by Hennie Heymans | Jul 20, 2026 | Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Agtertang & Slingerfontein, British Army in Colonial South Africa, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Military History, SA Military History
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 –ABW Agtertang & Slingerfontein Abstract This chapter examines two linked engagements during the Colesberg campaign of early 1900: the skirmish at Agtertang Station on 3 January and the Battle of Slingerfontein on 9–10 January. British forces...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 17, 2026 | Contemporary Police History / Eietydse Polisiegeskiedenis, DMI / AMI, Foreign intelligence services, Generals of the SAP, GRU, Henning van Aswege, Nasionale Intelligensiediens [NI], National Intelligence, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, SA Naval Museum, SAP Hall of Fame, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Museum - Compol Building Pretoria, SAP Security Branch / Veiligheidstak, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Intelligence History, Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie [SAP], TRC - Truth and Reconcilliation
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Admiraal Dieter Felix Gerhardt Abstract (English) This article examines the life, espionage activities, and eventual death of Rear Admiral (JG) Dieter Felix Gerhardt, one of the most significant Soviet GRU agents to operate in the Western...
by Rene Geyer | Jul 15, 2026 | 1st South African Infantry Brigade, Battle of the Somme, Delville Wood, First World War, SA Military History, South African Overseas Expeditionary Force
FROM SWAZILAND TO THE SOMME: PETRUS JACOBUS KOSTER AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR René Geyer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-7284 Abstract This article reconstructs the First World War service of Private Petrus Jacobus (Piet) Koster, my great-grandfather, and places his...
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...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 8, 2026 | 1906 Bambatha Rebellion (Medal), 1913 ZA Berede Skutters, 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1914 Rebellion, 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Anglo Boer War, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Military History, Natal Police (Colony), Roll of Honour - Ererol, SA Mounted Rifles / SA Berede Skutters, SA Police Medals, SAP Durban, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Port Natal Division, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force (1912)
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Const WL Bos/ss ABSTRACT This article examines the complex service history of Constable William Lodewyk Bos/Boss, a member of the South African Mounted Rifles (SAMR) who later transferred to the South African Police (SAP). His career illustrates...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 28, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Platrand (Ladysmith - 1900), SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 – ABW Platrand 1900 ABSTRACT This chapter examines the Battle of Platrand (Wagon Hill) on 6 January 1900, one of the decisive engagements during the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War. It outlines the strategic importance of the Platrand...
