Nongqai Album 3/2026
Nongqai Photo Album: March 2026
Compiled by Hennie Heymans
Keywords of photos
Cape Police
1890’s: State Artillery: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
Anglo Boer War: Boere at Spioenkop
South African Constabulary
1913 circa: South African Police: Old Pretoria Central
1930 circa: South African Police: Kalahari
1940: South African Police: Umtata
1946: South African Police: Umtata
1955: South African Police: Brakpan.
1961: South African Police: Wentworth
1938 (circa): Union Defence Force: Special Service Battalion: Robert’s Heights
1939: Callo to Arms: Pamphlet
2026: Military Train at Kroonstad
Cape Police
The Cape Police was a colonial paramilitary force established in the Cape Colony in the late nineteenth century.1900’s: South African Constabulary.
1890’s: State Artillery: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
Staatsartillerie Barracks, was built for the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek’s artillery corps. It was designed by architects Sytze Wierda and Klaas van Rijsse.
Anglo Boer War: Boere at Spioenkop
Via Richard van Wyk
South African Constabulary
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Thanks to Will Endley & Jennifer Bosch
1913 circa: South African Police: Old Pretoria Central
Constable Umdisa – “The Human Bloodhound” – he had an illustrious career in the SA Police. We will soon publish a story on him.
1930 circa: South African Police: Kalahari
A camel-mounted policeman somewhere in the Kalahari chatting to a driver of an early Road Motor Services lorry driver of the SAR. Via P de Wet
1940: South African Police: Umtata
Umtata, 1940. Mounted police on parade. R v Wyk
1946: Umtata
Umtata, 1946. Police reserve headquarters. – R v Wyk
1955: South African Police: Brakpan.
1961: South African Police: Wentworth
1938 (circa): Union Defence Force: Special Service Battalion: Robert’s Heights
1939: Call to Arms
2026: Military Train at Kroonstad
Kroonstad North Yard – Military train being checked before departure to Bloemfontein (1), (2) and (3). Thanks to J Wepener.
