by Hennie Heymans | May 28, 2026 | Elephant - Mascot, Koevoet, Mascots, Mascots, Military History, Natal Police (Colonial), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force (1912)
Mascots- Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 EARLY SOUTH AFRICAN MASCOTS Hennie Heymans 1912 Police Pet: Zebra Most regiments had a regimental pet, and the Colonial Natal (Mounted) Police was no exception to this rule. Our magazine has featured various police and military pets in...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 12, 2026 | Anglo Boer War, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Police (Colonial), Natal Police (Colony), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, The history of the Nongqai (1907 - 1961)
WA Clews (Natal Police) From the Godiva Harriers in (of course) Coventry, to the Natal Police NO. 2452 TROOPER WILLIAM ARTHUR CLEWS, NATAL POLICE: ANGLO BOER WAR: QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL Rory P Reynolds William Clews was born in Stoke, Warwickshire on 28 September...
by Hennie Heymans | Mar 20, 2026 | CID - Fingerprint Bureau - Pietermaritzburg, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Police (Colony), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Ballenden SUB-INSPECTOR GRAHAM BALLENDEN (Natal Police & South African Police) Sandra Meyer Hi Hennie We last communicated in 2023 re my grandfather, Graham Ballenden, when you were unable to find any information on him. I am sorting through a very large box of...
by Hennie Heymans | 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...
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,...
