by Wolfgang Witschas | Dec 18, 2025 | Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), British Concentration Camps, ESPIONAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, Historical photos, History, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
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...
by Hennie Heymans | Dec 10, 2025 | Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, Fort Nongqai, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colony), Natal Police Zulu band, Pietermaritzburg Borough Police, SAP Bands & Orchestras, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, The history of the Nongqai (1907 - 1961), Water Police, Water Police
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,...
by Hennie Heymans | Oct 29, 2025 | CULTURE - PRESERVING, Historical photos, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Memory, Natal Police (Colony), Natal Police Memorials, Roll of Honour - Ererol, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP Memorial / SAP Gedenkteken, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, The history of the Nongqai (1907 - 1961)
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...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 9, 2025 | Local South African Police Forces, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colony), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
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...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 6, 2025 | Local South African Police Forces, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colony), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Historical Photograph Natal Mounted Police 1874 – 1894 NATAL MOUNTED POLICE 1874 – 1894 Jennifer Bosch A colourised photograph by Jennifer Bosch. Comments by editor: I think this is a great colourised photograph The original photo...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 3, 2025 | 1879 Zulu Wars, British Army in Colonial South Africa, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Isandhlwana, Isandhlwana, Louis Napoleon, Military History, Military Personalities, Prince Imperial, Rorke's Drift, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
2010: A Photo Album of a Visit to the Grave of Prince Imperial A PHOTO ALBUM OF A VISIT TO THE GRAVE OF PRINCE IMPERIAL A Photo-essay by Hennie Heymans Photo: The Mounted Police of Natal by Holt The scene more or less where the incident took place Photo: The Nongqai...