The Lost Graves of the Jameson Raiders
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Report by SJ De Klerk
Date:
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 10:15
Branch:
Northern
The Lost Graves of the Jameson Raiders
Report by SJ De Klerk
The audacity of the Jameson Raid was astounding, even in the age of imperial chicanery. Imagine two sizeable groups of well-armed mounted men departing from Pitsane, in present-day Botswana, and Mafeking (now Mahikeng) at sunset on 29 December 1895, for a three-day canter to Johannesburg to overthrow Kruger’s government and proclaim it a colony of the British Empire.
The audacity of the Jameson Raid was astounding, even in the age of imperial chicanery. Imagine two sizeable groups of well-armed mounted men departing from Pitsane, in present-day Botswana, and Mafeking (now Mahikeng) at sunset on 29 December 1895, for a three-day canter to Johannesburg to overthrow Kruger’s government and proclaim it a colony of the British Empire.