Five Shilling Rebellion

South Africa 1914 One of the characters in the 1914 revolt against Smuts and President Louis Botha took up arms because a magistrate, appointed by the English after the Boer War, had fined him five shillings - for beating his own servant. (The law did not prohibit a chastening but if the chastening amounted to a beating, the servant could take his master to court and several did.) When this came out Smuts wasn't going to miss the opportunity for a bit of spin and christened the disturbance the Five Shilling Rebellion. This first part is the background for King and KaiserWho the man in the white uniform is in the picture, I don't know but the others are some of the leaders of the rebellion, dour opponents, not the kind to run!

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