"Well," he replied, "they don't like hanging white men up here, and just now President burgers is laying out a rose-garden.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
Now, Sekukuni was a warrior of parts, he defied for several years the Transvaal, when the administration of President burgers attempted to levy tribute on him in the form of hut tax.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
His successor was Mr. burgers, a Cape Dutchman who had formerly been a clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church and afterwards an advocate at the Cape, a man of energy, integrity, and eloquence, but deficient in practical judgment, and who soon became distrusted on account of his theological opinions.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce