How the fiery Grietjie Badenhorst defeated an English general
Jun 10, 2022
3 minutes
Margaret Elizabeth Badenhorst, known simply as ‘Ouma Grietjie’ by the people in her community, was married to Jan Hendrik Badenhorst, and they lived on the farm Raaswater in the district of Colesberg. The couple left the farm in 1881 when their son Pieter took over the farming business. Incidentally, the farmhouse was commandeered by the British forces as a hospital because of the ongoing skirmishes with Boer forces nearby.
BORDEAUX
After leaving Raaswater, Grietjie and her husband moved to a house in Colesberg called Bordeaux,
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