Jan Smuts

Jan Smuts

male, deceased (1950)
South African statesmen, Fellow of the Royal Society, South Africans of World War I, Boer general, Legion of Frontiersmen member, South African military decorations…Prime Minister of South Africa, SouthAfricanmilitarypersonnel, african, Apartheid in South Africa, South African
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, PC, ED, KC, FRS (May 24, 1870 - September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African and British...
Paul Kruger

Paul Kruger

male, deceased (1904)
President of the South African Republic, Pipe smoking, Oom Paul, Transvaal Republic, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, politician…SouthAfricanmilitarypersonnel, South African
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (October 10, 1825 - July 14, 1904), better known as Paul Kruger and fondly known as "Oom Paul" (Afrikaans for...
Piet Cronje

Piet Cronje

male, deceased (1911)
Boer War prisoner of war, Boer general, South African of Huguenot descent, Potchefstroom, anglo-boer war, SouthAfricanmilitarypersonnel…Kimberley, South Africa
General Piet Arnoldus Cronje ('KRON-year') (4 October 1836 -4 February 1911) was a leader of the Zuid Afrika Republic's military forces during the...
Nick du Toit

Nick du Toit

male
SouthAfricanmilitarypersonnel, Coup D'etat, rpg, Malabo, rocket propelled grenade, coups…South African 32 Battalion
Nick du Toit is an Afrikaner arms dealer and former officer of 32 Battalion [and the 5th Reconnaissance Commando]. He was implicated in the plot to...
Christiaan de Wet

Christiaan de Wet

male, deceased (1922)
from the Free State Province, Boer general, from Free State Province, Transvaal Republic, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, Volksraad…SouthAfricanmilitarypersonnel
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (7 October 1854 - 5 February 1922) was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician. He was born on the farm Leeuwkop, in...
Siphiwe Nyanda

Siphiwe Nyanda

male, 59 years old
SouthAfricanmilitarypersonnel, South African, South African National Defence Force, South African military commander, African National Congress, Umkhonto weSizwe
General Siphiwe Nyanda SSA SBS CSL DMG MMS MMM (born 1950) was a South African military commander. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military...
Eeben Barlow

Eeben Barlow

male
SouthAfricanmilitarypersonnel, 32 Battalion, apartheid-era, Executive Outcomes, South African 32 Battalion, mercenarie…South African Defense Force, Private Military Contractor
Lt-Col. Eeben Barlow is a former member of the apartheid-era SADF and commanded its elite special forces 32 Battalion Reconnaissance Wing. He...

Godfrey Ngwenya

male, 59 years old
angola, SouthAfricanmilitarypersonnel, South African National Defence Force, South African military commander, African National Congress, Umkhonto weSizwe
General Godfrey Ngwenya MMS (born 1950) is a South African military commander. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African...
Robert 'Bob' Rogers

Robert 'Bob' Rogers

male, deceased (2000)
World War II, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, korean war, SouthAfricanmilitarypersonnel, South african Air Force, South African military commander
Lieutenant-General Robert 'Bob Rogers SSA SM MMM DSO DFC (1921-2000) was a South African military commander. He joined the South African Air Force...