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Willem Jacobus Janse van Rensburg and Anna Catharina Janse van Rensburg Nicolaas Pieter Johannes (" Niklaas " or " Siener ") Janse van Rensburg (3 August 1864 – 11 March 1926) [ 1 ] was a Boer from the South African Republic – also known as the Transvaal Republic – and later a citizen of South Africa who was considered by some to be a ...
Siener van Rensburg attracted large crowds with accounts of his visions in which he saw the whole world consumed by war and the end of the British Empire. On 2 August he told of a dream in which he saw General De la Rey returning home bare-headed in a carriage adorned with flowers, while a black cloud with the number 15 on it poured down blood.
Their anger was even further inflamed by Siener van Rensburg and his controversial prophecies. [12] Lt-Col Maritz, who was head of a commando of Union forces on the border of German South-West Africa, allied himself with the Germans. He then issued a proclamation on behalf of a provisional government.
General Koos de la Rey, under the influence of Siener van Rensburg, a "crazed seer", believed that the outbreak of war foreshadowed the return of the republic but was persuaded by Botha and Smuts on 13 August not to rebel and on 15 August told his supporters to disperse. At a congress on 26 August, De la Rey claimed loyalty to South Africa, not ...
The farm Rietkuil which belonged to Boer prophet Siener van Rensburg. He is buried, along with the members of various other Voortrekker families, near Ottosdal. His prophesies about the Boer War, the 1914–1915 rebellion, the death of General Koos de la Rey and other events brought him to prominence among the Boere and South Africans in general.
Siener van Rensburg (1862–1926), Boer prophet from the South African Republic Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (1818–1865), the Second President of the South African Republic, from 1863 to 1864 William G. L. Janse van Rensburg (1939–2008), mayor of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 1990 to 1991
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