Helmoed-Römer Heitman JCD MMM is a South African author and commentator on military affairs.

After the introduction of democratic rule in 1994 he briefly remained within the newly established SANDF until 1996.

During his career as a military advisor with direct ties to the apartheid military in the 1970s and 1980s, he penned various articles in favour of harsh and repressive "counter-insurgency" methods against members of liberation movements such as the ANC and SWAPO.

In a 1977 article Heitman advocated the use of detention without trial against political dissidents and argued that habeas corpus should be suspended.

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