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...
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...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 22, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Detective work - Cape Colony, Divisional Police (Cape Colony), Grahamstown Town Guard, Local South African Police Forces, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Urban Police (Cape Colony)
Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 – John William Reynolds ABSTRACT This document presents a biographical account of John William Reynolds, a 19th-century law enforcement officer and soldier from Grahamstown in the Cape Colony. Born in 1856, Reynolds served in the Divisional...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 19, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, British South Africa Police (BSAP), Cape Mounted Police, Mafeking, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
ABW: Mafeking – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 8 – BESEIGED FOR SEVEN MONTHS THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING By JennyB Abstract This article provides a concise historical overview of the Siege of Mafeking (October 1899 – May 1900), one of the most iconic episodes of the Second...
