by Hennie Heymans | Sep 16, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Berg-en-Dal - Zarp-Memorial, Berg-en-Dal (Zarps), CULTURE - PRESERVING, Gen Louis Botha, Local South African Police Forces, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (Zarp)
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (20) The ZARPS and Bergendal Excerpt The ZARPs, turned mounted infantry, held the exposed koppie at Bergendal with exceptional discipline under hours of British shelling. Their stand, praised even by Arthur Conan Doyle, broke Botha’s line and...
by Hennie Heymans | 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...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 7, 2025 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Foreign Volunteers, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (Zarp)
Remembering the Foreign Volunteers REMEMBERING THE FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS – 4 Jennifer Bosch President Kruger’s Jew: Jacob Arnhold The boy was just fourteen when he first donned a cadet’s uniform in Potsdam. Jacob Arnhold, born in Leipzig in 1871, had already known...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 4, 2025 | Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (Zarp), 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War
CHURCHILL AND THE ZARP’s CHURCHILL EN DIE ZARP’e Abstract A photo-essay of the arrest of Sir Winston Churchill at Chievely in the Natal Colony and his interaction with the Zarps. His detention and successful escape from Pretoria and return to Durban via Lourenco...
by Hennie Heymans | May 26, 2025 | Defence, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, OVSRDM, POW's / Krygsgevangenes, South African Medals, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (Zarp)
TWO ANGLO BOER WAR MEDALS AWARDED TO BOER REPUBLICAN POLICEMEN FOR SERVICE IN THE 2ND ANGLO BOER WAR AND A FAKE. By Steve Seargent Abstract Background history to the Medalje voor de Anglo-Boere Oorlog, officially The “Zuidafrikaanse Republiek en Oranje Vrijstaat...
by Hennie Heymans | May 8, 2025 | Defence, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Local South African Police Forces, SA Military History, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Politie (Zarp)
FROM ZARP TO TRAINWRECKER FROM ZARP TO TRAIN WRECKER Nico Moolman & Colouring Jennifer Bosch Abstract During the Anglo Boer War, the Transvaal Republic only had a small artillery force and a police force known by their anonym as the Zarps. Jack Hindon was sent to...
