by Hennie Heymans | Jun 11, 2025 | • M.O.T.H. Bomb Alley Shellhole, • M.O.T.H. Cape Western Provincial Dugout, General JC Smuts, M.O.T.H. Blaauwberg Cuca Shellhole, Military History, Regiment Westelike Provincie (RWP), SA Military History, Uncategorized, Union Defence Force (1912)
JAN SMUTS COMMEMORATION AT RIEBEEK WEST Greig Stewart Abstract The Cape commemoration of Jan Smuts’ birthday took place on Sunday 18 May 2025, at his birthplace on the farm Bovenplaats, near Riebeek West. The parade, organised by the M.O.T.H. Blaauwberg Cuca...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 11, 2025 | Military History, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, 1914 - 1918 - Battle of Kh Jibeit, 1914 Rebellion, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Defence, General JC Smuts, Military Personalities, SA Military History
BOVENPLAAS AND THE BOYHOOD OF JAN SMUTS Jan Christiaan Smuts first went to school at the age of 12. Before then, his teachers were his parents, their farmworkers, and Mother Nature … By Greig Stewart Boplaas: The simple thatched house where Jan Smuts was born....