The eighth of 13 children, Botha was to become the Acting Commandant-General of the ZAR forces, distinguishing himself at Colenso and Spioenkop. After the war he went on to become first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
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1 June 1879 Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France, then exiled in Britain, begged Queen Victoria to allow him to join the British forces in Zululand. On 1 June 1879 he was given permission to join a small British…
19th June to 1838 Maritz built a defensive laager using sods to build a wall underneath the wagons. It is here that Andries Pretorius joined the Trekkers on 22nd Nov and it is from here that the Wenkommando left for…
8th February 1881 Having repulsed the British forces at Laing’s Nek the Transvaal Burghers then started to harass the British lines of communication between Newcastle and their camp at Mt. Prospect. Expecting a re-supply convoy from Newcastle on the 8th…
4 – 5 April 1906 The four Natal Policemen who were killed at Ambush Rock were buried here. There is no on site information so the use of a Guide is recommended to enhance the experience of the site.
20 October 1899 Talana Museum, situated three kilometres outside Dundee on the Vryheid road, is no repository of old and dusty relics, ancient tomes and yellowing photographs. Established in 1982 to coincide with the centenary of Dundee, the name Talana…
This is the site of the epic battle in April 1818 between the forces of King Shaka and Chief Zwide of the Ndwandwe community. Shaka had concealed his civilian population and livestock in the Mhlatuze River valley but left a…
Hi
My name is Brendan Botha, I am the great-great-grandson of General Louis Botha. I have only in recent years become interested in my families history and the general history of our country. If you have any material or pictures or memorabilia of his, I would love to see it and to chat.
To give my lineage, my mother Linda Botha is the daughter of Louis Botha the son of Philip Botha (his first wife) son of General Louis Botha.
Thanks
Brendan Botha
Hi
can you please assist me. I am trying to find the parents of Dina Jurina Wesselina Botha x Matthys Johannes Wessels ( Thys Langberg Vrede) They have a daughter Philippa Botha Wessels x Oswald Glutz. According to her ,her father was Phillip Botha .General Louis Botha was Phillips uncle. This is all I have. Looking for the Phillips full name ,his wife and his parents. maybe you have information. Thanks
C Nel (Wessels)
Hello Brendan. I am also family of General Louis Botha on my mothers side she was a Botha. Her grandfather and General Louis Botha were cousins.
Hi Brendan. Please contact me on 0637050201
Hi Brendon, I am a descendant of a Dutch born district surgeon whom I was told that my ancestor was the surgeon whom predisided at the birth of Louis Botha in Greytown and that Louis Botha was christened in a very small church in New Hanover Natal
Hi Brendan, I believe My Great Grandfather, was the district surgeon in Greytown at the time General Louis Botha was born and it is said that he brought General Botha into the wold. His name was Dr.Kan,from Holland.