I remember my parents and their friends mentioning 1948 when Smuts lost the election - as in that was a bad thing. But then we were Brits so it makes sense.

He had Jopie Fourie, an Afrikaner rebel and freedom fighter executed to show his subservience to the crown.

Was that during WW1?

The 1914 Revolt, occurred because the men who supported the re-creation of the old Boer republics rose up against the government of the Union of South Africa as they did not want to side with the British against Germany. Many Boers had German ancestry and many members of the government were themselves former Boer military leaders who had fought with the rebels against the British in the Second Boer War. The rebellion was put down by Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, the ringleaders received fines and terms of imprisonment.

Yeah I've read about that, although I don't remember the names of the rebels.

Jopie Fourie's execution: An Afrikaner delegation that included future prime minister D.F. Malan unsuccessfully petitioned Minister of Defence, Gen. Smuts, to extend leniency. No mercy was given. Fourie was executed without a blindfold on 20 December 1914.

Brutal

Tfw you will never have a beard as majestic as a Boer warrior

Looking through my old books

@Rottenbadger Goeie more mevrou, cool foto 😃

Aaah niets, alleen een artikel over Jan Smuts...

mooi video

@Conscious Caracal ons moet daardie Verwoerd 'n emoji máák

@Willem Petzer Ek maak so

Goodluck with that Custom Emoji's suck op hierdie oomblik nog op discord omdat alles te klein is

Ditsem! @Shiver, you just advanced to level 6!

Ja wat

Ek dink daai silhouette is ikonies genoeg sodat mense weet.

Dinge scale nie soos wat die std goed scale nie daar is 'n trick met dit

```
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

--Sun Tzu
```

That pic just made me thought of this for some reason.

*Modern Day Boers with ar15s on horses*

@Shiver use vector graphics like png, scales better without losing quality.

Oops moes dit in Afrikaans se

lol