KRUGER DAG : 10 OKTOBER – ONAFHANKLIK
Posted on 10 Oktober 2018 10 Oktober 2018 by volksvryheid
Een dag uit ons verlede was altyd as ‘n vakansiedag gevier – Krugerdag : 10 Oktober. Krugerdag is die eerste keer in 1882, terwyl Paul Kruger nog gelewe het gevier. Kruger was destyds die adjunkpresident, maar omdat hy soveel respek van sy volksgenote geniet het, is sy verjaardag met ‘n feesdag gedenk. Dit is die daaropvolgende jaar amptelik as ‘n openbare vakansiedag ingestel. Die gebruik het ten einde gekom nadat Brittanje die destydse Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek geannekseer het. Na 1910 is dit nie deur die Britte erken nie. Eers weer in 1952 is dit as Heldedag verklaar waarna dit weer in 1994 deur die ANC tot niet gemaak is. Hier volg ‘n paar brokkies en foto’s oor sy lewe.
Hy was ‘n besonderse man en deel van ons geskiedenis en sal altyd deel van ons geskiedenis bly, al wil sommige vandag maak of ons geen geskiedenis het nie. Reënboognasies, daarenteen, het geen geskiedenis nie.
Gebore op (EEN) 1 Oktober 1825
Gedoop op 19 Maart 1826 te Cradock NG Kerk.
(Uit die doopregister van die Cradock kerk)
Andries Hendrik Potgieter het ook al sy kinders in dieselfde kerk laat doop voordat hy die gebied verlaat het in 1835 (nog vóór die groot Groot Trek begin het)
As mens die fynskrif op die vol bladsy uit Cradock kerk se gedenkalbum lees, word verduidelik dat die waarskynlik ‘n glips van die koster was, soos ook die van, wat ds Taylor later ingeskryf het op sy tipiese manier met ‘n “i” bygevoeg. Die kind Paul Kruger, het sy eie verjaarsdag op die 10e gevier.
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Paul Kruger miljoene
RESIDENT PAUL KRUGER
KRUGER MUSEUM IN PRETORIA
Paul Kruger (Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger) was born on October 10 1825 at his grandfather’s farm, Bulhoek in the Steynsburg-Cradock district and grew up on the farm, Vaalbank.
Settling in the Transvaal:
Paul Kruger’s father decided to settle in an area now known as Rustenburg.
At age 16, Paul Kruger was entitled to choose a farm for himself. He chose a farm at the base of the Magaliesberg mountains and settled there in 1841.
In 1842 he married Maria du Plessis and the couple moved to the Eastern Transvaal. Paul Kruger and his small family later returned to Rustenburg and Kruger’s wife and infant son died soon after. It is presumed the double death is likely to have been caused by Malaria.
Paul Kruger then married Gezina du Plessis, who bore seven daughters and nine sons and died in 1901. Many of Kruger’s children died in infancy.
Kruger emerges as leader:
His leadership ability started to attract attention, and it is said that he later played a prominent role in ending the quarrel between the Transvaal leader, Stephanus Schoeman, and M W Pretorius.
Paul Kruger resigned as Commandant-General, in 1873 and took no political office for a time. He retired to his farm, Boekenhoutfontein (naby Rustenburg).
His stint away from politics only lasted a year the next year he was elected to the Executive Council. Shortly after that he became Vice-President.
Kruger’s life remained heavily centred around politics from 1877 till 1882.
In this time Paul Kruger lead a resistance movement and became leader of a deputation. The first Anglo Boer war was 1880 and the British forces were defeated in a battle at Majuba in 1881.
At this time Paul Kruger was instrumental in negotiations with the British, which later led to the restoration of Transvaal as an independent state under British rule.
The Discovery of gold: The discovery of gold in the Transvaal, changed the political climate of the Witwatersrand. Many as “uitlanders” (foreigners) and believe that they are to eventual fall of the Republic.
Kruger’s leadership was put to the test at the end of 1895, when the Jameson Raid took place.
The Jameson Raid led by Doctor Starr Jameson. Jameson later became premier of the Cape of Good Hope Colony, or the Cape Colony as it is now called.
In December, 1896 a group of … This unsuccessful raid, started the breakdown of good relations between the British and the Boers and this breakdown of relations ultimately led to the second Anglo Boer War.
Kruger was elected as president four times, his last re-election was in 1898.
The Anglo-Boer war:
The second Anglo-Boer War, also known as the South African war, started on October 11, 1899.
Paul Kruger attended the last session of the Volksraad and on 29 May, and fled from Pretoria as Lord Roberts advanced on the town. He remained underground for weeks and eventually, he took refuge with his European allies, while the war continued.
In October 1900 he left from Lourenco Marques and Dutch Queen Wilhelmina sent the battleship, De Gelderland, to transport him. Gezina Kruger was very ill when the party left and could not accompany him. She died on 20 July 1901.
Kruger’s party landed in Marseilles. He travelled through Europe to Holland where he stayed for remainder of the war. His last respite was at Oranjelust in Utrecht and it was here that he received the news of the Treaty of Vereeniging had been signed.
Paul Kruger moved to Clarens in Switzerland where he stayed for the last six months of his life and died on 14 July 1904. He was buried on 16 December 1904, in the Church Street cemetery, Pretoria.
STANDBEELD op KERKPLEIN, PRETORIA – Statue
By die Krugerwildtuin
The following piece is written by a friend and fellow Paul Kruger enthusiast Ronald van Heeringen. Lees meer oor Paul Kruger
Staats model school in Pretoria
FARM : BOEKENHOUTFONTEIN
Ons doel is om ‘n diens aan die breë gemeenskap te lewer, en om die argief te omskep in ‘n gewilde navorsingsentrum wat vir alle navorsers toegangklik sal wees. Die argief is oop vir navorsing van 08:00 -16:00 op weeksdae. ‘n Toegangsfooi en tariewe vir verskeie dienste word gehef
The Managing Director as well as a number of employees of the Heritage Foundation were appointed as trustees on the President Paul Kruger Trust towards the end of 2011. The aim of this trust is to conserve and manage the farm Boekenhoutfontein, near Rustenburg, property of Pres. Paul Kruger in the 1860s. This is done in collaboration with the owners of the neighbouring Kedar Country Lodge.
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