by Hennie Heymans | Aug 30, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Horses & Mules, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Statute: Gen CR de Wet
Nongqai Vol 17 No 9 – (7) Horses in the Anglo Boer War Opsomming in Afrikaans Die Anglo‑Boereoorlog het ’n ongekende beroep op perde en muile gestel. Duisende diere is uit lande regoor die wêreld ingevoer—van die VSA, Argentinië en Australië tot Indië, Rusland en...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 19, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Bedford District Cape Colony, Bedford District Mounted Troops, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Cape District Mounted Troops in the Anglo Boer War Abstract This article recounts the operations of the Bedford District Mounted Troops (DMT) in the Cape Colony during the Anglo-Boer War. Composed mainly of local farmers, these units...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 19, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Vaalkrans/ Vaal Krantz
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Anglo Boer War: The Battle of Vaal Krantz Excerpt “In the early morning of February 5, 1900, my position was bombarded so heavily that by sunrise four of my civilians had already been put out of action.” “The enemy threw two pontoon bridges...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 15, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Boek: ‘Commando’ - D Reitz, Denys Reitz, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – “Commando” – Deneys Reitz: Gamkaskloof ABSTRACT This article examines the discrepancies between Deneys Reitz’s famous war memoir Commando (1929) and his earlier, detailed handwritten journal Herinneringen van den Engelschen Oorlog...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 1, 2026 | 18338 Bloukrans, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Cape Mounted Police, Cape Police (Pre-1910), Court Houses / Hofkantore, Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, Durban City Police, JOHAN MOSTERT, Johanna van der Merwe, JUSTICE, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colony), SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Pietermaritzburg, SAP Pietermaritzburg (Loop Street & Central), SAP Springs, SAP Wentworth (Durban South), SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Tribute to SAP Members, VOORTREKKERS
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Maandbrief: Potpourrie Abstract (English) This month’s letter weaves together South African history, policing heritage, personal memoir, and spiritual reflection. It opens with the remarkable story of Johanna van der Merwe — “a Voortrekker...
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...
