<Li> Siener van Rensburg, considered a prophet by some . </Li> <Li> Sergeant Major Meyder Johannes Leibbrandt, father of Robey Leibbrandt, German special agent of the Abwehr during World War II . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Louis Botha, first prime minister of South Africa (1910--1919) and former Boer general </Li> <Li> Petrus Jacobus Joubert, general and cabinet member of the Transvaal Republic </Li> <Li> Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal Republic </Li> <Li> Eugene Terre'Blanche, founder of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging </Li> </Ul> <Li> Louis Botha, first prime minister of South Africa (1910--1919) and former Boer general </Li>

In the 19th century the boers settled on the high pastures in south africa