Nongqai Album 2/2026

Nongqai Album 2/2026 Nongqai Photo Album: February 2026 Compiled by Hennie Heymans Anglo Boer War 1899 Anglo Boer War, British Soldiers in Durban harbour (R van Wyk) Elderly Boers and Boer children in British Concentration Camp overseas. A Boer Flatbed railway car...
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,...

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...

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...