Danie Theron: fearless fighter, bold leader
May 27, 2022
3 minutes
Commandant Danie Theron was killed on 5 September 1900 in a barrage of British artillery fire near Fochville in the then Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR). By the time of his death, at just 28, the fearless founder of the highly effective ‘Theron se Verkenningskorps’ (TVK), or scouting corps, had done enough to claim immortality in the minds of most Afrikaners.
LIFE BEFORE THE WAR
Danie Theron was born in Tulbagh on 9 May 1872 and attended
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