Janse van Rensburg (Voortrekker)

For other people named Janse van Rensburg, see Janse van Rensburg (surname).
Janse van Rensburg (Voortrekker)
Part of the Great Trek
Location Djinjispruit, near modern day Inhambane, Mozambique
Date July 1836
Deaths 49
Assailants impi's of Manukosi
A map charting the routes of the largest trekking parties during the first wave of the Great Trek (1835–1840) along with key battles and events. It marks the route taken by Louis Tregardt and Johannes Janse van Rensburg      and after their parties separated, the treacherous route taken solely by Janse van Rensburg     .

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]

Massacre

The massacre was ordered by Manukosi, a chieftain. Johannes Jacobus Janse (Lang Hans) van Rensburg, leader of one of the early Voortrekker treks and his entire trek, except two children saved by a Zulu warrior, were massacred by an impi of Manukosi. [2] Included in the party was Nicholaas Balthasar Prinsloo, who was a Slagtersnek rebel, his wife, Petronella Maria Krugel/Kruger and their family. [3][4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/johannes-jacobus-janse-lang-hans-van-rensburg-leader-one-early-voortrekker-treks%C2%A0-born-s
  2. ↑ http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/johannes-jacobus-janse-lang-hans-van-rensburg-leader-one-early-voortrekker-treks%C2%A0-born-s
  3. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Nicolaas-Balthasaar-Prinsloo/6000000003356184701?through=6000000023950718175.
  4. ↑ Visagie, Jan C., Voortrekkerstamouers 1835 - 1845. Protea Boekhuis. Pretoria. 2011. Page 406
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