by Hennie Heymans | Jun 16, 2025 | Historical photos, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Klaas-bende (Klaas Gang) - Bethlehem, OFS, OVSRDM
CONCENTRATION CAMP DAY: WE REMEMBER JUNE 16, 1900! KONSENTRASIEKAMPDAG: ONS ONTHOU 16 JUNIE 1900! Familiestories versamel en saamgestel deur HB “Hennie” Heymans FAMILIESTORIE 1 OOM GIDEON HEYMANS SE VERHAAL Oom Gideon is my Oupa HB Heymans se broer. My Oupa was saam...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 14, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, 2nd South African Division, SA Military History, SAP History / Geskiedenis, South African Police Brigade, Tribute to SAP Members
1942: WW2: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE BRIGADE: THE MURDER OF PRIVATE J “PIET” ZULU AS DESCRIBED BY AN EYEWITNESS, SERGEANT J FOLSHER, MM Sergeant J Fölscher’s eyewitness account and further researched and compiled by Brig HB Heymans (SAP—Ret). Abstract The life...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 13, 2025 | Cape Mounted Police, 1904 - 1907 Marego (Kalahari), Bondelswarts, CAPE COLONY, Cape Mounted Rifles, Deutsch Sûdwest Afrika (DSWA), GERMAN-HERERO/NAMA UPRISING: 1904 TO 1907, Military History, SA Military History, Witbooi
THE STORY OF JACOB MORENGA: THE NAMIBIAN FIGHTER WHO FRUSTRATED THE GERMANS SCHUTZTRUPPE DURING THE GERMAN-HERERO/NAMA UPRISING: 1904 TO 1907 Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Abstract Jacob Morenga known as the “Black Napoleon”, (1875 – 20 September 1907)...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 13, 2025 | Life Story, Gedenkmuur - Voortrekkermonument, Military History, Military Personalities, SA Army, SA Defence Force / Weermag, South African Defence Force
SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE: BOOK: “UIT GENADE BO VERDIENSTE” SA WEERMAG: BOEK: UIT GENADE BO VERDIENSTE Genl-maj GN ‘Gert’ Opperman ‘n Moet-lees-boek deur ‘n puik offisier van die SAW. Ek kon nie di boek neersit nadat ek dit begin lees het nie....
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 11, 2025 | • M.O.T.H. Bomb Alley Shellhole, • M.O.T.H. Cape Western Provincial Dugout, General JC Smuts, M.O.T.H. Blaauwberg Cuca Shellhole, Military History, Regiment Westelike Provincie (RWP), SA Military History, Uncategorized, Union Defence Force (1912)
JAN SMUTS COMMEMORATION AT RIEBEEK WEST Greig Stewart Abstract The Cape commemoration of Jan Smuts’ birthday took place on Sunday 18 May 2025, at his birthplace on the farm Bovenplaats, near Riebeek West. The parade, organised by the M.O.T.H. Blaauwberg Cuca...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 11, 2025 | Military History, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, 1914 - 1918 - Battle of Kh Jibeit, 1914 Rebellion, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Defence, General JC Smuts, Military Personalities, SA Military History
BOVENPLAAS AND THE BOYHOOD OF JAN SMUTS Jan Christiaan Smuts first went to school at the age of 12. Before then, his teachers were his parents, their farmworkers, and Mother Nature … By Greig Stewart Boplaas: The simple thatched house where Jan Smuts was born....
