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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 prophet of the Boers.
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] Manie Maritz. 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.
Hendrik van Zyl (1828–80 ... World War II Flying ace; ... Irene van Dyk, netball champion; Siener van Rensburg, Boer prophet; Marthinus van Schalkwyk, politician;
Siener van Rensburg, considered a prophet by some; Politicians. Louis Botha, first prime minister of South Africa (1910–1919) and former Boer general; Petrus Jacobus Joubert, general and cabinet member of the Transvaal Republic; Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal Republic; Martinus Theunis Steyn, 6th State President of the Orange Free ...
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
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 Defence Force consists of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Medical Service (which was renamed Military Health Service in 1998). The Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is the senior military commander and the chiefs of the four services, in addition to the chiefs of Joint Operations, Defence Intelligence, and Corporate Staff, report to him. [2]