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...
by Hennie Heymans | May 18, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), British Army in Colonial South Africa, Historical photos, Magersfontein, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Magersfontein – Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 6. BATTLE MAGERSFONTEIN. – Boer Ambush. Jennifer Bosch THE PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS OF BLACK WEEK’S 2ND BATTLE. LORD METHUEN (Paul) – Commander of the British force advancing toward Kimberley; he planned and...
by Hennie Heymans | May 11, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Armoured & Ambulance Trains, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Stormberg
ABW-Stormberg-Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 5. ANGLO BOER WAR: BATTLE OF STORMBERG. – Gatacre’s Blunder Jennifer Bosch . Stormberg was a key railway junction in the Cape Colony, linking Cape Town with routes into the interior. When Boer forces captured it on 13 October...
by Hennie Heymans | May 2, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Talana (Dundee)
Talana – Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 4. HAVE THEY GOT THE HILL? Jennifer Bosch The Battle of Talana Hill On the 20th of October 1899, the Battle of Talana Hill was fought near Dundee, which was surrounded by strategic high ground. Boer forces occupied the hills and opened...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 27, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Armoured & Ambulance Trains, Kraaipan, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Kraaipan – Nongqai Vol 17 No 4 3. FIRST BLOOD: KRAAIPAN Jennifer Bosch The Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899 – 1902 stemmed from rising tensions between the British Empire and the Boer republics — the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The 1886 Witwatersrand Gold Rush...
