Jopie Fourie
Josef Johannes Fourie | |
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Pretoria, South Africa | |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Occupation(s) | Scout, dispatch rider |
| Spouse | Susanna Elizabeth Carolina Engelmohr (m. 1903) |
Josef Johannes "Jopie" Fourie (27 August 1879 – 20 December 1914) was a Boer soldier. A scout and
Early life
Fourie was educated at
By 1914, Fourie had been commissioned into the Active Citizens Force (ACF) as an officer of the Union Defence Force.[3]
Rebellion
By the beginning of 1914, the high economic expectations of the unification of South Africa had been dashed. Three to four years of drought had devastated farms in parts of the
The
Without first resigning his British commission, Fourie led a Commando which inflicted 40 per cent of the casualties of Government security forces.[3] His commando also fired on their opponents during a brief truce.[5] He and his brother Hannes were captured at Nooitgedacht in the district of Rustenburg on 16 December 1914.[1]
Execution
After the rebellion was put down by Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, the ringleaders received fines and terms of imprisonment.[4]
The only death sentence imposed was upon Jopie Fourie.
Legacy
The execution of Fourie was a divisive event in white politics. To Afrikaner believers in
References
- ^ a b c Wallis 2000.
- ^ De Wet 1941.
- ^ a b Murray 2000.
- ^ a b c Giliomee 2003, p. 379.
- ^ Oakes 1992, p. 302.
- ^ Giliomee 2003, p. 383.
- ^ Potgieter 1970, p. 24.
- ^ Schonteich & Boshoff 2003, p. 14.
- ^ Jopie Fourie Primary School, home page, 20 January 2022
Sources
- De Wet, J. M. (1941). Jopie Fourie: 'n Lewenskets. Voortrekkerpers.
- ISBN 978-1-85065-714-9.
- Murray, R (2000). "The doctor and the rebels--the diary of Charles Molteno Murray, recorded during the 1914 Boer rebellion". S Afr Med J. 90 (12): 1195–1198. PMID 11234648.
- Oakes, Dougie, ed. (1992). Illustrated history of South Africa: the real story. Reader's Digest Association South Africa. ISBN 978-0-947008-90-1.
- Potgieter, D.J., ed. (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. Vol. V. Cape Town: NASOU.
- Schonteich, Martin; Boshoff, Henri (2003). "'Volk' faith and fatherland. The security threat posed by the White Right". Institute for Security Studies Monographs (81). hdl:10520/EJC48735.
- Wallis, Frikkie (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar [News Journal: facts and notes over a 1000 years] (in Afrikaans). Cape Town: Human & Rousseau.
External links
- Jopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie at sahistory.org
- Jopie Fourie Primary School
- Newspaper clippings about Jopie Fourie in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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