Volksrust Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...

The Commando System was a mostly voluntary, part-time force of the South African Army, but in their role as local militia the units were often deployed...

Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...

to retire with his daughter at Rustenburg. He died during a visit to Volksrust and was buried there with his military honors. Biographical information...

26–27 February 1881. Colley's motive for occupying Majuba Hill, near Volksrust, now in South Africa, may have been anxiety that the Boers would soon...

be shot by a firing squad of their own commando. In February 1902, he was captured by British forces at Volksrust, tried as a rebel, and sentenced to 10...

1901. Most of the captured Boers were sent to the concentration camp of Volksrust. On 11 February, another column under Edmund Allenby was positioned at...

afternoon. The Boer commandos, numbering some 8,000 men, had been assembling at Sandspruit on the road between Standerton and Volksrust. Marwick rode ahead...

encompassed by a line drawn from the north-eastern corner of Natal, east by Volksrust in a northerly direction to the summit of the Drakensberg Range, along...

beyond." Deneys Reitz, Commando - Chapter 4 The Boers, under the command of Piet Joubert, crossed the Buffalo River at Volksrust on 12 October, officially...

Railways also adopted the Cape gauge. The core line went from Durban to Volksrust, but reached Charlestown (4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the border of the...

Customs House, Sarel Cilliers Street, Volksrust Type of site: Station Building, Customs House. Volksrust Volksrust Provincial Heritage Site 27°22′20″S 29°53′24″E...