by Hennie Heymans | Aug 4, 2026 | SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Vol 17 No 8 – Spioenkop Abstract This chapter examines the Battle of Spioenkop (23–24 January 1900), one of the most decisive and tragic engagements of the Second Boer War. It outlines the British capture and subsequent loss of the summit due to poor...
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 | May 31, 2026 | British Army in Colonial South Africa, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), Animals in War Memorial Wall, Colenso, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Military History, SA Military History, Sir Winston Churchill, Staute: Horses Anglo Boer War
Horses: ABW – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 Horses: ABW – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 A TRIBUTE TO THE WAR HORSES – THE UNSEEN HEROES OF THE ANGLO BOER WAR JennyB Horses played an integral and devastatingly costly role in the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). An estimated 500,000 horses were...
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.”...
by Hennie Heymans | May 23, 2026 | Foreign Police Forces, New Zeeland Police, Wellington NZ, Wharf Police
Wharf Police, NZ – Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 WELLINGTON’S WHARF POLICE – GUARDIANS OF THE WATERFRONT Jennifer Bosch For more than a century, Wellington’s waterfront has had its own dedicated police presence, reflecting the importance of the harbour to the city’s...
