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5 September 1900 – Battle of Gatsrand 5 September 1900 – Deceased date of Danie (Daniël Johannes Stephanus) Theron 15 September 1914 – Deceased date of Koos (Jacobus Herculaas) De La Rey 17 September 1901 – Battle of Bloodriverspoort 29 September 1901 – Battle of Moedwil If you know of any other historical events in […]

The commando of Louis Botha, consisting of more or less seven thousand men and twenty cannons (some were Long Toms), control the railway line between Belfast and the headquarters of Kruger to the east. They are up against nineteen thousand British with eighty two cannons. The battle of Berg en Dal commenced on the 27th […]

The British wanted to defend the Pretoria-Mafeking railway line and placed a guard post on the farm Brakrivier of which Colonel Charles Owen Hore was in charge. The camp was situated on a low laying plateau next to the road. The camp contained about 500 men, of which 299 came from the Queensland Imperial Bushmen […]

One of the old ZAR Constitutions has been typed and completed. To download the document to your computer, click on the link:  ZAR Grondwet 1885 All the errors that was made in the original document, was duplicated in the typed version. The photos of the original document can be downloaded at the following link, for […]

Kent gij dat volk vol heldenmoed En toch zo lang geknecht? Het heeft geofferd goed en bloed Voor Vryheid en voor recht. Komt, burgers! laat de vlaggen wapp’ren, Ons lijden is voorbij; Roemt in de zege onzer dapp’ren: Dat vrije volk’zijn wij! Dat vrije volk, Dat vrije volk, Dat vrije, vrije volkzijn wij! Kent gij […]

7 August 1900 – Battle of Tygerfontein 12 August 1923 – Deceased date of Jacoba Elizabeth (Born Greeff)  De La Rey 3 – 16 August 1900 – Battle of Elandsrivier (also known as Battle of Brakfontein or Buffelshoek) 27  August 1900 – Battle of Bergendal 29 August 1848 – Battle of Boomplaats If you know […]

(Last President of the Zuid – Afrikaansche Republiek) Born: 10 October 1825 Deceased: 14 July 1904 Buried: Church street cemetery, Pretoria-West Married to: Maria du Plessis (1) Gezina Suzanna Frederika Wilhelmina du Plessis (2) GEZINA SUZANNA FREDERIKA WILHELMINA DU PLESSIS Born: 5 May 1831 Deceased: 20 July 1901 Buried: Church street cemetery, Pretoria-West References: Books: […]

14 July 1904 – Deceased date of President S.J.P. Kruger 28 – 30 July 1900 – Battle of Slaapkranz (also known as Surrender Hill) If you know of any other historical events in the history of the Boervolk, please contact us at info@boervolkerfenisbewaring.co.za

How does one get involved in the preservation of the Boer Heritage Sites? Here are some examples: • If you would like to do some travelling in order to visit some of the heritage sites, please contact us and let us know where you live and where you would like to go. We will then […]

Born: 7 October 1854 Deceased: 3 February 1922 Buried: Womens memorial, Bloemfontein Photo taken April 2012 References: Photos: Boere Republieke, photo collection (www.boererepublieke.co.za) Die Helde Album, by P.H.S. van Zyl