Francois Gerhardus Joubert (1827–1903) was a

Boer Boers ( ; af, Boere ()) are the descendants of the Dutch-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. From 1652 to 1795, the Dutch East India Company controlled this are ...

general. He was born in 1827 in the Cape Colony. He followed

Andries Pretorius Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (27 November 179823 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the South African Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa ...

to the

Transvaal Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (''i.e.'', beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal. * South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...

and was elected to the People's Assembly. He became a leader during the

First Boer War The First Boer War ( af, Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally "First Freedom War"), 1880–1881, also known as the First Anglo–Boer War, the Transvaal War or the Transvaal Rebellion, was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 betwee ...

on December 17, 1880 and was the commander during the action at Bronkhorstspruit during which the British commander Colonel Anstruther died. He died in 1903.

Sources

*''Encyclopedia of Southern Africa''. Eric Rosenthal. 1967. Boer generals 1827 births 1903 deaths People of the First Boer War {{Mil-bio-stub