On 17 March 1900 Commandant-General Piet Joubert died in Pretoria.
A generally unknown fact was that he was a huge ‘opponent’ of President Kruger, standing against him in elections on three occasions, narrowly losing out on two of those occasions.
He was in command of the Boer forces during the First Anglo-Boer War, leading the forces in the final victory at the Battle of Majuba.
During the South African War he led the Boer forces in Natal, but early on in the campaign was thrown from his horse. He never recovered from internal injuries received.
