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Original Post Date: 2006-01-19 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[My article with thoughts on the Boer war, elicited an interesting response from Dr Jordaan, which I want to post below. I have two comments of my own.
Before my father died in 1980, he often told me about the experiences of his own father, and his own grandfather.
His own father had a profitable business using oxwagons and transporting goods from South Africa into Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) during the early pioneer days (1890’s).
My father told me that his grandfather – on his mother’s side – fought in the Boer war. His surname was: Kok. My father claimed he had the rank of “General”… He told me the story that once, this “General Kok” set fire to the dry grass while a strong wind was blowing and he burned some British soldiers to death – something along those lines.
I have never, in my readings come across a “Generaal Kok” in the Boer war. But since my father told me this story more than once I would assume there must be some truth to it. So whether he was a Commandant, or a much lower rank, rather than a General, and perhaps was in charge of a commando, I don’t know. But I remember hearing the story of him setting fire to the dry grass many times when I was a kid.
So I have no proof that the story is true.
But I know that my Mother’s one uncle was a Policeman, and he also fought in the Boer war. He later told the story of what he believed had happened to the disappearing Kruger Millions. I have written about this before on my site… that the Kruger Gold is hidden in mountains in the northern part of the Transvaal.
Dr Jordaan writes below, about his grandfather in the Boer war. And he has the interesting angle that the Boer war marked the beginning of the end of the British Empire. Now this is a fascinating interpretation – because the Jews have a similar interpretation of the fall of the Roman Empire. They say that their failed war against Rome was the precursor, and gave inspiration to, the Barbarians who later destroyed the Roman Empire. (One could argue whether the war in Iraq could have similar results perhaps?)
So as Dr Jordaan says, the Boer fight against the British may well have given inspiration to others… and that the Boer war marks the beginning of the end of the British Empire.
I must also add, that in my view, the Boer War (1899-1902) and the Rhodesian War (1966-1980) reflect a common desire: That of White Africans to have complete independance. In both cases, the wars were fought with tremendous determination (by the Boers and the Rhodesians) and in both cases they lost after a bitter struggle.
But I think too… that in both cases… their spirit is too strong to be broken, and just as the Boers outlived the Boer war, so too, are the Rhodesians outliving their war.
And I of course… belong a bit to both camps… so I can see how a certain desire burns in the hearts of both.
And both… harbour a tremendous anger against the British. The Boers hated the British… and any Rhodesian similarly will tell you how the British betrayed their own kith and kin (and Afrikaans controlled South Africa were our only friends).
So in my view, Boers and Rhodesians have much in common in this, and in other things too.
But I do believe, the Boers and the Rhodesians will outlive Zanu(PF) and the ANC. Jan]
Here are Dr Jordaan’s comments:-
Jan!
The correct interpretation of the historic events should rather be: The English won the war but lost the EMPIRE. The decline of the British Empire started soon after the Milner War (he started the whole thing) en escalated during the WW I. After the that it was a steady downhill. From 1960 to 1978 and UDI they lost everything.
My grandfather fought under De la Rey till the end of the war and broke the butt of his Mauser on a rock at Vereeniging to prevent the English from using it “against the Boers”.