SA Police COIN Unit Veterans League

SA Police COIN Unit Veterans League This is the official page for the COIN Veterans League. This page is available to all friends and fa The Afrikaans name for the league is ‘TIN Veterane Bond’.

As an official veterans organization and voice of members of the former South African Police counterinsurgency (COIN) Unit. The COIN Veterans League is founded on unity and harmony, free of rank, apolitical, non-racial, non-sexist and a religious freedom foundation.

2 July 1976W/Off F.P.P Bezuidenhout:-W/Off Freek Bezuidenhout ( best known as"Piet Kantien") was killed in a tion on act...
02/07/2026

2 July 1976
W/Off F.P.P Bezuidenhout:-

W/Off Freek Bezuidenhout ( best known as"Piet Kantien") was killed in a tion on active servicd. He was killed in a contact near Otavi in northern South West Africa. He was 47.
He was one of the S A Police Special Task Force originals who successfully passed Special Task Force selection 1 after it was established on the 1st of February 1976.

The grave of W/Off F.P.P. Bezuidenhout is situated in the Zandfontein Cemetery in Pretoria.

27 June 1973.Cst L.J. Minnie:-Cst L.J Minnie of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit was killed on active servic...
27/06/2026

27 June 1973.
Cst L.J. Minnie:-

Cst L.J Minnie of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit was killed on active service. He fell to his death down a cliff while serving in Rhodesia. He was 25.

The grave of Cst Minnie is situated in the Port Elizabeth (North End) Cemetery, Eastern Cape.

16 June 1970Sgt F.A. Oosthuizen:-Sgt FA Oosthuizen of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit was killed on active ...
16/06/2026

16 June 1970
Sgt F.A. Oosthuizen:-

Sgt FA Oosthuizen of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit was killed on active service. He Drowned serving in Rhodesia.

There is no information availble on the location of his grave. The name of Sgt F.A. Oothuisen appears on the SA Police Counter Insurgency Unit memorial wall in Pretoria.

1 June 1969.Sgt H.C. Janse Van Rensburg:-Sgt H.C. Janse Van Rensburg of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit was...
01/06/2026

1 June 1969.
Sgt H.C. Janse Van Rensburg:-

Sgt H.C. Janse Van Rensburg of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit was killed In Action. He was shot and killed during a contact on active service in Rhodesia. He was 26.

The grave of Sgt Van Rensburg is situated in the Rooigrond Cemetery, Marico district, Mahikeng.

27 May 1985.W/Off J. Tshwane:-There is no information available on the death of W/Off J. Tshwane. He died performing act...
27/05/2026

27 May 1985.
W/Off J. Tshwane:-

There is no information available on the death of W/Off J. Tshwane. He died performing active service as member of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit.

The name of W/Off J. Tshwane appears on the the SA Police Counter Insurgency Unit memorial wall in Pretoria.

26 May 1979.Sgt A.P. van Niekerk:-There is no information available on the death of Sgt A.P. van Niekerk. He died perfor...
26/05/2026

26 May 1979.
Sgt A.P. van Niekerk:-

There is no information available on the death of Sgt A.P. van Niekerk. He died performing active service as menber of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit.

The name of Cst A.P. van Niekerk appears on the the SA Police Counter Insurgency Unit memorial wall in Pretoria.

22 May 1971.Cst W.P. DobbinCst J.J. Henning:-Cst Dobbin and Cst Henning of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit ...
22/05/2026

22 May 1971.
Cst W.P. Dobbin
Cst J.J. Henning:-

Cst Dobbin and Cst Henning of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit were killed In action. They were killed in a landmine explosion during active service in the Caprivi Strip in South West Africa.

Cst W.P Dobbin was 19. His grave is situated in the Greytown Cemetery in KZN.

Cst J.J. Henning was 28. His grave is situated in the Southpark Cemetery in Bloemfontein Free State.

19 May 1982.W/Off P.H. BezuidenhoutW/Off Bezuidenhout of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit was killed perform...
19/05/2026

19 May 1982.
W/Off P.H. Bezuidenhout

W/Off Bezuidenhout of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit was killed performing active service in the Kavango, SWA. No information available of how he died.

The name of W/Off P.H. Bezuidenhout appears on the SA Police Counter Insurgency Unit Memorial Wall in Pretoria.

16 May 1968.Cst S.J. Erwee:-Cst S.J. Erwee of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit was killed on active service ...
16/05/2026

16 May 1968.
Cst S.J. Erwee:-

Cst S.J. Erwee of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit was killed on active service when he drowned in Rhodesia.

The name of Cst Erwee appears on the the SA Police Counter Insurgency Unit memorial wall in Pretoria.

12 May 1984.Cst P.J. van der Walt:-.Cst P.J. van der Walt, a member of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit, die...
12/05/2026

12 May 1984.
Cst P.J. van der Walt:-.

Cst P.J. van der Walt, a member of the SA Police COIN (Counter Insurgency) Unit, died performing active service.There is no information available on the death of Cst P.J. va der Walt.

The name of Cst van der Walt appears on the the SA Police Counter Insurgency Unit memorial wall in Pretoria.

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Market Street
Pretoria
0082

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Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 15:00
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Sunday 12:00 - 14:00

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