by Hennie Heymans | May 31, 2026 | British Army in Colonial South Africa, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), Animals in War Memorial Wall, Colenso, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Military History, SA Military History, Sir Winston Churchill, Staute: Horses Anglo Boer War
Horses: ABW – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 Horses: ABW – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 A TRIBUTE TO THE WAR HORSES – THE UNSEEN HEROES OF THE ANGLO BOER WAR JennyB Horses played an integral and devastatingly costly role in the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). An estimated 500,000 horses were...
by Hennie Heymans | May 30, 2026 | Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Water Police, Water Police, Water Police, Water Police Durban
Water Police: Durban – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 DURBAN BOROUGH POLICE: WATER POLICE: POINT POLICE STATION Richard van Wyk The Point Police and adjacent Fire Station were built in 1902. The building features a striking Edwardian and asymmetrical Baroque Revival style, a...
by Hennie Heymans | May 30, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Colenso, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Anglo Boer War (Colenso) – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 CHAPTER 7. THE BATTLE OF COLENSO Jennifer Bosch – Come in to my Parlour…… Buller rode along the lines, oblivious to the whizzing bullets and shrapnel all around him. “Steady, men,” he called out. “Don’t lose your heads.”...
by Hennie Heymans | May 28, 2026 | Roll of Honour - Ererol, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, Security Branch - Veiligheidstak, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Tribute to SAP Members
Kol Gawie Richter – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 KOL GAWIE RICHTER (Veiligheidshoofkantoor) Dit met innige leedwese dat Nongqai die afsterwe van ons oud-kollega, kol Gawie Richter moet aankondig: Ons eer sy nagedagtenis!...
by Hennie Heymans | May 28, 2026 | Elephant - Mascot, Koevoet, Mascots, Mascots, Military History, Natal Police (Colonial), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force (1912)
Mascots- Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 EARLY SOUTH AFRICAN MASCOTS Hennie Heymans 1912 Police Pet: Zebra Most regiments had a regimental pet, and the Colonial Natal (Mounted) Police was no exception to this rule. Our magazine has featured various police and military pets in...
