Janse van Rensburg
South African pioneer
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| Intro | South African pioneer | |
| Places | South Africa | |
| was | Hunter Explorer | |
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| Birth | 12 August 1779 | |
| Death | July 1836Inhambane, Inhambane Province, Mozambique (aged 56 years) | |
| Star sign | Leo |
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Johannes Jacobus (Lang Hans) Janse van Rensburg (12 August 1779 – July 1836) was a leader of one of the early Voortrekker groups. His entire group of 51 people was massacred by an 'impi' of Manukosi near Inhambane. Only his two children were spared, as a result of an intervention by another Zulu warrior. Included in the party was Nicholaas Balthasar Prinsloo, who was a Slagtersnek rebel, his wife, Petronella Maria Krugel/Kruger and their family.