Naas Ferreira

Naas Ferreia was the eldest child among three sons and four daughters of Petrus Marthinus Ferreira (Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 6 September 1818 – Winburg, Lejweleputswa, Orange Free State, August 23, 1898) and Christina Elizabeth Ferreira (Uniondale, Western Cape, 10 November 1824 – Senekal, Orange Free State, 11 March 1904).

[2] Ferreira married Anna Margaretha Rademeyer (Humansdorp, Western District, Eastern Cape, 14 October 1843 – Ladybrand, Motheo, Free State, 18 June 1911)[5] and fathered three sons and two daughters.

There he distributed the Boer troops more evenly over their hidden trenches for a maximum lethal result when the British under Lieutenant General Lord Methuen fatally attacked in a close formation.

[8][9][10] However, when the British relief expedition of Lieutenant-General John French arrived, Ferreira was left with only 200 men and had to retreat, so that Kimberley was liberated on February 15, 1900.

[11][12] At Paardeberg, Ferreira commanded the Boer burghers from Hoopstad and Ladybrand[13] to help Piet Cronjé's 4000-odd troops escape from their embattled position in the north bank of the Modder River.

General Ignatius Stephanus Ferreira was accidentally shot in the stomach at Paardeberg, 1900.
Boer general Koos de la Rey (left) with his secretary Ignatius "Natie" Stephanus Ferreira (1875 – 1947), a son of Naas Ferreira, around 1901.