Goofy Vetten – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6

by Hennie Heymans | Jun 6, 2026 | SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP King's Rest Durban, SAP Personalities, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Tribute to SAP Members

Goofy Vetten – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 UIT VERGANGE SE DAE: GOOFY VETTEN: SAP KING’S REST Hennie Heymans   Goofy Vetten Vanoggend gesels ek met ‘n oud-speurder, Govert “Goofy” Vetten. Hy is so twee-drie jaar ouer as ek. Hy herstel van ‘n siekbed. Op my ouderdom van...

Nongqai – Mei/May 2026, Vol. 17 Nr. 5

by Henning van Aswegen | Jun 2, 2026 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Africa Strategic Alignments, GLOBALISM AND AFRICA, History, INTERNATIONAL TERROR, Israel

NONGQAI Die bewaring van die Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis van toewyding en dapperheid wat generasies polisiemanne, soldate en staatsamptenare gevorm het. Die viering van persoonlike stories en verhale van gemeeskapsdiens wat ‘n veiliger en beter toekoms vir alle...

ZABS: Nongqai Vol 17 No 6

by Hennie Heymans | Jun 1, 2026 | 1913 ZA Berede Skutters, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Mounted Rifles (SAMR)

ZABS: Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 ZUID-AFRIKAANSE BEREDE SKUTTERS (ZABS) – SOUTH AFRICAN MOUNTED RIFLES (SAMR) Staande Macht Politie – Permanent Force Police HB Heymans Skouer-kenteken   Abstract This short article examines the reorganisation of policing in the newly...

Water Police: Durban – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6

by Hennie Heymans | May 30, 2026 | Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Water Police, Water Police, Water Police, Water Police Durban

Water Police: Durban – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 DURBAN BOROUGH POLICE: WATER POLICE: POINT POLICE STATION Richard van Wyk The Point Police and adjacent Fire Station were built in 1902. The building features a striking Edwardian and asymmetrical Baroque Revival style, a...

Anglo Boer War (Colenso) – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6

by Hennie Heymans | May 30, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Colenso, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED

Anglo Boer War (Colenso) – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 CHAPTER 7. THE BATTLE OF COLENSO Jennifer Bosch – Come in to my Parlour…… Buller rode along the lines, oblivious to the whizzing bullets and shrapnel all around him. “Steady, men,” he called out. “Don’t lose your heads.”...

NONGQAI BOEKE: VRYSTAATSTORIES [Kinderliteratuur]

by Henning van Aswegen | May 29, 2026 | NONGQAI Publications, NONGQAI BOEKE, Nongqai Books, Nongqai Books & Writers, Resensies: Nuwe Boeke

Kinderverhale, Uit Vrystaatstories; Henning van Aswegen. Naledi-uitgewers, Naledi.com ‘Het jy al ‘n perd se stert getrek, Mossieman? En toe kleinkoppie getrek en stert tussen die bene weggehardloop omdat jy bang is?’ Geronkie die Donkie loer onderlangs na...