Nesbitt's Horse Field Intelligence Unit - Wolfgang Witschas
Nesbitt’s Horse Field Intelligence Unit – Wolfgang Witschas

Nesbitt’s Horse Field Intelligence Unit – Wolfgang Witschas

Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Field Intelligence Unit: Nesbitt’s Horse Wolfgang Witschas Abstract Nesbitt’s Horse was an irregular unit raised in the Eastern Cape during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). The corps, about 300 strong, was formed in...

Natal Colony: Pionier African (Zulu) Policemen

Natal Colony: Pionier African (Zulu) Policemen Abstract (English) This photo-article examines the pioneering role of Black policemen in the Durban Borough Police, Pietermaritzburg Borough Police, and the Natal Mounted Police. Recruited largely from strong Zulu men,...
NONGQAI VOLUME 16, Number 11 – November 2025

NONGQAI VOLUME 16, Number 11 – November 2025

Table of Contents/Inhoudsopgawe HOOFARTIKEL: Redaksie Nongqai Matjiesfontein en Genl. Andrew Wauchope Irregular Forces: Informal, Commercial and Criminal (3) Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Von Steinaecker’s Horse Lashkar-e-Taliba [LeT]: The Islamist Jihadist...

Plaque: Natal Police (Colonial) – St Peters Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg

Plaque: Natal Police (Colonial) – St Peters Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg NATAL POLICE – ST PETERS CATHEDRAL, PIETERMARITZBURG Hennie Heymans This Natal Police (Colonial) plaque was formerly in the St Saviours Cathedral in Pietermaritzburg. Deon van Niekerk...
THE WIDELY PRAISED POLICE HANDLING OF THE 1973 DURBAN STRIKES

THE WIDELY PRAISED POLICE HANDLING OF THE 1973 DURBAN STRIKES

THE REASONS BEHIND THE WIDELY PRAISED POLICE HANDLING OF THE 1973 DURBAN STRIKES by Dr Willem Steenkamp (Political scientist & retired ambassador, lawyer, and intelligence analyst) ABSTRACT: The informed, sympathetic, and restrained manner in which the South...

Historic photo dated 1884 taken of Officers attached to the Natal Mounted Police

Historic photo dated 1884 taken of Officers attached to the Natal Mounted Police 1884 OFFICERS NATAL MOUNTED POLICE Colouring by Jennifer Bosch Around this time, Durban became a thronging hub, and Pietermaritzburg, the terminus of the Natal railway at the time, served...