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The Great Trek was a northward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape's British colonial administration.
Johannes Jacobus (Lang Hans) Janse van Rensburg (12 August 1779 – July 1836) was a leader of one of the early Voortrekker groups. His entire group of 51 people was massacred by an 'impi' of Manukosi near Inhambane. Only his two children were spared, as a result of an intervention by another Zulu warrior. [1]
Craig Huxley. Craig Huxley (also known as Craig Hundley; born 1954 [1]) is an actor, inventor, and musician.He led three albums that were released by Pacific Jazz Records in the late 1960s.
Cilliers was made the unofficial pastor of the Great Trek, and he would hold services on a daily basis and give Sunday Communion. During the Great Trek he became distinguished as a spiritual leader, earning him such names as The Prophet of the Great Trek and The Father of Dingaansdag (Dingane's Day). In 1837, he was appointed to one of the two ...
Descendants of the Dutch-speaking voortrekkers or "pioneers" who participated in the Great Trek revered the film and used it to commemorate the event, which forms part of a highly contentious period in South Africa's history. Afrikaners presented it in school classrooms for decades and screened it annually at social events marking the battle's ...
Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images Star Trek star Gary Graham died at age 73 on Monday, January 22. Gary’s wife, Becky Graham, confirmed the actor’s death to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, January ...
The cast of the series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds made history at Comic Con 2023 in London, appearing via hologram to answer fan questions during a panel. As each of the actors, including ...
She joined the Stratford Theatre cast, and travelled with the troupe to England, where she stayed to seek acting work. [3] She made her film debut there in Lucky Jim (1957). [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Turning down a long-term contract with the producers of Lucky Jim , Acker returned to Canada in 1957 with her husband to raise a family.