mainly consists of traumatic incidents. Whether it be attending a suicide scene, a shooting of a police officer, death or injury, a vehicle accident where police officers

were involved, a murder scene, and the most horrific of lists can go on. This is exactly where my calling finds me. The Lord gives one the supernatural strength, wisdom and guidance. He sends His angels to protect and minister to me. The Holy Spirit would often give me a vision beforehand, normally about three days before it would actually play out. I could feel the Lords’ supernatural strength and power carrying me during those times, it would be so comforting.

In Joshua Chapter 1:9 it reads; ‘Be bold, be strong for the Lord your God is with you.’ These words ignited my spirit as I felt His power and protection wherever I had to be and even when I had to travel to faraway places. I was the first woman Chaplain in the Gauteng Province and felt so favoured and blessed that God had chosen me for this great task.

In the distance I could hear my cell phone ringing, as it got louder and louder, and was now wide awake. I tuned over, looked at my watch, it was 02:00 in the morning. I answered my cell phone. It was the duty officer of Springs Police Station. A police officer who worked at the police station had been arrested and was in the holding cell for shooting his wife. He requested to speak to the Chaplain on duty. Duty calls, irrelevant of the time.

From my warm, cosy, comfortable bed, I quietly climbed out, got dressed and into the vehicle from my home and headed towards the Springs Police Station. Whilst driving to a trauma crisis, or whatever situation I find myself in, I try to prepare my mind, thoughts, words, emotions and behaviour which is so important. Well, this time I had to ask myself, as to how I was going to react, I mean a police officer who shot his wife! So many emotions ran through my mind. I felt angry immediately, but knew I had to replace that emotion with a more comforting and loving emotion for me to be able to feel for him and to be able to listen and understand him. He asked for me to help him.

SAPS HRD Centre, Women’s Celebration Day.

On the arrival I walked into the Charge Office of the Police Station and met with the Duty Officer who informed me of the background to what happened. I was escorted to the prison cell where the police officer was in. It is becoming like real movie playing in front of me. I remember that early hours of the morning, it was full moon, and I could see the large ‘clangy’ cell keys open the cell gates where I saw the police officer seated on a cement bench with his head in his hands. I walked towards where he was sitting. I greeted the police officer and could immediately smell liquor on him. I put my hand on his shoulder and asked him how he was feeling, then sat down beside him. The

cement bench was ice-cold. This is where I would be spending for the next hour or two.

This was taken at the Correctional Services Annandale, Paarl where I was a Guest Speaker for National Women’s Day.

I began to let him speak. While writing this, I can actually remember how numb as the cold cement creeped into my body. I tried to make myself as comfortable as possible! I thought to myself, ‘what could have been so bad that he pulled his 9mm pistol trigger and shoot his wife and it was in front of his children!’

Immediately the verse popped up in my mind Matthew 25:36,40, ‘I was I prison and you came to visit me…I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’ We read that Jesus identifies strongly with the weak, the helpless, and the outcast. He considers the way we treat them to be the way we

treat Him. The Lord wants us to identify with them as well, putting ourselves in their shoes and caring for them.

If I had to make any difference and to show God’s love and mercy, I had to change my attitude what was ever of the flesh and have the attitude of the mind of Christ.

He started telling me his story. He had been going through a lot of stress during the las few months. He told me that he was working one night shift and it had been raining very hard. A car that was coming from the front of their vehicle hit into their vehicle. His colleague died in the accident. He found it very difficult to come to terms with losing his best colleague and put the blame on himself.

The following week they attended a call to a ‘heist hijacking in progress’ where there was exchanged firing and the vehicles’ windscreen was totally shattered. The next day after they completed their shift, he and his colleagues decided to have a few drinks together. He got home very late that night and his wife was very angry and started arguing with him. He promised his wife that he wouldn’t drink again and won’t come home late either.

A month later went by, when one morning whilst on duty, he received a radio call that a robbery, smash and grab was taking place at the Springs Mall. While on the scene, one of his colleagues was shot and injured. After work that day he and his friends decided to have a braai and also a beer. Unfortunately, it did not end there, and he continued drinking further. He arrived home the early hours of the morning. His wife was waiting for him and was furious as she started shouting and accusing him falsely. He begged her to let him go and sleep so they could sort things out later that day. He then told me, that he and his colleagues were not coping with all the bad incidents, the trauma of losing a colleague, the arguments at his home. It was all getting too much for him. He said that he didn’t know which way to turn and felt that he was losing control of his own and his family.

His relationship with his wife became worse and at that stage they were hardly speaking to each other. He found himself spending money on unnecessary things

and there would not be enough money for school fees for their children. His wife kept on accusing him of an affair, and so the conflict in their house parted them even further.

Reaching out to the Community in Paarl, making a difference. We visited a Créche, took them parcels of food and fed the children. The team from SAPS Paarl College helped repair the ceiling from leaking as well.

Well, it was after the last shift which had ended at 14:00, his colleagues that worked with him decided to have a braai (this was the normal thing to do after their last shift before going on their rest days) and one drink only before he left to go home to his family. He shared with his colleagues that he promised his wife he would not come home drunk again. Time passed by and decided to stay on for one more drink then he would be going home. After the first drink he already felt so guilty, he knew he had over stepped his mark, had one drink too many, so he thought to himself what was the use of stopping then. He continued drinking and being with colleagues. As usual, he arrived home late and once again, his wife was waiting for him. She immediately began to shout at him, ‘You promised I will never trust you again, and who have you been with, and you even smell of perfume?’ The children came out of their rooms and looked

down the passage, that is what I can remember, he told me. My wife after not being happy, with what I told her, continued to dare me to shoot her. She said, ‘you are a policeman, you can shoot, I dare you, shoot me, just shoot me, come on!’. My wife continued and would not stop. I thought I was losing my mind, as all I wanted to do was to go to sleep, but my wife was fighting with me. I then took my gun cocked it and fired it in my wife’s direction, I just continued, I just kept on shooting until it stopped when the chamber was empty.

I walked to the bedroom and sat at the end of my bed. Moments later the police officers arrived at our house, arrested me and took me to the same police station that I had completed my last shift at. I found myself sitting on the cold cement and heard the cell door banging and locked behind me.

Charisse as Guest speaker.

He raised up his head, looked at me with tears rolling down his cheeks and said, ‘Is my wife still alive, is she ok?’

As I said earlier, I could smell alcohol on him, but by this time, he had sobered up. I mean he had shot his wife seven times.

This was taken at SAPS Paarl College. This Program of Break the Silence on Domestic Violence is held during the 16 Days of Activism (between November and December) every year

I asked him through all these traumatic incidents that he had gone through, why he never went to his station commander so that trauma counselling or a debriefing session could be arranged for him. The Station Commander apparently did not want to hear about anyone going off sick, with stress or personal problems, he said that it was not needed at his station, they needed to do their work. If there were such officers reporting with stress, they would be transferred without even thinking.

This was really absurd, people are not robots, they are human being that have needs. They need to be taken care of especially the type of work they are doing and attending such horrific scenes. Debriefing sessions were supposed to be organised within 72 hours of any traumatic incident especially when your colleague passes away. There is an Employee Assistance Programme, there are a team of Psychologists, Social Workers, and Chaplains in the East Rand employed by the S A Police Service exactly for their health and wellness. Perhaps this could have been prevented.

KERSBOODSKAP

Dr. Casper Krüger

Hierdie jaar wil ek Kersfees deur `n ander bril benader. Elkeen wat `n persoonlike verhouding met Jesus Christus het, sal aanklank vind wanneer Ps 23 `n gesprek word waarin die verloste en vrygesproke Christen bely wat die koms van Christus vir hom of haar beteken.

Hou asseblief u vinger op Psalm 23 in u Bybel, en volg so die eietydse gebed wat vir ons opnuut nuwe betekenis kry!

PSALM 23: DEUR MY BRIL

Here, U wat gesê het – “Ek is die Herder; Ek is die Hekwag; Ek is die Ingang;” U is waarlik my Herder. Soos wat die skaap afhanklik is van sy herder, so wag ek op U, wag op U vir alles. My voeding en my versorging, genesing sowel as leiding deur U Gees. Wat kan ek kortkom as U oor my waak? Wat kan na my toe aankom as U my skild is? Waarlik, ek kom niks kort nie.

U lei my getrou na waar die oorvloed op my wag. Genoeg kos en water. In my geestesoog sien ek die groen weivelde waar die vee en kleinvee rustig wei. My hart is gerus Here. U waak oor my. Dit spoel oor my soos ‘n koel waterstroom op die hitte van die dag; dit laat die vrede van God wat alle verstand te bowe gaan, my wese beset. Soos die jongmanne van die profeet, so kry ek nuwe krag, want U is by my.

Sonder U, Here, wat my aan die hand en die hart vat en my lei op die paaie wat U vir my gebaan het, kan ek nooit die weg vind nie. Sonder U Gees wat my in die volle waarheid lei (Joh 14 en 16), hoe kan ek die weg vind? U is waarheid en U Gees lei my in die volheid van U kennis en wysheid en rykdom. O Here, mag my soeke na U, my hoor en luister wanneer U fluister, wees tot die eer van U naam!

U ken ook my donker dieptes en vrees vir die dal van die dood en onheil. Net U weet van die donker nagte wanneer twyfel en onrus my wese vul en vrae, meer as legio, oor my verstand en hart kom lê. Dan Here, dan reik ek my hand uit na U wat vanuit U ontoeganklike Lig, lankal U hand na my gereik het; wat in die Seun van U liefde reeds my prys betaal het. Dan verdwyn my vrees en die donker om my. My depressie word helder lig. U is by my! U is by my!

U nooi my, ja vir my wat in die heel agterste stoel moet sit; wat eintlik kruipend agter U aan moet kom net om aan U soom te mag raak; U nooi vir my na U feesmaal. U vat my by die hand en sê: “kom hoër op My kind”. U laat my sit aan U regterhand met my hoek van die straat, my stegie en gangetjie klere aan. U oorklee my met ‘n fees mantel, ‘n nuwe kleed wat vir my verwerf is deur die Seun van U liefde. U maak my voel en lyk soos ‘n eregas. In die feesmaal van die Lam oorweldig die hartlikheid, die diepte van rykdom en wysheid en kennis en liefde en genade van die Groot Gasheer, my.

Laat my dan, in elke asemteug en hartklop, elke stukkie kos en slukkie water, ja elke sonsopkoms en elke keer as ek na my geliefdes kyk, laat my dan onthou hoe goed U vir my is; hoe groot U genade. Laat ek dit elke oomblik van elke dag onthou.

Ja ek, ellendige mens, wat sonder verdienste so ‘n groot genade ontvang het; ek sal tuis wees in die huis van die Here tot in lengte van dae.

Amen. Casper Krüger

16 DAE -VELDTOG

Geweld teen vroue in Suid-Afrika bly litteken’. Polisie vasberade om dit uit te roei.‘

Llewellyn Prince BEELD 27 November 2024

Via Sarie van Niekerk

Geslagsgeweld bly ’n “diep litteken in die aangesig van die samelewing wat aanhou bloei en wat baie mense raak”.

So het Senzo Mchunu, minister van polisie, gistermiddag in ’n debat oor die 16 dae van aktivisme teen geweld teen vroue en kinders in die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies (NRP) gesê en bygevoeg dat die polisie sy onwrikbare verbintenis herbevestig om geslagsgeweld uit te roei.

Thembi Simelane, minister van justisie en staatkundige ontwikkeling, sê die bekamping van geslagsgeweld en moord op vroue en kinders bly ’n politieke prioriteit van die regering, asook ’n wêreldwye bekommernis.

Adj.pres. Paul Mashatile het die regering se veldtog van 16 dae van aktivisme Maandag amptelik bekend gestel.

Mchunu het na die jongste kwartaallikse misdaadstatistieke vir 1 Julie tot 30 September vanjaar verwys. “Terwyl die statistieke ’n positiewe afwaartse tendens vir verskeie kategorieë van misdaad toon, bly die moord op vroue en kinders hoog.”

Bridget Masango, DA-LP en -woordvoerder oor maatskaplike ontwikkeling, het onlangs in ’n verklaring gesê die misdaadsyfers onthul die “verskriklike” geweld wat steeds teen vroue en kinders hoogty vier.

“Die syfers wys dat 957 vroue in die betrokke drie maande vermoor is, terwyl daar 1 567 voorvalle van poging tot moord op vroue aangemeld is. 14 366 vroue is ernstig aangerand met 10 191 verkragtingsvoorvalle.”

Masango sê 315 kinders is in hierdie betrokke tydperk vermoor.

Mchunu het verder in die debat gesê geweld teen vroue weerspieël in ’n mate die swak maatskaplike verhouding van mans teenoor vroue, asook ’n hoë vlak van “misplaaste” woede teenoor vroue.

Volgens hom kan die polisie alleen egter nie geslag geweld uitroei nie. Dit verg samewerking van die hele samelewing, veral van mans.

Hy sê ’n verslag van die Siviele Sekretariaat oor die Polisie wys dat die polisie tussen Oktober verlede jaar en Maart vanjaar 29 150 vermeende geslagsgeweldenare in hegtenis geneem het.

“Van hulle is 556 lewenslange tronkstraf opgelê. Sowat 480 geweldenaars is 20 jaar tronkstraf of meer opgelê, terwyl 998 tronkstraf van tussen 10 en 19 jaar opgelê is.”

Mchunu sê dit is egter nie genoeg om dié euwel uit te roei nie.

Simelane sê verder die toename in seksmisdade is “afgryslik en onverskoonbaar”.

Sy sê haar departement het veral groot vordering daarmee gemaak om te verseker dat slagoffers van geslagsgeweld almal toegang tot doeltreffende en sensitiewe geregtigheid het wat “vinnig, responsief, toeganklik en geslagsinklusief is”.

“Nog ’n mylpaal is die versterking van die kapasiteit in die strafregstelsel om alle strafloosheid te pak en doeltreffend op veral moord op vroue te reageer, asook om geregtigheid vir die slagoffers en oorlewendes te fasiliteer,” sê sy.

“Ons het wetgewing met betrekking tot geslagsgeweld gewysig.”

Masango sê die verskillende staatsdepartemente wat geslagsgeweld moet bekamp, werk egter nog in silo’s daarteen.

“Om hierdie maatskaplike euwels wat die land teister die hoof te bied, het ons nou koördinering nodig.”

CASES THAT LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION.

Maj.Gen. Sharon Schutte.

In the early morning of 12 August 1988, I received a call out from Radio Control concerning the rape of a nurse at the former H F Verwoerd hospital in Pretoria. At the time I had only been at the Pretoria Murder and Robbery unit for a few months. I rushed to the scene and found a 21-year-old complainant at casualty still clothed in her bloodied and dishevelled uniform. She was in complete and utter shock but was able to give me a coherent report of what had happened. Obviously, I cannot reveal her identity so I will refer to her as Sarie.

Sarie had worked a 07:00 – 19:00 shift (seven-to-seven, a 12-hour shift) the previous day. When she booked off duty, she was in a hurry to get back to the nurse’s residence at Droomhof in Voortrekkers Rd and she didn’t want to wait for the service bus. She decided to take a short cut through the grounds of the hospital in the direction of the

nurse’s home. As she walked through the gardens in a somewhat deserted area of the grounds she was grabbed from behind and forced into a small wooden garden hut. It was winter and extremely cold. The suspect proceeded to rape her throughout the night, there was no lighting in the shed and he didn’t allow her to see his face. Just before dawn he fled leaving her for dead.

Sarie was scared to move and sat in the hut crying. After some time, a passerby heard her whimpering, rescued her and took her to the casualty department. The District Surgeon on duty came to the hospital to examine her and confirmed that she had sustained multiple internal injuries and had been a virgin. Seeing a nurse in uniform, also in service of the community, so brutalized somehow made it seem more personal. We had to solve this case.

I believe that this is what motivates us as police officers to give of our best. Back at our offices at 70 Church Street several hours later, it was all hands-on deck. We had a brilliant field team and a strong informer network. As much as it was my duty to ensure that the crime scene was thoroughly processed, the case docket was written up etc., we could never achieve operational successes without the “veld span”.

Less than 48 hours later, we arrested the suspect and took him to our offices for questioning. This was in the days before DNA and Sarie couldn’t describe or positively identify the suspect as she didn’t see him. There was little forensic evidence to gather and no fingerprints in the shed. However, she distinctly remembered his voice as she had been locked up with him for the duration of the attack. So, we held a “voice identification parade”. She immediately and without any hesitation identified the suspect’s voice.

Paul Martins Letlape was charged with rape and abduction and less than 4 months later found guilty. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for rape and 7 years for the abduction, 2 years of which ran concurrently. An effective term of imprisonment of 15 years (blou baadjie).

As is usual after a case is finalized the complainant moves on with her life, seeing us who helped her as a reminder of a time she is desperately trying to forget. That is healthy.

However, that was the not the last I saw of Sarie. Approximately a year later, I was admitted to hospital after a miscarriage and needed to undergo a gynaecological procedure. I was extremely emotional and felt very sorry for myself. The nurse who attended to me at the Nedpark clinic was none other than Sarie. The roles were reversed, she was now the carer, and she supported me in my hour of need. I will never forget that through my tears her words to me were “Who says life is going to be fair?” That resonated with me. I had so much to be grateful for.

In 1989 the team and I were presented with Commendation certificates from the Commissioner, General Hennie de Witt for exceptional detective work in solving the case. This was a great honour for us all.

The boss and his pride: standing around Colonel “Suiker” Britz (second from left), are his proud colleagues who received merit awards in Pretoria. (From left, Detective-Sergeant Michael Masakwameng, Detective-Sergeant Sharon Schutte, Detective -Sergeant Robert Mahloala and Detective-Constable Jimmy Malebe.

Pretoria News, Tuesday 18 April 1989

All police officers will agree that child victims of serious and violent crimes impact hugely on us. On 22 April 1991 I was on standby when I was informed of a rape case at the old Iscor Club in Pretoria West. It was Easter weekend and there were several functions being held in the various halls there. It was a particularly warm evening; the large doors were wide open, and the long flowing curtains were a great attraction for the children to run in and out through. Angela (not her real name) was just 6 years old, a slightly built innocent young girl playing as children do. Her mother was a guest at a wedding there. Robert Hayes an adult male was also a guest but not known to Angela’s family. During the festivities Angela disappeared. In the dark some distance from the halls Angela lay on the ground, her beautiful dress torn and bloodied, she had been raped. Before we arrived at the scene other guests had apprehended Robert Hayes, they were so outraged that they physically assaulted him and hit him with glass bottles. Angela was rushed to H F Verwoerd hospital by ambulance in a serious condition. The suspect was also taken in another ambulance to the same hospital. I was directed to go straight to casualties. On my arrival I saw this tiny child on one trolley and the adult suspect on another. In all honesty I thought the suspect wasn’t going to survive. My attention was however on Angela and her mother. All our training kicks in and it only really gets to you afterwards. Angela made a good recovery physically, but the emotional damage was immense. Again, no detective does it on their own and there was great support from other Murder and Robbery detectives throughout the investigation.

Due to the serious nature of this case the matter was referred to the then Supreme Court in Pretoria. Judge Willie van der Merwe was the presiding officer. There were no social services there to help with a child victim back then, so this fell onto the shoulders of the investigating officer. There was also no special facility from where the victim could give evidence, so this minor had to give evidence in an open court. She was an absolute star. Judge van der Merwe was brilliant in that he invited the child to come closer and tell “the oom” exactly what had happened, and she did.

Robert Hayes was found guilty and sentenced to death. However, he was not executed as whilst he was on death row all death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment.

When I started at the unit, I was informed that you are not a “real” Murder and Robbery detective until you have a “hangpaal” sentence. I can claim I got one.

During 2018/2019 I received a call from the parole board at Correctional Services asking for detail of the crime and my perspective as the investigating officer to him being allowed out on parole. I gave them my honest opinion. I was then informed by the official that even his own biological mother didn’t want him to be released as she didn’t think he could be rehabilitated!

We dealt with many harrowing cases but these two made a specific impact on me. I often wonder what becomes of our victims but hope and pray that their lives changed for the better after we saw them in their darkest hour.

(Met

erkenning

aan "Die Generaal" en lt.genl J Ferreira.)

SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE

Via Sarie van Niekerk

Alle eer aan die Here! Brig.

Die “Divisional Commissioner: Human Resource Management’s Special Award for Excellent Performance” is onlangs aan brig. Kirsty Livingstone Jonker oorhandig vir haar uitstaande werk. Hier is sy met die divisie se Excellence Awards verlede maand.

Brig. Kristy Livingstone Jonker.

DIE GOEIE BEGIN DAE IN DIE KOLLEGE. 1974.

Joey Koen

Soek gister na n dokument en kom toe af op hierdie stukke koerant. Januarie 1974

kyk die prys van die koerant! 6c. Ek natuurlik die langste een.

GESKIEDENIS – TOEKOMS DENKE

Brig. (afgetree) Fanie Bouwer

Via Sarie van Niekerk

Ek is tans 'n jong 75-jarige man en omdat ek, soos my ander geesgenote, 'n geskiedenis- omwenteling in SA deurleef het, dink ek sonder ophou terug aan dinge wat oor 'n paar dekades gebeur het en wat mens deurleef het.

Steeds egter kan ek seker sê "ons leef die geskiedenis nog steeds ". Die komende geslagte (ek hoor een en almal gebruik deesdae die woord 'generasies', wat ek moeilik aan kou) sal op hulle beurt weer net daaroor kan lees.

Geskiedenis is uit die aard van die saak subjektief, en individue benader dit dikwels vanuit verskillende hoeke. Dit is verstaanbaar.

Ek dink ek het 'n soort van gevoel vir die verlede, in die sin dat ek datums en dinge wat van 'n spesifieke jaartal van my leeftyd, dadelik in herinnering kan roep. Baie keer as ek met 'n jong persoon gesels en sy/haar ouderdom verneem, dan sê ek vir hulle ek was in 'n spesifieke jaar só oud en dit en wat my situasie toe was, of waar ek was en so aan.

Bepaal jou verlede jou toekoms? Mag jy nie aan die vorige gebeure of dinge dink nie? Of mag jy nie ag slaan op wat vroeër gebeur het nie? Dít is nié moontlik nie.

Ons lewe in 'n tyd waar daar verskeie pogings is om die verlede uit te wis. Standbeelde word verwyder en daar is selfs pogings om dit te beskadig of te vernietig. (Dit word gedoen deur mense wat nie self hulle eie geskiedenis hoog ag nie. Of wat moontlik nie 'n saakmakende of trotse eie geskiedenis het nie. Of selfs nie daarvan weet nie).

Dan vind ons ook hier in SA geskiedenishandboeke wat gedeeltes van ons geskiedenis (onomwonde) weglaat. Die spreekwoord sê mos: "Die 'oorwinnaar skryf die geskiedenis".

Wat hulle egter vergeet, is dat wat in die geskiedenis gebeur het, nié ongedaan gemaak kan word nie, hoe hard daar ook al probeer word.

Hetsy jy saamstem al dan nie met dinge wat in die verlede gebeur het, of besluite wat in 'n spesifieke tydvak geneem was, moet mens in ag neem dat dit gedoen was in 'n spesifieke era toe dit bedink en as reg beskou was.

Die internet-publikasie, Nongqai, wat baie van ons eie polisie geskiedenis en ander gebeurtenisse in SA bewaar, sal oor 50-100 jaar deur geskiedenis navorsers met handige, eerstehandse feite voorsien. Ook so ander geskiedskrywers se werke.

Ons kan baie leer uit ons eie geskiedenis - goed én sleg. Baiekeer dink ek dit of dat kon anders of beter gedoen gewees het. Die tyd wat verby is, was egter nie verniet nie; dit moet altyd in berekening gebring word.

Die bekende Engelse eerste minister, Winston Churchill, het destyds 'n ou Spaanse filosoof se woorde herhaal toe hy gesê het. "Those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it". Hy het sekere na verkeerde besluite verwys, vermoed ek.

Baie mense wil dié verlede uitwis. Ander weer is vasgevang in die verlede, wat moontlike vernuwende denke nadelig beïnvloed .

Mens moet ook leer uit dit wat nié goed was in die verlede nie. Maar ook soos oom Paul Kruger dit gestel het: "Neem dit wat goed was uit die verlede en bou die toekoms daarop". Dít is iets wat ons bewindhebbers gerus in ag kan neem.

Ons ouer garde het 'n langerige geskiedenis, maar 'n kort toekoms.

So van toekoms gepraat: Soos wat daar geskiedkundiges is wat die verlede bestudeer, en van ons wat dit vertel omdat ons daar was en dit beleef het, is daar weer kundiges wat die toekoms bestudeer. Daar word verwys na die sg. toekoms-studies, wat 'n studie doen van voorspellings (ek hou myself juis so in die stilligheid daarmee besig - maar net in my kop). Doerdie tyd het van hierdie ouens reg voorspel dat

Engels die wêreldtaal eendag sal wees. Dit is natuurlik iets anders as akkurate geskiedenis. Baie voorspellings is egter ook verkeerd bewys.

Tussen hulle was natuurlik 'n klomp doemprofete ook. Nes deesdae.

SOUTH AFRICA’S FEMALE SPIES: JENNIFER MILES. ALLURE OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.

A Series by Intelligence Historian Henning van Aswegen

While the Russian KGB has never been regarded as romantic or heroic by anyone, Cubans and their La Luta Continua revolution are heroes to numerous aeolistic idealists around the world. Demonstrators in democratic countries would often strut around with placards and T-shirts of Che Guevara, not Leonid Brezhnev and Vladimir Putin. Girls swoon over Fidel Castro and the 1959 Cuban revolution, wearing T-shirts and sporting ill-fitting red berets at peace rallies. This story of a lovely young South African girl from Kimberley demonstrates how valuable and alluring this appeal of the Cuban revolution can be in the world of subversion and espionage.

Jennifer Miles was 26 years old, tall, blonde and decidedly beautiful. When she chose to do so, she could make her blue eyes and shy smile combine to convey an unspoken invitation no man could mistake or be resistant to. She could evaluate a man quickly and intuitively, then fashion a personal approach that suggested she was powerless to resist him. Demurely, she often left her paramours with the impression that he was the most wonderful and attractive man in the world.

For all her romantic liaisons, her words and manners were ladylike, and she created about herself an aura of innocent vulnerability. No one felt threatened by her outgoing personality, and everyone wished to help her and protect her good name. Women liked her almost as much as men did, and those who thought they knew her best, liked her the most. Next to “beautiful,” the words most frequently used to characterize Jennifer Miles, were “sweet” and “considerate.” She was a superb and punctilious worker, endowed with enormous reserves of energy. Though she might have been up until four, she invariably arrived at her office in the South African Embassy in Washington before nine o’clock, fresh and flawlessly groomed. She shunned expensive clothes and cosmetics, needing neither. Everything about her seemed natural and healthy.

By the summer of 1970 she had become a rising and dazzling star in the social firmament of official Washington. Government limousines called on her in the evening. Senators, congressmen, ambassadors, and government officials greeted her at diplomatic parties and State Department receptions. Still, she was dissatisfied with her social status, because her ultimate goal was to gain entry into the inner society of the White House, that “special circle” as she called it. She was prepared to do anything, make any sacrifice, sleep with any man, to achieve her goals and objectives. For she was a spy who devoted her whole life to succeeding in her mission.

Jennifer Miles had grown up in the diamond-mining city of Kimberley in the North Cape Province of South Africa, the third child of a happy middle-class family. Influences at home and the vestiges of South Africa’s pioneer culture imbued her with a work ethic, frugality, self-reliance, daring, and a spirit of adventure. After graduating from secondary school, she worked as a clerk, and at night often performed as a chorus girl in local theatrical productions. In July 1964, at twenty, she set off with her savings and two girlfriends to explore as much of the world as she could. They travelled by ship from Cape Town to England, then toured Europe. In January 1965 Jennifer and another girl went to Canada, where she found a job as a secretary with a Toronto stock brokerage firm. Efficient and popular, she attended night school and qualified as a stockbroker. Soon the director of the brokerage firm selected her as his private secretary. For a while she lived with a young SouthAfrican immigrant Canada, insisting on paying her share of the housekeeping expenses.

Jennifer Miles in Washington DC. 1969

Jennifer Miles in Washington DC. 1969

In April 1977, Jennifer Miles contracted a severe case of hepatitis, requiring prolonged convalescence during which she had little to do but read. Articles in the Canadian press about Cuba and Che Guevara’s exploits in Bolivia fascinated her and inspired her to undertake a serious study of the subject. Through books, bought and borrowed, she saw Cuba as a romantic, sunny island being transformed into a utopia by dashing, brave men of vision. In her fantasies, she imagined herself at Che’s side in the jungle, comforting and caring for him, sharing his dangers and ideals. With the capture, execution, and martyrdom of Che in October 1967, her fascination turned to obsession. Her destiny now was clear. She had to become a revolutionary and give herself wholly to building the new ideal world for which Fidel Castro lived and Che Guevara died. Filled with romantic notions of life as a revolutionary, the impressionable Miss Miles decided to go to Cuba.

To convince the Cubans of her earnestness and fervour, Miles volunteered to work for the ‘Fair Play for Cuba Committee in Canada.’ Her enthusiastic efforts on Cuba’s behalf were such that she had no difficulty in obtaining an entry visa to Cuba in December 1967. This application and her membership of the ‘Fair Play for Cuba Committee, brought Miles to the attention of the Canadian Intelligence Service, when a personal file was opened on her in late 1967. From this moment Miles was on the radar of both the Canadians and the Americans, with whom Canada shared intelligence information.

Because of American sanctions, the only route to Cuba from Canada was through Mexico. The Mexicans, disturbed by Cuban terrorism in South America, refused to issue her with an entry visa into Mexico, which she would need in her return from Cuba via Mexico back to Canada. As happened often, Jennifer Miles used her good looks to find a man to help her. An Italian she met at her Mexico City hotel recommended that she pretends to be an anthropologist studying Indian tribes in Central and South America. The Italian taught Miles enough terminology to help her pose as an anthropologist and the duly impressed Mexicans granted her visa to and from Cuba.

After booking into the Veradero Hotel in Havana, Miles took to the streets of the Cuban capital to explore the communist paradise, no more than ninety miles from the shores of Miami. On 1 January 1968, she stood with the Cuban multitude, enthralled and enthusiastic, listening to Castro deliver his public address on the ninth anniversary of the 1959 revolution. Due to her lack of Spanish, most of Castro’s speech was incomprehensible to Miles, but she thought Castro was manly and marvelous. Television cameras at the event found the blond Miles amongst the thousands of supporters and zeroed in on her – her light skin and hair distinguished her from the rest of the crowd. Her predisposition and commitment to Cuba was so strong, that it allowed her to assimilate whatever she observed and experienced, adding to her belief in the wonderful communist doctrine of the island state. Public transport, elevators and hotel ventilation that did not function, lines in front of sparsely stocked stores, the peeling paint and physical deterioration of buildings, were all evidence not of the deficiencies of the Cuban economy, but of popular concern with higher philosophical values.

To prove her revolutionary fidelity, Miles went to farm fields to harvest crops, working twelve hours a day and sleeping in dormitory barns. The hard work and Spartan conditions gave her a gratifying sense of identifying with the cause of the Cuban revolution and the people of Cuba. Touring the island with a government escort, Miles proclaimed to anyone who would listen her love for Cuba and her determination to become an authentic revolutionary in its service. The Cuban intelligence service, the DGI, was watching Miles closely and with trepidation, for she was a walk-in and almost too good to be true. Had she been a lesser girl, the Cubans probably would have expelled her summarily because in her eagerness she resembled a foreign agent sent

to Cuba to be recruited. But her potential was so obvious that the DGI played along on the off chance that she may be the genuine article.

When Miles returned to Havana from a trip to the Isle of Pines in late January, her government escort, whom she knew as Bernardo, informed her that she was being moved to the posh Hotel Riviera as a guest of the government. The hotel rooms in the Riviera Hotel in Havana were equipped with microphones, one-way mirrors, and hidden cameras for surveillance of the guests. After settling in, Bernardo introduced Jennifer Miles to a DGI officer using the false name George Sánchez. Assigned to be her guide and nightly escort, after only a few hours the Cuban also became her lover. During her recruitment in Cuba, Bernardo and George Sánchez instructed Miles to return to Canada and erase all traces of her support and contact with anybody Cuban, because her destination and mission on behalf of the revolution is now Washington DC, USA. “Break off all contact and communication with Fair Play for Cuba and your friends and destroy your passport that shows that you have visited Cuba. You are no longer a supporter of the Cuban revolution, you are now a revolutionary soldier!”

Before returning to Canada via Mexico City, Jennifer Miles was instructed by the DGI to leave messages in a dead letter box drop (DLB), in an alley next to McGill University in Montreal. By December 1968 Miles managed to secure a temporary job at the South African Embassy at 3051 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington DC. The Embassy is well placed diagonally across from the British Embassy and adjacent to the Iranian Embassy. Here the striking Miss Miles quickly endeared herself to staff members by offering to babysit for free. When an administrative-typist job developed in August 1969, the embassy gladly appointed the beautiful and clever Ms. Miles to its permanent staff.

The vivacious blonde from South Africa quickly became a favourite and popular figure on the Washington DC cocktail circuit, meeting a variety of American government officials, diplomats, journalists, military attachès and administrative personnel working for Congress. She met lobbyists and members of different political parties – fertile terrain for identifying and recruiting spies for the Cuban DGI.

On a rainy Saturday in April 1969, Miles travelled to New York by train to deposit a report for the DGI in a dead letter box, located on Eighty-second Street in Jackson Heights. On 5 July 1969 Miles repeated the exercise of depositing a letter in the same

DLB, naively and amateurishly writing her letter in legible English. The superintendent of the building noticed the attractive blonde girl hovering around the garden wall of his apartment complex and once Miles had left, decided to investigate. Reading the letter signed “Mary” and realising something untoward, the superintendent promptly called the New York Field Office of the FBI. Without realising it, Jennifer Miles’ spying career was over almost before it properly started. Intelligence services do not arrest suspected spies, but rather let operations run their course to identify everybody involved and the clandestine communications systems being used.

It took the FBI less than 48 hours to identify “Mary” as Jennifer Miles, a secretary working at the South African Embassy in Washington DC. Miles had not bothered to wipe her fingerprints off the letter to the DGI and the FBI quickly and quietly entered her one-bedroom apartment on upper Wisconsin Avenue to verify her fingerprints and identity. Setting up surveillance both inside and outside Miles’ apartment, the FBI allowed her to continue entertaining a variety of politicians and government officials with access to documents and secrets that could be valuable to the DGI. One young member of the House of Representatives was so infatuated with the lovely Jennifer, that he gave her whatever information she requested.

Approximately one year after starting operations, on 26 September 1969, Miles was followed to a personal meeting with her DGI handler in New York. Her handler did not show up, but he appeared at the back-up rendezvous one week later, on Saturday 4 October 1969 in the person of Rogelio Rodriguez López, Counsellor at the Cuban Consulate to the United Nations, using the pseudonym ‘Josè.’ “Jose” and Miles discussed the missing letter from the DLB and Jose instructed Miles to fly to Spain for their next meeting, perhaps sensing that something was wrong with their clandestine communication system in New York. Miles dutifully arrived at the Avenida Hotel in Madrid on 28 December 1969, but was instructed by Jose to fly to Paris, France immediately, “because you are in danger.” In a classic brush meeting on her Iberian Airways flight to Paris, a fellow passenger handed Miles a note, instructing her to be at the Eiffel Tower brasserie on 30 December at noon. Ignoring Miles’protests that she was feeling frightened, Jose instructed her to return to Washington DC and continue with what she was doing. She should rest assured that the DGI would re-establish contact with her there.

In Washington, Miles struck a friendship with Saeed Khan, a State Department deputy protocol officer of Pakistani descent. Accompanying Khan to diplomatic functions, Miles continued to meet and mingle with ambassadors, diplomats, congressmen, US government officials, and visiting dignitaries, including West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. The meeting with Brandt was a red flag for the FBI who informed the CIA, who had official intelligence liaison with South Africa’s Bureau of State Security (BFSS) in Pretoria. The day after being notified, on 4 October 1970, the South African ambassador in Washington instructed Miles to hand-deliver a letter to a hotel room in Washington DC. In the room, the FBI was waiting for her. Under questioning, she at denied that she was a DGI agent and said that she had lots of friends, and that some of the are Cubans.

Carefully placing her missing New York DLB letter and an array of photographs on the table, the FBI asked Miles if she knew Rogelio Rodriguez López. The FBI added photos of her loading and unloading the DLB’s in New York and her visits to Spain and France. Realising that the game was up, Miles sagged into a chair and asked the FBI agents for a glass of water. In return for her written confession, Miles was allowed to return to South Africa, perhaps a little disenchanted with her short-lived spying career as a glamorous agent for the Cuban revolution. Rogelio Rodriguez López and Orlando Prendez Gutierrez and four Cuban DGI operators were suspended from their cover jobs at the United Nations and expelled from the United States.

In South Africa, Jennifer Miles publicly denied that she ever was a Cuban spy, repeating the assertions that she had made many friends in Canada and the United States, and that some of them were Cubans.

IFBB FITNESS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BARSELONA

Via Rosalinda Erasmus

Net so bietjie spog, as ek mag, met my dogter Anneke Jordaan wie aan die IFBB Fitness Worlds in Barcelona deelgeneem het en haar prestasie: Fitness Challenge 2024 Spain

5th Womens Bronze Division Senior

Individuals

6th Womens Silver Division Senior individuals

4th Womens Couple Silver Division

6th Mixed Pairs Silver Division

© 3rd Gold division Teams

Die Suid-Afrikaanse span wat aan die IFBB wereldkampioenskappe in Barcelona, Spanje deelgeneem het. Anneke Jordaan (tweede van regs) het in verskeie afdelings as oorwinnaar uit die stryd getree.

Anneke Jordan het al hierdie medaljes by die byeenkoms gewen.

JA HERE. Past. Koot Swanepoel.

Die Ontwikkeling van ‘n eie Suid-Afrikaanse Intelligensiekunde (Veertien)

HOE SAM NUJOMA SWANIE SWANEPOEL SE EGGENOTE

MARINA SE KOFFIE FLES GENEEM HET

In Windhoek het Republikeinse Intelligensie (RI) ’n nuwe “vuurwapenlisensie kantoor” bokant die aanklagkantoor van die SAP geopen. Dié kantoor is deur Pieter Swanepoel, Ben Burger en M.C. Swart beman. DieAfdelingskommissaris van die SAP in Windhoek het kennis gedra van die RI-manne se nuwe take, en verantwoordelikhede en kanaliseer opdragte vanaf die Wit Huis in Johannesburg na hulle. Die insamelings verslae wat die RI-kantoor insamel, word via die SAP na brig. Van den Bergh se personeel in die Wit Huis gestuur vir analise, evaluering en vertolking. Die kantoor het waardevolle inligting oor SWAPO se bedrywighede in Suidwes-Afrika ingesamel en ook oor die joernalis Ruth First, die vrou van Joe Slovo. Slovo en First was bekende kommuniste en hul bedrywighede was deel van die

intelligensie prioriteite van RI in sowel Johannesburg as Windhoek. Joe Slovo was eerste hoof van staf van MK en later algemene sekretaris van die SAKP. Pieter (Swanie) Swanepoel inisieer ’n vindingryke intelligensie-operasie deur een van die twee grootste koerante in Suidwes-Afrika te subsidieer en ’n penetrasie-agent op die personeel van die ander te werf. Swanepoel skryf aan Hennie Heymans van Nongqai:

‘Van 1963 tot Desember 1967 was ek en my kollega Ben Burger die twee lede van die Vuurwapen eenheid, wat eintlik net die dekking vir die SWA-tak van die Republikeinse Intelligensiediens (RI) was. Na ons wete was daar daardie jare geen kommuniste in SWA nie. Hier en daar was daar wel mense met vêrlangse bande met kommuniste soos advokaat Israel Goldblatt, wat ’n vriend van Bram Fischer was en ’n eerw. Haythornthwaite wat net na die oorlogsjare lid was van die Friends of the Soviet Union. Advokaat Israel Goldblatt se suster Sarah Goldblatt was die skrywer C.J. Langenhoven se jare lange vertroueling en kuratrise van sy skryf nalatenskap op Oudtshoorn. Toe ewe skielik verskyn Ruth First in Windhoek. Sy besoek die Argiewe, koerantkantore, die Administrasiegebou, swart leiers van die SWAPO en SWANU organisasies en ’n menigte ander mense. Ons was bewus van die feit dat Ruth First en haar man, Joe Slovo, voormalige lede van die Kommunistiese Party van SuidAfrika (KPSA) was. Ons het ook geweet dat sy steeds ’n leidende rol in die buiteparlementêre opposisie teen die regering gespeel het en veral dat sy waarskynlik die gevaarlikste joernalis in daardie geledere was. Ons het begin navrae maak oor wat die doel van haar besoek was en ons het die swart kollegas opdrag gegee om haar versigtig dop te hou. Later het ons blankes haar ook probeer dophou. maar in Windhoek daardie jare kon jy nie iemand soos Ruth First ongesiens dophou nie. Lede van die publiek het begin saamspeel en First kort-kort uitgewys wanneer hulle ’n speurder in die omgewing gesien het. Al wat die dophouery ons in die sak gebring het, was om vas te stel dat haar belangrikste steunpilaar in die stad die Amerikaanse biskop van dieAnglikaanse Kerk in Windhoek, biskop Robert Mize was. Sy het hom daagliks besoek en dit was vir ons duidelik dat hy haar “gasheer” was. Sy het net in die Stadt Windhoek hotel geslaap, maar al haar skryfwerk in Mize se woning gedoen. Ek het besluit om die spreekwoordelike bul by die horings te pak. Ek het openlik agter haar gestap op pad na haar hotel. By die hotel het ek in die sitkamer gaan sit terwyl sy na haar kamer gestap het. Na ’n paar minute het sy uitgekom en my bestorm. “Wat dink jy doen jy?” wou First bitsig weet. “Hoekom loop jy agter my aan?”

“Dame,” het ek geantwoord, “Ons is bekommerd oor wat jou besoek aan ons stad kan beteken. Jy is ’n bekende kommunis en ons is nie gewoond daaraan om kommuniste in die stad te sien nie.” “Nou luister mooi,” het sy geantwoord. “My besoek hier het niks met kommunisme te doene nie. Ek doen navorsing vir ’n boek wat ek in opdrag van Penguin Books skryf. Dis ’n bekende uitgewery wat niks met kommunisme te doene het nie. Sal jy nou ophou om van jou en jou manskappe idiote te maak en my in ’n verleentheid te plaas?” Ek het geantwoord dat ek haar woord sal vat dat die boek niks met die kommunisme te make sal hê nie. En sy was reg. Toe die boek in 1963 verskyn het, het dit weliswaar ’n paar snedige klappe na die Windhoekse polisie wat haar gepla het, bevat, maar dit was nie ’n pro-kommunistiese boek nie. Die feit dat die redakteur van Penguin Books wat vir Ruth First die opdrag gegee het om die boek te skryf ene

Ronald Segal was, was vir my van geen belang nie. Presies wat die doel met die boek was, wat bloot die titel South West Africa gedra het, kon ek nie op daardie stadium agterkom nie, maar toe besef ek dat dit ongetwyfeld deel was van die voorbereidings vir die saak oor die administrasie van Suidwes-Afrika, wat in die Wêreldhof in Den Haag teen Suid-Afrika aanhangig gemaak was. Die klaers was Ethiopië en Liberië, maar dit was geen geheim nie dat die VSA die eintlike dryfveer was. Die klaers se advokate was dan ook Amerikaners.’

Die bevelvoerder van SWAPO, Sam Nujoma, word in 1966 vlugtig deur die SA Veiligheidspolisie in Suidwes-Afrika gearresteer en oornag in Windhoek aangehou. RI-lid Swanie Swanepoel skryf hieroor aan Hennie Heymans: “On 20th March 1966

Sam Nujoma landed in Windhoek, ‘to challenge the Boers’, but more possibly to foment an uprising, and was forced to leave the next day. At that time, I had already been following up reports of six ‘freedom fighters’ who had returned to Ovamboland. Soon after this date we began to obtain information that SWAPO insurgents were beginning to train locals in remote areas in guerrilla warfare.”

Bring terug my koffie fles

Swanepoel, Burger en Crous het inligting ontvang dat Nujoma ’n verrassings besoek per vliegtuig aan Suidwes-Afrika sou bring en op Windhoek-lughawe sou land. Hereroondersteuners van SWAPO sou Nujoma op die lughawe inwag en toejuig met die doel om aan die wêreld te wys dat SWAPO in beheer is van Suidwes, en nie die SuidAfrikaanse regering nie. As gevolg van ’n stukkie vernuftige voetwerk van Swanepoel

en Crous het die Herero’s en die loods van Nujoma se vliegtuig mekaar misverstaan oor die beplande landings tyd. Teen die tyd dat die Herero’s na ’n lang en uitputtende dagreis te perd by Windhoek-lughawe opgedaag het, was die vrygelate Nujoma stert tussen die bene weer vort na Lusaka, Zambië. Swanie Swanepoel se eggenote Marina het die oggend voor Nujoma se vrylating vir hom en die vliegtuigbemanning ’n Tupperware bak met toebroodjies en ’n fles koffie gemaak, wat Swanie saamgeneem het polisiekantoor toe. Nujoma is met die Tupperware bak en fles koffie in die hand vanaf Windhoek-lughawe vort na Lusaka, Zambië. Tant Marina Swanepoel, wat naby Pretoria woon, is nou nog vies omdat SWAPO nie haar pragtige koffie fles terugbesorg het nie. Sy sê die Tupperware bak “kan hulle maar hou.”

Joe Slovo se vriend, die Johannesburgse advokaat en SAKP-leier Bram Fischer, wat deel van die Rivonia-aangeklaagdes se regspan gevorm het, is in Junie 1964 gearresteer vir sy betrokkenheid by kommunistiese aktiwiteite. “In June 1964 the Communist Party was dealt a shattering blow when the Security Police arrested fourteen members of the Central Committee of the Party, including advocate Bram Fischer, the leader of the Party in the Republic of South Africa.” Fischer, in daardie stadium die waarnemende voorsitter van die SAKP, word beskou as een van die bekendste en invloedrykste struggle-aktiviste uit Afrikaner geledere. Daarteenoor was

Hendrik van den Bergh hoof van die Veiligheidspolisie wat oor wetstoepassings magte beskik het om teenoor enige bedreiging vir die staat se veiligheid op te tree. Groot hoeveelhede “inkriminerende kommunistiese lektuur” is in die huis gevind waar Fischer gewoon het. Ten tye van sy inhegtenisname het Fischer onder meer ’n dokument met die naam “the SACP Programme” in sy besit gehad, wat die omverwerping van die Nasionale Party-regering bepleit het. Dié dokument het ’n plan vir ekonomiese rewolusie in Suid-Afrika bevat. Fischer was voorts direk betrokke by die opstel van die “Operation Mayibuye”-dokument wat onder meer “die weg na oorwinning deur geweld” uiteengesit het.

Abram Fischer was die kleinseun van die gesiene Vrystaatse Afrikaner leier en president, Abraham Fischer. Pres. Kruger se wanhopige pogings om buitelandse steun vir die soewereiniteit van die Transvaal tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog (1899–1902) te werf, het die stuur van ’n drieman deputasie na die VSA, Rusland en Europa ingesluit. Die deputasie het bestaan uit A.D.W. Wolmarans van die Transvaal en twee Vrystaters, C.H. Wessels en Abraham Fischer, ironies die pa van die latere leier van

die SAKP, adv. Bram Fischer. Bram Fischer se pa en regterpresident van die Vrystaat, Abraham Fischer, was saam met J.B.M. (Barry) Hertzog en C.R. de Wet die belangrikste Afrikaner leiers in die Vrystaat. Saam stig hulle die Orania Unie in Mei 1906 wat hom beywer vir “verantwoordelike selfregering”. Die Orania Unie het geglo dat die eerste stap om verwydering van die Britse gesag in Suid-Afrika die onvoorwaardelike toekenning van selfregering aan die Transvaal en die Oranjerivierkolonie moet wees. Die Orania Unie was nie ten gunste van ’n geleidelike proses van konstitusionele ontwikkeling nie en in sekere opsigte was hul standpunt suksesvol toe die Britse regering in Junie 1907 by wyse van oktrooie verantwoordelike selfregering aan die Oranjerivierkolonie toeken. “Teen einde 1911 en in die loop van 1912 het die politieke partye wat die Afrikaners in die Kaap, Transvaal en die Vrystaat verteenwoordig het – die Afrikaner Bond, Het Volk en Orania Unie – hulself ontbind en die Suid-Afrikaanse Party (SAP) gevorm.”

Tydens nagraadse studie aan die Universiteit van Oxford se New College word Bram Fischer ’n bekeerling tot kommunisme. Op Oxford was Fischer ’n medestudent van die latere Leier van die Opposisie in die Parlement, sir De Villiers Graaff. Graaff vertel in sy outobiografie dat Fischer ’n Rhodes-student was wat te Oxford as voorsitter van die filantropiese groep, The Raleigh Society, gekies is. Graaff vertel dat Fischer een somer, net na sy besoek aan Duitsland en die Sowjetunie, skielik as voorsitter van die Raleigh Society bedank het en dat sy hele houding en manier van dinge doen, verander het. Gevul met kommunistiese dogma keer Bram Fischer in 1934 na SuidAfrika terug en registreer in Johannesburg as prokureur. Sy kantoor is reg oorkant die Johannesburgse hooggeregshof en twee jaar later trou hy met Susanna Johanna (Molly) Krige, ’n kleinniggie van gen. Jan Smuts se eggenote, Isie Smuts. Fischer se huis en swembad te Beaumont straat 12, Oaklands, was ’n bymekaarkomplek vir Johannesburg se linksgesindes en kommuniste wat dikwels om die blok parkering moes soek omdat Fischer se wit Mercedes Benz en Molly se wit- en geel Anglia die oprit blokkeer het. Net soos Hilda Watts stel Molly haarself openlik as kommunis vir die Johannesburgse Stadsraad verkiesing in 1944 verkiesbaar, maar word nie verkies nie.

Fischer word die ondergrondse leier van die SAKP en ’n gevaarlike opponent van die regering, omdat hy geweldpleging voorstaan en in die geval van die African Résistance Movement, ook finansier. Nadat die hof borg aan hom toegestaan het, het

hy ondergronds verdwyn. Hy is weer op 11 November 1965 gearresteer. Sir De Villiers Graaff, op daardie stadium leier van die opposisie, vertel die staaltjie van genl. Van den Bergh wat aan hom (Graaff) gesê het die veiligheidstak het Fischer op ’n keer gearresteer en hom met voorbedagte rade ná 48 uur weer vrygelaat het. Die veiligheidstak het aan ander gearresteerde kommuniste vertel dat Fischer gou vrygelaat is, omdat hy “alles” aan die VT vertel het en nou met hulle saamwerk. Volgens Van den Bergh het sommige kommuniste die storie geglo, moed opgegee en met die hele mandjie patats oor Fischer se ondergrondse bedrywighede vorendag gekom. Hierdie stories het, volgens Van den Bergh, tot Fischer se ondergang gelei.

Die aanklagte teen Fischer was gewigtig en hy is in 1966 van sabotasie aangekla. Op 9 Mei 1966 word Fischer tot lewenslange gevangenisstraf veroordeel op aanklagte ingevolge die Wet op die Onderdrukking van Kommunisme en die Sabotasie wet. Wat Fischer nie geweet het nie, was dat ’n vernuftige RI-infiltrasie-agent, Gerard Ludi, daarin geslaag het om die ANC en SAKP in Johannesburg binne te dring. “Everything changed in 1963, when a plausible police spy, Gerard Ludi, after a few years on the fringes, was invited to join a cell – of which Bram Fischer happened also to be a member. Ironically, Fischer warned the cell, in Ludi’s presence, of police attempts at infiltration and urged the cell members to take special care to recognise and to isolate these people as soon as they come near us.” Ludi was ’n polisieman, maar sy dekking as joernalis by beide die Rand Daily Mail en Johannesburg Star was rotsvas omdat hy ’n uitstekende joernalis was. Sy bona fides en geloofwaardigheid as linksgesinde joernalis en lid van die Congress of Democrats was bo verdenking.

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WHY SHOEPRINTS CAN BE UNIQUE IN CRIME INVESTIGATIONS?

Lettie Stander

Shoe prints can be unique in crime investigations because they can provide valuable information about the footwear and the person who wore it. Prints found at crime scenes can be used to narrow-down the search space. This is done by elimination of the type of shoe, by matching it against a set of known shoeprints (captured impressions of many different types of shoes on a chemical surface).

Here are some reasons why shoe prints are so unique:

• Manufacturing details

Shoe prints can have unique characteristics that come from the manufacturing process.

• Accidental details

Shoe prints can also have accidental details that can help investigators determine what shoes were worn.

• Class characteristics

Shoe prints can have class characteristics, such as the brand, size, and sole pattern, that can help investigators narrow down suspects.

• Outsole patterns

Each outsole pattern is unique and can be recorded in a database to help determine the strength of a specific footwear impression.

Footwear impressions can be found in three forms:

• Immediately visible: Some shoe prints are visible immediately.

• Latent prints: Some shoe prints are only visible after special processing, such as using chemical agents, glue, or light sources.

• Casts: Some shoe prints can be cast to create a 3D image for examination.

Forensic footwear evidence can be used in legal proceedings to help prove that a shoe was at a crime scene. Footwear evidence is often the most abundant form of evidence at a crime scene and in some cases can prove to be as specific as a fingerprint. Initially investigators will look to identify the make and model of the shoe or trainer which made an impression. This can be done visually or by comparison with evidence in a database; both methods focus heavily on pattern recognition and brand or logo marks. Information about the footwear can be gained from the analysis of wear patterns which are dependent on angle of footfall and weight distribution. Detailed examination of footwear impressions can help to link a specific piece of footwear to a footwear imprint as each shoe will have unique characteristics.

A bloody footwear at any crime scene is important evidence.

Types of footwear evidence

Footwear evidence can come in at least three forms, footwear outsole impressions, footwear insole impressions and footwear trace evidence.

Footwear outsole impressions

Footwear outsole impressions are impressions left on an object that was caused by contact with a piece of footwear. These can be left on the ground or raised surface by persons treading over it, left on doors or walls by persons attempting to kick or climb over a wall or even left on other persons after being kicked or stomped on.

Shoeprints left on a dusty surface

There can also be latent impressions not easily visible to the naked eye, on many different surfaces such as floor tiles, concrete or even carpet. Detection may require the use of additional specialized light sources such as portable ultraviolet lighting. Recovery typically includes photography as well as lifting with "gel" or "electrostatic" dust lifters.

Footwear insole imprints

Imprints of a person's foot can be left on the insole (inside) of footwear. Due to the sweat and dirt from the foot the insole impression can be left regardless of the wearers foot being in a sock or other covering. The size and arrangement of foot and toe imprints can be used to determine whether a person has worn a piece of footwear. The analysis and comparisons of foot imprints is part of the discipline of forensic podiatry. The insole will show a virtual image of the bare foot print of the wearers foot.

This can be compared to the actual barefoot print of the shoe owner to gain a match. A3d optical surface scan can then be used to build up a model of the foot itself. Useful in forensic evidence casting and identification. H Farmer BSc Hons Fs 2018.

Footwear trace evidence

Footwear trace evidence is trace evidence that is recovered from footwear. Types of trace evidence that could be recovered include skin, glass fragments, body hair, fibres from clothing or carpets, soil particles, dust and bodily fluids. The study of this trace evidence could be used to link a piece of footwear to a location or owner. DNA can be one of the contributing factors in forensic footwear evidence.

Detection of footwear evidence

Footwear impression revealed by oblique lighting Footwear impression details revealed with fingerprint powder

Footwear impressions can be detected with a variety of methods including:

• Visually using natural or artificial lighting.

• Using artificial light sources to provide oblique, coaxial, and polarized light for detection of visible and latent impressions.

• Using electrostatic lifting devices to lift dusty impressions.

• Using fingerprint powder to develop latent impressions.

• Using physical or chemical enhancement methods to develop or enhance faint impressions.

Alternate Light Source

Alternate light source is the use of a bright white light, such as a flashlight, to better see dusty prints on the ground that may not otherwise be visible to the eye. An alternate light source is usually used by applying oblique lighting to an area of floor to more easily locate footprints to be lifted.

Fingerprint Powder

Similarly to the use of fingerprint powder in fingerprint analysis, fingerprint powder is used when there is a latent footprint that is composed of mostly oils, instead of dust or dirt. The use of fingerprint powder allows the analyst to more easily find the print and identify the characteristics of the print.

Other Visualization Methods

In the case of visualizing footprints, sometimes spray paints are also used to see the details of the impression better, especially in cases of prints in snow which can be tricky to photograph without being spray painted first.

Recovery of footwear impression evidence

Footwear evidence occurs most often as either footwear impressions left in a soft surface, such as mud, or as dust deposits, which are difficult for the human eye to

detect. At violent crime scenes footmarks can be left as a result of a person standing in blood and subsequently trailing it as they move around the scene. The recovery of footwear evidence involves fixing and lifting or casting of the prints to preserve the details of the print and be used for further analysis and comparison.

Lifting

Footwear impressions can be lifted from surfaces with tools such as adhesive lifters, gelatine lifters or electrostatic lifting devices. These methods are similar to that of fingerprint lifting, which are lifted using one of the previously mentioned methods and then placed on a black or white backing card (depending on the colour of the print substrate) to better see the details of the print and for evidence preservation purposes. Adhesive lifters are essentially pieces of tape with a backing on them that are smoothly applied to the print, lifted off of the print and then attached to a backing card. Gelatine lifters are flexible gel sheets made of gelatine which are applied to the 2D impression in the same manner as adhesive lifters and then are covered by the plastic sheet provided with the gelatine lifters. Electrostatic lifting involves the use of high-voltage current on a lifting plate to lift the elements of the print, without disturbing the area as much as traditional lifting methods do, followed by transferring the print from the lifting plate to a gelatine lifter or adhesive lifter.

Shoe prints collected at a crime sean is important evidence.

Casting

Evidence left via impressions can generally be recovered utilizing a plaster cast or dental stone. Initially the impression is isolated by framing the area with a solid boundary. Following this a plaster mix can be gently poured inside the frame; it is generally considered not best practice to pour directly onto the impression. In some cases where the surface is not ideal for casting prior techniques can be utilised to gain a better cast of the impression. Sand can often be fixed in place by applying an aerosol resin or glue although hair spray is often used in combination with chalk to assist in ease of lifting the cast out of the print more gently.

Wet mud impressions can be dried using a combination of pipetting water from the surface and applying hot air, often in the form of a hair dryer

Fixing Techniques

When using plaster to cast a footprint, it is recommended to use a fixing agent to prevent the loss of detail when creating a plaster cast. These fixing agents include shellacs, glues, aerosol resins and hairsprays, which are sprayed liberally on the print before pouring the plaster of Paris into the impression. Often times, chalk is also applied to the impression as an added protective measure against damaging the print.

Plaster/Dental Stone

Generally speaking, plaster of Paris and dental stone are mixed in the same way at a scene, usually by adding water to the powder in a baggy until a thick, but pourable consistency and then pouring the mixture indirectly into the impression. After the plaster/stone is applied it is allowed to set and then gently lifted out of the impression. The reason that plaster and dental stone are not used in snow prints is because dental stone heats up as it sets, while pill sulphur will only cool down as it sets.

Prill Sulphur

In instances where there are impressions in snow or slush, pill sulphur is used to avoid melting the impression substrate. Prill sulphur is prepared by melting the sulphur on a hot plate in a well-ventilated area and then allowing the mixture to cool, while stirring continuously. The sulphur mixture can then be poured into the impression and left to set and then analysed.

3D Optical Surface Scanning

Footwear evidence can be recovered with use of 3D scanners.

There are two types of 3D scanners used in forensics:

• crime scene scanners able to capture a large overview map of the scene;

• ‘close-up’ 3D scanners able to capture individual objects in high resolution and full colour.

Advantage of 3D scanning over casting is that 3D scanners can scan the object without touching or affecting it – most 3D scanners use lasers to capture 3D information. Some scanners can also capture the colour surface, [null producing] a visually [null accurate] replica of the object. To create a complete and highly detailed 3D model of a footprint less than 15 minutes is required. HF 2018

Three-dimensional imaging

Recent approach takes advantage of digital photography. A set of digital images of a footmark or target area of interest, taken in different viewpoints is required to create detailed and accurate 3D model. Appropriate software allows to visualise a 3D model in different ways, make accurate measurements from a 3D trace or perform a comparison of multiple traces.

Examination of footwear impressions evidence

Footwear impression can reveal information that may be of use to forensic investigators. Analysis of impressions found at a crime scene may provide the following information:

Number of people at a crime scene: Different footwear impressions left at a crime scene will indicate more than one person was present at the crime scene.

Approximate height of the wearer: There is statistical correlation between foot/footwear size and height and also stride length and height. The dimensions of the footwear impression and the distance between impressions can be used to provide an estimate of height.

Activity of wearer when impression was made: Plastic footwear impression left on soft surfaces can reveal whether a person was walking, running or carrying a heavy load when the impression was made.An impression made by person running will make impressions that are deeper in the heel and toe sections. A person carrying a heavy load such as a body will leave imprints that are deeper than when not carrying a heavy load.

Manufacture, model and approximate size of footwear: Footwear impression can show the design elements (shapes, patterns, arrangement) that form the outsole design. These can be compared with a footwear outsole database to identify the model of footwear that made the impression. Knowledge of the model of footwear that made the impression can assist in narrowing down the list of suspects and can also be used to link multiple crime scenes to the same perpetrator(s).

Establishlink between crime scene impression with a specific piece of footwear: Comparison of crime scene impressions with a specific piece of footwear recovered from a suspect can determine if there is any relationship. A worn piece of footwear will gradually acquire unique wear and tear on the outsoles. These randomly acquired characteristics will be unique to that specific shoe and may show in crime scene impressions.

• If class characteristics and size matches: investigators can determine that footwear could have made the impression, but other footwear with similar design and size could also have made the impression.

• If class characteristics, size match and randomly acquired characteristics found in the footwear outsole can also be found in the crime scene impressions: Investigators can determine that the specific piece created the crime scene impression. This relationship can be used as evidence to prove that the footwear's owner was at the crime scene.

Limitations of footwear evidence

The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski, was known to keep shoes with smaller soles attached to the base in order to confuse investigators about the size of the suspect's feet.

There is a lack of scientific research and evidence to support footprint evidence in criminal investigations and convictions. While footwear evidence has appeared to be useful in some high-profile cases, such as Richard Ramirez’s (aka The Night Stalker) unique ‘Avia’ shoeprints helped investigators link together his crimes, it must be evaluated cautiously. In the Ramirez case the footwear impressions used to link his crimes were not the primary evidence used to convict him of his crimes. There have been cases where footprint evidence has assisted in wrongful conviction, such as Charles Irvin Fain who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death row. The forensic investigator testified that the shoe prints found at the crime scene matched the ‘walking gait’ of Fain, though analysis of this type has never been scientifically validated. Fain was later exonerated based on DNAevidence after almost 18 years on death row.

Photo evidence sheet

It must also be considered that footprints discovered at a crime scene remain fixed, while the wearer of the footwear continues on likely changing the wear of the shoe. Thus, unless the print is immediately matched its potential value may be lost. Also of concern is the lack of science and standards demonstrating that footwear marks are unique. There are a lack of scientific studies demonstrating how many characteristics are needed to determine a match with such evidence. This is similar to other forensic evidence such as bite mark analysis, tire tread analysis, etc. where there is little scientific evidence of its efficacy. In 2009, the NationalAcademy of Sciences made the conclusion that, aside from DNA, there was little if not any, scientific evidence for many forensic disciplines, including footprint evidence.

The first known legal case to use footwear evidence to solve a crime was the Richardson Trial in Scotland in 1786. In this case, a detective compared a footwear impression left at the crime scene to shoes of people in the area. The detective was able to link the shoe to the crime scene by identifying distinct characteristics of the heel, such as patches and nails from a repair.

Information: Sources from Wikipedia

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ONS EIE “BRAG DRAG”.

Rinnuccia De Villiers.

Ons het maar net vir ons hempies gemaak by ons eenheid (Anti-Gang Unit Wes Kaap) Eerste dag wat ons dit aan gehad het. Vrydae mag ons enige iets aantrek. Van links na regs: A.C. Solomons, C.A.C. Mfengwana, kapt De Villiers en A.C Fredericks.

Waarop ‘n kollega die volgende kommentaar gelewer het. Baie oulik. Ons het ook stasie toe shirts gehad, maar omdat wapen op is, mag ons dit nie meer dra nie. Dalk moet ons ook weer nuwes laat maak sonder wapen. Wat my eintlik grief is ons gemeenskap wat by ons Community Safety Department bibs gekry het met polisiewapen op en nou wil almal maak asof dit gemagtig is, maar dit was eintlik 'n foutjie. Ons distrik CPF het tot 'n voertuig gekry met polisie branding op, nog 'n foutjie.

Klerke mag nie in gemerkte voertuie ry nie, hoe kan 'n CPF lid dan nou dit doen. Anyway julle lyk baie cool in julle hempies.

Foto’s: Ons eie “brag dra.

JEUGBLAD

Via Sarie van Niekerk

Elkeen van ons het so nou en dan bietjie ekstra petrol nodig. Wie kan daardie ekstra petrol vir ons beter gee as juis Jesus Christus. Ek hoop elke lid van ons jeugblad kan bietjie ekstra petrol uit hierdie boodskappie put.

KERSBOODSKAP

Past. Koot Swanepoel

Jesaja_9:5 “Want ‘n Kind is vir ons gebore, ‘n Seun is aan ons gegee; en die heerskappy is op sy skouer, en Hy word genoem: Wonderbaar, Raadsman, Sterke God, Ewige Vader, Vredevors "

Ons is van kleins af vertel en geleer van Kersfees.

Geleer dat “kersvader” kom met sy bokkies en slee om geskenke te bring. En as ons soet is sal kersvader vir ons presente bring. In werlklikheid is ons verkeerd geleer en groot gemaak.

Ons Ouers het wel in die aande Bybel gelees en boeke gevat soos ons dit genoem het en ons kerk toe gevat en moes Sondag skool bywoning doen. Maar Kersfees wat veronderstel die Geboorte Viering van Christus moes wees, is vervang met die “ronde maag mannetjie” met die rooi klere en keps wat HO-HO-HO roep.

Selfs nou nog leef mense om Kersvader te sien en op te hemel, en sekere vereistes aan mekaar stel oor wat se geskenke hulle vir Kersfees wil ontvang.

Maar as ons net wil besef WIE vir ons gebore is, en die REDE hoekom HY vir ons gebore is. Dan sal ons ons persepsies oor Kersfees verander in dankbaarheid en eerbied.

Eerbied, want ons Heiland is gebore en het die ware Evangelie kom verkondig, sy lewe aan leiding van verwerping oor gegee EN gesterf, sodat ons vir ewig in die hiernamaals kan lewe. As ons HOM aan geneem het as ons Herder en Verlosser Joh 1:12 “Maar almal wat Hom aangeneem het, aan hulle het Hy mag gegee om kinders van God te word, aan hulle wat in sy Naam glo.”

En as ons kinders geword het dan het ons kinders geword van GOD die Vader, en nie van Kersvader nie.Rom_8:17 “en as ons kinders is, dan ook erfgename, erfgename van God en mede erfgename van Christus, as ons naamlik saam met Hom ly, sodat ons ook saam met Hom verheerlik kan word.”

Gal_3:29 “En as julle aan Christus behoort, dan is julle die nageslag van Abraham en volgens die belofte erfgename.”

Wat kan die kort mannetjie met sy bokkies en slee ons bied??!!

Kom ons gebruik Kersfees in eerbied en dankbaarheid tot ons Hemelse Vader en loof en prys hom vir die GROOTSTE KERSGESKENK OOIT, naamlik ‘n Ewige Lewe in SY Heerlikheid tot in alle Ewigheid. Daar waar daar GEEN hartseer, pyn, lyding, haat, neid, jaloesie en tweedrag is nie.

En daardeur sal ons nakom om Genisis 1 vers 26 uit te leef tot SY eer en heerlikheid. Gén_1:27 “En God het die mens geskape na sy beeld; na die beeld van God het Hy hom geskape; man en vrou het Hy hulle geskape.”

Dan sal ons ‘n vol lewe lei, en HY sal die lof en eer kry wat ons as mens so graag na strewe.

Amen.

SO TROTS OP DAARDIE RUGBY SERTIFIKAAT

Sarah Ann Oberholzer

Kleinkind (gr 2) het gister (26.11.2024) prysuitdeling gehad. Maak nie saak wat op daardie sertifikaat staan of die feit dat hy ook blokfluit (in 'n groep) by die prysuitdeling gespeel het nie. Sy trots is die trofee vir die beste gr. 2 rugbyspeler.

OUMAS MAG MOS MAAR SPOG: MIA MINNAAR

Dalene Steenkamp.

Oumas mag mos maar spog, want ons deel mos mekaar se vreugdes.

My Mia knoppie blom se gr. R-gradeplegtigheid. Ouma vra: wat wil jy eendag word?

Mia seg “‘n polisie-tannie”

Oor Mia skryf ouma Daleen as volg:

Hallo Sarie. Na aanleiding van jou versoek op die blad oor Mia.

Sy is dieselfde een oor wie jy ook voorheen die foto met die kettie geplaas het.

Mia is die naam van ons huidige Mej. Suid-Afrika, maar lyk hierdie Mia nie ook na ‘n toekomstige Mej. Suid-Afrika nie.

Mia Minnaar, ses jaar oud en ‘n leerder van Pikkie

Pret Kleuterskool te Kathu. Hulle het Donderdag 7 November hulle gr. R gradeplegtigheid gehad, want volgende jaar is hulle graad eentjies.

Hulle woon op die plaas. Mia is ‘n regte rabbedoe en ‘n plaaskind by uitstek. Sy wil net buite wees. Dam swem, windbuks skiet, saam jagveld toe, tuinmaak. Net so is sy heel vlytig binne die huis met kosmaak.

Pappa Jaco boer saam met oupa en mamma Susan is in Millwright by die myn. Boetie Jacobus is 10. Hulle word soggens by die plaashek opgelaai met ‘n bussie en namiddae weer afgelaai.

Maar wees tog net versigtig wat jy oor ouma Daleen voor Mia sê. Ouma vertel ook die volgende oor Mia.

Ouma Dalene saam met Mia.

Want sien ouma moes onlangs kanker aan haar lip laat uitsny en toe veroorsaak sy amper self dat dieselfde Mia die voormalige bokskampioen, Kallie Knoetze met die vuisies gaan by dam het.

’n Heelwat jonger Mia op die plaas!

“Elize Knoetze, jou man, Kallie, is in die moeilikheid! My lip is gesny vir kanker verwyder. Dit lyk nogal goor. Kleindogter Mia vra of dit seer is. Ek sê dit voel of Kallie Knoetze my geslaan het. Die ses jaar oue se brein clutch toe uit . Sy vra wie hy is. Ek sê dis ‘n polisie oom wie ‘n kampioen bokser was. Sy is in hyper verdediging in. Hy kan mos nie vir oumie slaan nie .sy gaan hom bykom.

Moes oumie nou mooi die simboliek in die storie verduidelik om die begrip oor te bring.

Amper word oom Kallie geboks deur my ses-jarige kleindogter, en dit vir iets wat hy nie eers van weet nie”.

DIE PAD HEMEL TOE

Frik Stoffberg

(Uit die Groen motor en ander kort verhale.)

Baie van die kontrei se aktiwiteite draai om die kerk en oor boerdery bedrywighede. Hierdie storie is ‘n waar een.

Ou dominee het afgetree en daar is met groot geskal van hom en mevrou dominee afskeid geneem. Hulle was immers vir meer as twintig jaar die kontrei se predikantspaar en het hulle bediening met groot sorg uitgeleef. Die gemeente was eintlik hartseer omdat hulle aftree en verhuis het na ‘n dorp waar hulle kinders woonagtig is.

Nou het daar in ou dominee se tyd in die kontrei, baie dinge plaasgevind. Sommige humoristies en ander minder so. Die een ding wat egter uitstaan was die oggend toe ‘n jongetjie van so vier, hom van die galery af aangespreek het.

Ek gaan nie hier die ma en pa se name noem nie. Hulle het soos gesê ‘n vierjarige tjokker gehad en hulle het altyd op die galery gesit as hulle kerk bygewoon het. Die tjokker het krullerige rooi hare gehad en’ sproet gesig. Hy het vroeg vroeg die bynaam van “Roesbolling” gekry. Om die waarheid te sê ek het nie eers geweet dat daar so ‘n woord bestaan nie en moes die Woordeboek raadpleeg. Selfs die kon nie ‘n duidelike

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verklaring gee nie, maar dit het aangedui dat dit materiaal is waar baie roes op een plek gesentreer is.

Roesbolling het op vier, die woordeskat gehad wat ‘n matroos sou laat bloos. Die ma en pa het moeilik gehad om hom te beheer en as hulle hom onder dwang geplaas het, het hy vreeslik gevloek

So is ma, pa en “roesbolling” die more in die kerk op hulle gewone sitplek in die galery.

Roesbolling het tussen ma en pa gesit en was reeds met die aanvang van die diens baie kriewelrig. Tydens die gesange en geloofsbelydenis was dit nog heel aanvaarbaar.

Toe ou dominee die kansel inneem om die Skriflesing te doen het dit iets in “roesbolling” wakker gemaak en hy wou opsluit onder die banke deur kruip tot by die galery se reling. Pa wou keer en ma het gesê los, hy gaan nou begin vloek

Pa het skaars gelos toe kruip “Roesbolling” onder die banke deur tot heel voor by die reling. Alles blyk toe in orde te wees want hy staan aandagtig na ou dominee en luister

Ou dominee was ‘n interessante spreker en het baie met sy hande verduidelik. Hy was juis besig om te demonstreer hoe die Filistyne vir Simson gevange wou neem.

Al hierdie verduideliking en handgebare was effens te veel vir “Roesbolling”. Hy het met uitgestrekte hand na ou dominee gewys en klip hard geskree “hei, jy k..k nou.

Daar was nie ‘n slotsang of gebed nodig nie. Mense het al proesende opgestaan en vir die deure gemaak. Niemand kon hulle waardigheid behou nie. Ou dominee het self later lekker gelag. Sovêr ek weet het ma, pa en “Roesbolling” nie gou weer gesig in die kerk gewys nie.

Maar die storie gaan eintlik nie oor ou dominee nie. Die broeders kerkraad het ‘ beroep uitgebring op ‘n jongerige dominee en hy en sy wederhelfte het die beroep aanvaar.

Dit het “ groot to do” tot gevolg gehad. ‘n Formele ete is gereël waartydens die predikantspaar amptelik ontvang sou word. Dan was daar die intreepreek en na dit weer ‘n gemeente ete in die kerksaal.

Die pastorie moes geverf word en nuwe mevrou dominee is gevra na die kleurskema van haar meubels en gordyne, Toe moes die matte ook vervang word om by haar kleurskema te pas.

Die weke en maande is met spoed verby en die tyd vir die nuwe dominee en sy vrou se verwelkoming het vinnig nader gekom. Die Sondag voor hulle sou arriveer, het die broers kerkraad vlugtig byeen gekom want daar was ‘n gedagte dat die dominee en sy vrou buite die dorp iewers ontmoet moes word.

Nou wil ek net eers verduidelik dat die teerpad vanaf die groot dorp tot by ons was heel goed om op te ry. Maar so 7 kilometer buite die dorp was die pad waar dit by ‘n waterpan verby gegaan het.. As dit reën het die water in die pan opgestoot en oor die teerpad geloop. Die slik wat agtergebly het was baie glad en het aan ‘n motor se bande vasgeklou.

Wie so besluit het weet ek nie, maar die stukkie pad van so ongeveer 200meter het toe allerweë bekend gestaan as “Jêmpan.”

Tydens ‘n ernstige debat in die Kerkraad het ieder en elk ‘n eier te lê gehad oor waar die ontmoeting met die predikantspaar sou plaasvind. Nadat almal hulle mening gelug het, het Vroom Dawid opgestaan. Hy was ‘n stadige spreker en het met omhaal van woorde beswaar aangeteken oor die ontmoetingsplek. Sy laaste woorde aan die kerkraad was “Broers as die dominee nie sy pad van Jêmpan tot in die dorp kan kry nie, hoe gaan hy vir ons die pad Hemel toe verduidelik.

Uiteinde was dat daar by wyse van stemming besluit is om nuwe Dominee en mevrou vanaf Jêmpan tot in die dorp geleide te doen en op die Genade sou staatmaak dat die nuwe dominee ons die pad hemel toe sou kon wys.

HERNU

Ds. Innes Benade

Op 31 Oktober vanjaar, het die Christelike Geloof die HERVORMING gedenk soos eeue tevore.

Stel jou voor:

Die monnik Martin Luther en die Fariseër Nikodemus het iets wonderbaars in gemeen gehad 'n Opregte soeke na die WAARHEID.

As alle Christelike kerke dit tog net voorop sou stel, sou daar nie vandag sóveel verdeeldheid in die Liggaam van CHRISTUS wees nie.

NET EEN KERK MET EEN HERE EN EEN EENDRAGTIGE OPDRAG UIT DIE HART

VAN DIE EEN, ENIGE, WAARAGTIGE GOD!

'GAAN MAAK VISSERS VAN MENSE'

(en nie - 'Gaan maak geld bymekaar, bou katedrale, kerke, sinodale sentrums, vatikaanstede en pastorieë nie...')

Die HERVORMING was maar een vernuwing wat die kerk in 1517 dringend nodig had.

Vandag staan die kerk van JESUS voor nuwe uitdagings....

Wie mag en wie mag nie deel wees van SY kudde nie....

So asof ons die Genade van GOD mag bestuur!

Dit breek my hart.

Mense wat besluit oor hoe die LIEFDE van GOD behoort te lyk....

Nikodemus wou ook weet en gaan maak donkernag 'n draai by die EEN wat weet.

JOHANNES 3:3

'3. Daarop sê Jesus vir hom: “Dít verseker Ek jou: As iemand nie opnuut gebore word nie, kan hy die koninkryk van God nie sien nie.”'

NUUTWORD deur JESUS se oë is anders.

Dit open oë tot geloof, hoop en liefde in die onverstaanbare trap.

Dit vra dat ons anders sal dink oor onsself en die beperkinge wat ons onsself in opsluit.

GENADE KAN NIE VERDIEN WORD NIE.

DIS GRATIS.

Wat Martin Luther en Nikodemus dryf is die INTENSIE om MEER te vra as wat ons van bewus mag wees.

Dat die onverstaanbare, helder duidelik word vir hulle wat 'n Renaissance geboorte beleef.

('Renaissance is a French word meaning “rebirth.” It refers to a period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom' - Britannica)

Nicodemus (/nɪkəˈdiːməs/; Greek: Νικόδημος, translit. Nikódēmos; Imperial Aramaic: ��������������, romanized: Naqdīmūn; Hebrew: ןוֹמיִּדְקַנ, romanized: Naqdīmōn)

He is a New Testament figure venerated as a saint in a number of Christian traditions. He is depicted as a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin who is drawn to hear Jesus's teachings.

As is the case with Lazarus, Nicodemus is not mentioned in the synoptic Gospels, and is mentioned only by John,[3] who devotes more than half of Chapter 3 of his gospel and a few verses of Chapter 7 to Nicodemus, and lastly mentions him in Chapter 19.

Nicodemus is considered by both Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church traditions to have secretly been a disciple of Jesus on the basis of the narrative in John 19; there is no explicit mention of his discipleship in the Gospel of John.

Owing to his insistence on a hearing for Jesus according to Jewish law, Nicodemus is sometimes referred to as "defender of Jesus".[4]

Beskermers vir die reg tot Waarheid!

Nikodemus en Martin Luther was begerig om die diepte van die ONBEPERKTE te toets en hoor dan duidelik.

VERANDER!

HERNU -

HERVORM -

HERGEBOORTE -

Onmoontlik? Nee beslis nie. Dis 'n nuutskepping wat alleen GOD kan bewerk.

My bede is - 'HERE JESUS, RAAK ASSEBLIEF VAARDIG OOR DIE GRENSE VAN

DIE AARDE HEEN....

Verander die harte van maghebbers, dienaars en bedelaars, gewone mense en mense wat 'alles weet!'

Dankie dat ons verandering U GENADEHAND is wat optel en heelmaak wat ons gebreek het'

AMEN.