by Hennie Heymans | Jun 6, 2026 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP King's Rest Durban, SAP Personalities, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Tribute to SAP Members
Goofy Vetten – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 UIT VERGANGE SE DAE: GOOFY VETTEN: SAP KING’S REST Hennie Heymans Goofy Vetten Vanoggend gesels ek met ‘n oud-speurder, Govert “Goofy” Vetten. Hy is so twee-drie jaar ouer as ek. Hy herstel van ‘n siekbed. Op my ouderdom van...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 1, 2026 | 1913 ZA Berede Skutters, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Mounted Rifles (SAMR)
ZABS: Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 ZUID-AFRIKAANSE BEREDE SKUTTERS (ZABS) – SOUTH AFRICAN MOUNTED RIFLES (SAMR) Staande Macht Politie – Permanent Force Police HB Heymans Skouer-kenteken Abstract This short article examines the reorganisation of policing in the newly formed...
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.”...
