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Koevoet ([ˈku****],
Afrikaans for crowbar, also
known as
Operation K or SWAPOL-COIN) was the
counterinsurgency branch of the
South West
African Police...
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Koevoet.
Koevoet was
initially an
autonomous unit
under the
nominal authority of the SAP
Security Branch, but
became part of
SWAPOL in 1985.
Koevoet worked...
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until 1980). Some
historical military units, such as
South West Africa's
Koevoet, were only
defined as
police for
political reasons. In Russia, the modern...
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carry out a
specific task or to deal with a
particular area of crime.
Koevoet,
translated into
English as 'crowbar', but
officially known as the Police...
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Angola to the north.
Botha was
responsible for
introducing the
notorious Koevoet police counter-insurgency unit. He was also
instrumental in
building the...
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African Border War. It was at
first extensively used by the
infamous "
Koevoet"
police counterinsurgency unit in
northern Namibia during the apartheid...
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African and
South West
African Special Forces units such as 32
Battalion and
Koevoet. One of
these was the
Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB), a unit that carried...
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original on 25 July 2021.
Retrieved 25 July 2021. Hooper, Jim (2013) [1988].
Koevoet!
Experiencing South Africa's
Deadly Bush War. Solihull:
Helion and Company...
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operating bases. It also deplo****
specialist counter-insurgency
units such as
Koevoet and 32 Battalion,
trained to
carry out
external reconnaissance and track...
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Pretoria was
forced to
demobilise some 1,600
members of
Koevoet (Afrikaans for crowbar). The
Koevoet issue had been one of the most
difficult UNTAG faced...
