by Hennie Heymans | Aug 7, 2025 | History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colony), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
1874 – 1894: NATAL MOUNTED POLICE: MEMORIALS Deon van Niekerk I was asked to look for a plaque for the Natal Mounted Police that seemed to have gotten lost. I also volunteer to photograph graves for the EGGSA, Genealogical Society of SA, and know there are graves of...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 25, 2025 | Natal Police (Colony), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
NATAL POLICE (COLONIAL): THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW The Nongqai 1909 page 251 1909 – Long Arm of the Law Police work is interesting and varied. Crime and criminals keep us in business. Criminals sometimes afford policemen the opportunity to travel and see the world...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 25, 2025 | Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Water Police, Water Police, Water Police, Water Police Durban, Water Wing Durban
WAGTERS OP DIE WATERS: ’N TYDLYN VAN DURBAN SE WATERPOLISIE (1854–1994) Hennie Heymans Nota: Ek was te SAP King’s Rest gestasioneer. Naby die Hawe aan die Bluff se kant. Langs die telefoon in die aanklagtekantoor was ‘n telefoonlys met spog-eenhede se telefoonnommers...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 17, 2025 | Natal Police (Colony), Natal Mounted Police, Natal Mounted Police 1874, POLICE MEMORIALS IN SOUTH AFRICA
NATAL MOUNTED POLICE: GREYTOWN: THEY DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY, FAR AWAY FROM HOME Deon van Niekerk Deon writes: Here are some of the very old graves I photographed last year June 2025 in Greytown cemetery: John Adams John Buckley Baily Unfortunately, as you can see,...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 14, 2025 | Historical photos, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Foreign Volunteers, Military History, Military Personalities, OVSRDM, SA Military History
ANGLO BOER WAR: FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS. ANGLO BOER WAR: REMEMBERING THE FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS. Jennifer Bosch The old Parsonage Museum in Utrecht, KZN Tucked behind the old Parsonage Museum in Utrecht, KZN, is the Wall of Remembrance to the Foreign Volunteers who stood...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 13, 2025 | Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, Durban City Police, SOUTH AFRICAN TRAFFIC DEPARTMENTS
TRAFFIC LIGHTS First Traffic Lights in Durban and Cape Town Jennifer Bosch Jennifer Bosch Durban City Police 1930: Durban City Police: First Traffic Light Durban City of Cape Town 1932 Traffic Lights Cape Town Cape Town’s first traffic light. The city’s first three...
