by Hennie Heymans | Sep 7, 2026 | HUMOUR IN UNIFORM, Police Humour, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (18) Humour in Uniform: The Barbershop MY MONTHLY HAPPY MOMENT Life is a song. Personally, I don’t know the words, the tune, or the artist, but I keep humming along anyway. Now and then, though, you hit a truly lekker moment. At my age, sitting...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 3, 2026 | Diamant- en Goudtak, Diamond & Gold Branch (CID), HUMOUR IN UNIFORM, Police Humour, SAP Alexanderbaai (Diamantveld), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Northern Cape Division (Kimberley), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Tribute to SAP Members
Nongqai vol 17 No 9 – (11) Diamantstories: SA Polisie SAP: DIAMANTSTORIES Luitenant‑Kolonel Vel Kruger Excerpt Lieutenant Colonel Vel Kruger recounts two ingenious diamond-smuggling cases from the Alexander Bay Sperrgebiet — one involving a homing pigeon harness and...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 15, 2026 | Court Humor, JUSTICE, Local South African Police Forces, OVSRDM, Police Humour, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Winburg - Landdros
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Duel: Magistrate Winburg: OFS Republic Abstract A humorous account of a nineteenth‑century Winburg magistrate and his clerk whose duel was abruptly ended by a mysterious shot. Excerpt In Winburg’s tense moment of absurdity, the magistrate and his...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 13, 2026 | Afrikaans, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Police Humour, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Voertsek! VOERTSEK Sophia Kapp Met toestemming van Sophia Kapp haal ek haar soos volg aan: Ek deel daagliks iets wat ek oor die jare (meestal deur skade en/of skande) oor teksredaksie/vertaling/Afrikaans/Engels geleer het. Volg my blad as dit vir...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 8, 2026 | Bosletterkunde, Bosletterkunde, Bush War, CULTURE - PRESERVING, HUMOUR IN UNIFORM, Koevoet, Military History, Operation "K", SA Defence Force / Weermag, SA Military History, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Spoorsnyers - Trackers
Bosletterkunde – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 INLEIDING: LETTERKUNDE UIT DIE BOS – Wanneer ’n Dominee die Oorlog Moes Lees Inleiding deur Hennie Heymans In vandag se wêreld leef alles op ’n slimfoon, maar in die dae van die bosoorlog was daar geen WhatsApps, geen GPS’e en geen...
by Hennie Heymans | Feb 24, 2026 | Humour in the SAP, HUMOUR IN UNIFORM, SA Air Force, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Wierdabrug, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
SAP Wierdabrug-herinneringe BRIEF UIT THAILAND: SAP WIERDABRUG-HERINNERINGE Lt Barry Taylor (Destyds SAP-KOD) Toe ek op Wierdabrug gestasioneer was, het ek ’n luitenant in die beheertoring by Waterkloof leer ken — Nancy Jennings — en ook twee van die Majore daar:...