Small cache placed at the Danie Theron Memorial near Fochville and Carletonville
Rising high into the sky stands a memorial to Boer Scout Danie Theron who was killed in 1900 during an engagement with a British detachment. From “The Anglo-Boer-War, a Chronology” by Pieter G. Cloete I got this remakable piece :
In the Gatsrand, Commandant Danie Theron plans an attack on General Hart´s column. While scouting alone on a koppie, about 6 kilometres north of present-day Fochville, he almost collides with seven members of Marshall´s Horse. He is forced to fire and kills three and wounds four. He keeps up a terrific volume of fire, presumably trying to give the impression of a far larger force. The columns escort, alerted by the firing, immediately charges the hill. The lone scout continues firing and the column´s artillery - six field guns and a 4,7 inch naval gun - open a heavy barrage on the hill. The legendary Republican hero is killed in an inferno of lyddite and shrapnel.
The memorial is some 8 km west of the town of Fochville on the N12 to Potchefstroom and is well signposted. The road up to the parking is in a terrible state though and I suggest you take it VERY easy up there. The cache is a smallish lunchbox, close to the Memorial.