by Hennie Heymans | Jul 8, 2026 | 1906 Bambatha Rebellion (Medal), 1906 Bambatha Rebellion (Natal), History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Police (Colony), SA Military History, SA Mounted Rifles / SA Berede Skutters, SA Police Medals, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South African Medals, South African Mounted Rifles (SAMR), Union Defence Force, Union Defence Force (1912)
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – SAP Long Service Medal ABSTRACT This article explores the long and distinguished policing and military career of Grade 1 Head Constable Charles Detmold Robbins, a Natal Policeman who later served in the 2nd South African Mounted Rifles (SAMR) and...
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 formed...
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...
by Hennie Heymans | Feb 17, 2026 | 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Cape Mounted Police, Cape Town Police (1882), Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, Fire Brigade / Brandweer, Local South African Police Forces, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colony), SA Railways Police / Spoorwegpolisie, SAP Afdeling: WP, SAP History / Geskiedenis, South African Constabulary, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Nongqai Album 2/2026 Nongqai Photo Album: February 2026 Compiled by Hennie Heymans Anglo Boer War 1899 Anglo Boer War, British Soldiers in Durban harbour (R van Wyk) Elderly Boers and Boer children in British Concentration Camp overseas. A Boer Flatbed railway car...
by Hennie Heymans | Dec 10, 2025 | Durban Borough Police * Durban Gemeentelike Politie, Fort Nongqai, Natal Mounted Police, Natal Police (Colony), Natal Police Zulu band, Pietermaritzburg Borough Police, SAP Bands & Orchestras, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, The history of the Nongqai (1907 - 1961), Water Police, Water Police
Natal Colony: Pionier African (Zulu) Policemen Abstract (English) This photo-article examines the pioneering role of Black policemen in the Durban Borough Police, Pietermaritzburg Borough Police, and the Natal Mounted Police. Recruited largely from strong Zulu men,...
