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....
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 20, 2025 | South African Constabulary, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War
Soldier, Liar, Policeman Rapist. The Extraordinary saga of Patrick Bradley (1874 – 1937). Steve Seargent Abstract Steve Seargent investigated the life and times of a soldier, liar, policeman and rapist who was the recipient of a Queen Victoria Medal. Patrick Bradley...
by Hennie Heymans | May 14, 2025 | Life Story, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Abwehr, Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI, Foreign Police Forces, New York Police Department - NYPD
AFRIKANERS IN AMERICA Abstract The 49 Afrikaners are not the first to move from South Africa to America. After the Anglo Boer War former Boer fighters settled in Argentina, South America while for e.g. two others settled in North America – incidentally both were in...
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...
