Arende, also known as Cape Rebel,[1] was a television mini-series and historical drama about the Second Boer War, as experienced by two fictional characters: Sloet Steenkamp (played by Ian Roberts), a rebellious Boer farmer, and James Kerwin (played by Gavin van den Berg), a Captain with the British Army.

[citation needed] The show was run on SABC 1 in South Africa and syndicated abroad under the name Cape Rebel.

The miniseries ends with Sloet's band of Boer bittereinder exiles being ambushed by a group of Nama led by Hendrik Witbooi in Namibia during the Herero Wars.

[2] A film version of Arende also starring Ian Roberts as Sloet Steenkamp and Gavin van den Berg as Captain James Kerwin was released in 1994.

The movie follows Sloet Steenkamp after the British invasion, and his is subsequent capture and imprisonment on Saint Helena Island.