The saga of Gideon Scheepers

he Anglo-Boer War (1899 to 1902) gave rise to numerous actions and events that stoked bitterness between pro-Boer and pro-British communities in South Africa. One of these was the treatment meted out to a 23-year-old Boer commandant, Gideon Scheepers. Scheepers led a highly effective Boer commando in the Midlands of the Cape Colony, and his prowess made him a focus of British forces, resulting in his eventual capture. He was thereafter subjected to a trial and executed near Graaff-Reinet.