The founding of the Voortrekkers coincided with the growth of Afrikaner nationalism in South Africa, then a member of the British Commonwealth. In some ways it was an Afrikaans-language alternative to the largely English-speaking Boy Scout movement, with its British heritage. The original concept of a youth movement amongst Afrikaners was formulated by Dr. C.F. Visser in 1913 in Bloemfontein. Dr. Visser appealed to the directors of the Boy Scout Movement (founded in 1907) to allow the…

Voordat die Voortrekkers, wat hulle wapens buite die kraal moes laat bly, kon vertrek, is hulle op Dingaan se bevel vermoor. Hier word die name van die vermoordes gelys.

Die stem van Suid-Afrika. Uit de collectie: Straatliederen

Gen Christiaan De Wet. Anglo Boer War

Boer War Memorial, corner of King William st and North tce, Adelaide.

Heidelberg camp memorial

Sarel Cilliers was ‘n baie bekende Voortrekker wat oorspronklik in die Paarl gewoon het. Hy is gebore op die plaas Schoongezicht in Dal Josaphat op 7.9.1801. in 1836 het Cilliers met vrou en 6 kinders by die Potgieter-trek laat aansluit. Hy was daarvan oortuig dat dit God se wil is dat hy moes trek. Cilliers word ook deur sommige as die ‘vader van die Gelofte’ beskou wat die Voortrekkers afgelê het voor die Slag van Bloedrivier wat op 16.12.1838 plaasgevind het.

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Boer amazons from Pretoria from the Hungarian Sunday Newspaper (Vasárnapi Újság). Their names are listed as Mrs. Eloff, Ms. Mira Gutmann and Ms. Flanagan.

Fully dressed the Voortrekker would look like this. Note the straw hat, cravat tucked into the waistcoat and the high cut of the trousers compared to the short waistcoat.

Known as the Lion of the West Transvaal

Penkoppe

Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-War at Ceylon by Brink, J.N; Hollandsch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1904, Amsterdam-Cape Town