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 | Apr 11, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1914 Rebellion, Gen Louis Botha, General JC Smuts, SA Armoured Trains, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Hennie Heymans Contents Welcome Vol 1 No 1A 1 SOUTH AFRICA: ARMOURED AND SPECIAL TRAINS USED DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND REBELLION BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN SECURITY FORCES 3 1. Introduction: What is an armoured train? 3 1899 – 1902 Anglo Boer War 4 1906 Bambatha...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 25, 2025 | Transvaal Police (1900 - 1910), 1914 Rebellion, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Pretoria Central & Barracks
DEMOLITION: OLD SAP PRETORIA CENTRAL 1971: SAP PRETORIA: SLOPING: GESKIEDKUNDIGE OU KASERNE Brig HB Heymans (SAP – Afgetree). In die nuus van Noord-Transvaal lees ons: “Met die sloping van Ou Kaserne, Pretoriusstraat, Pretoria, het ‘n geskiedkundige plek nou sommer so...
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 | May 8, 2025 | SAP Commissioners, 1914 Rebellion, SAP Field Court Martial (1914), SAP History / Geskiedenis, Transvaal Police (1900 - 1910)
SIR THEODORE TRUTER – THE HATED POLICE COMMISSIONER Abstract Daniel Lötter gives readers his views of Col Sir Theodore Truter, the first Commissioner, of the South African Police. Keywords Court Martial Delarey, Koos – General Fourie, Jopie Interment officer...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 8, 2025 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, 1914 Rebellion, Nongqai Books, South African Constabulary
“AMPER MY MENSE” (Dot Serfontein) Brig Hennie Heymans (SAP Afgetree) Abstract Some views held by the Boers after the war about the police in the Free State was that former Tommies were not welcome nor invited into their homes. Keywords Afrikander Cattle...
