by Hennie Heymans | Oct 8, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1947 Royal Visit, 1966 Bush War / Coin, 6 SAI (Police Brigade), Amalgamation with SA Police, Burger Wacht (1652 onwards), Cape Colony Police, Cape Police (Pre-1910), CULTURE - PRESERVING, Durban City Police, German Southwest Africa, Natal Mounted Police 1874, Natal Police (Colonial), SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP King's Rest Durban, SAP Natal Division, SAP Pietermaritzburg, SAP SPECIAL TASK FORCES, SAP Transport & Animals, SAP Voertuie Vehicles, SAPS Railway Police, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Statute: Horses of the ABW - East London, Union Defence Force, Water Police Durban
Nongqai Vol 17 No 10 – (16) Potpourie: Oktober 2026 POTPOURIE: OKTOBER 2026 Hennie Heymans Excerpt: Photo album: The history of a country and its people is closely interwoven with its uniformed services. Tags: Wachthuis, Anglo Boer War, Monument for Horses...
by Hennie Heymans | Oct 4, 2026 | Local South African Police Forces, 1906 Bambatha Rebellion (Medal), Natal Police (Colonial), Natal Police (Colony), Natal Police Field Force, Zululand Mounted Police
Nongqai Vol 17 No 10 – (10) 1906: Colonial Natal Police historical photograph 1906: NATAL POLICE (COLONIAL) OFFICERS Via Lt-Col William Marshall (SADF) Lt‑Col William Marshall located this historically valuable correspondence in the military archives and shares it...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 27, 2026 | Local South African Police Forces, Natal Police (Colony), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP King's Rest Durban, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Water Police, Water Police
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (37) SAP King’s Rest DIE POLISIE EN DIE BLUFF IN DURBAN Hennie Heymans Excerpt A personal and historical reflection on policing at King’s Rest and the Bluff, spanning from colonial Natal Police days to the modern SAP era. Abstract This article...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 29, 2026 | 1913 Nongqai, DHC Homfray, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Mounted Police 1874, NONGQAI BOEKE, Nongqai Books & Writers, Nongqai Magazine 1907 - 2007, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (5) Mnr DHC Homfray: Redakteur Nongqai ENGLISH ABSTRACT D. H. C. Homfray served as the long‑standing editor of The Nongqai, shaping the journal from its early years into the leading service publication in Southern Africa. Born in the Andaman...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 1, 2026 | 18338 Bloukrans, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Cape Mounted Police, Cape Police (Pre-1910), Court Houses / Hofkantore, Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, Durban City Police, JOHAN MOSTERT, Johanna van der Merwe, JUSTICE, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colony), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Pietermaritzburg, SAP Pietermaritzburg (Loop Street & Central), SAP Springs, SAP Wentworth (Durban South), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Tribute to SAP Members, VOORTREKKERS
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Maandbrief: Potpourrie Abstract (English) This month’s letter weaves together South African history, policing heritage, personal memoir, and spiritual reflection. It opens with the remarkable story of Johanna van der Merwe — “a Voortrekker...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 8, 2026 | 1906 Bambatha Rebellion (Medal), 1906 Bambatha Rebellion (Natal), History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Police (Colony), SA Military History, SA Mounted Rifles / SA Berede Skutters, SA Police Medals, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Medals, South African Mounted Rifles (SAMR), Union Defence Force, Union Defence Force (1912)
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – SAP Long Service Medal ABSTRACT This article explores the long and distinguished policing and military career of Grade 1 Head Constable Charles Detmold Robbins, a Natal Policeman who later served in the 2nd South African Mounted Rifles (SAMR) and...
