Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Maandbrief: Potpourri

Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Maandbrief: Potpourri

by | 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...
Some Police Uniforms & Ranks – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6A

Some Police Uniforms & Ranks – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6A

by | Jun 18, 2026 | 1972 Women Police, Burger Wacht (1652 onwards), CAPE COLONY, Cape Mounted Rifles, Civilian Women, Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, Fort Nongqai, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colonial), Natal Police (Colony), Natal Police Zulu band, OVSRDM, SAP Air Wing, SAP Bands & Orchestras, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Members of Indian decent / Indiër-lede, SAP Uniforms, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Sub-culture / sub-kultuur, Water Police, Water Police, Water Police, Women Police, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (Zarp)

Some Police Uniforms & Ranks – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6A FOREWORD Col Logan Govender My sincere congratulations and best wishes to the Editor-in-Chief, Brigadier Hennie Heymans, on this comprehensive and insightful research. Your dedication, expertise, and commitment...

Nongqai Album 2/2026

by | Feb 17, 2026 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Cape Mounted Police, Cape Town Police (1882), Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, Fire Brigade / Brandweer, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colony), SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SAP Afdeling: WP, SAP History / Geskiedenis, South African Constabulary, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

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...

Natal Colony: Pionier African (Zulu) Policemen

by | 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,...

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

by | 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...