English follows Afrikaans

Engela Kruger se artikel “Een van Emily se ‘kinders’” het op 5 September 2026 in Die Burger (Jou Wêreld, pp. 6–7) verskyn. Dit word nou met die vriendelike toestemming van die skrywer en van Die Burger op vanrooyen.africa herdruk. Dit vertel die verhaal van haar oumagrootjie, Engela Jacoba van Rooyen (1886–1979) van Bornmansdrift in die Ladybrand-distrik. In 1901 het Emily Hobhouse haar as een van vier meisies uit die Bloemfontein-konsentrasiekamp geneem en op eie koste skool toe gestuur. Engela Kruger het die verhaal stuk vir stuk saamgestel uit familiefoto’s, kampregisters, Hobhouse se briewe en ‘n poskaart van Paul Roos. Ek is haar baie dankbaar dat sy haar navorsing so ruimhartig deel. ‘n Engelse vertaling volg ná die oorspronklike artikel.
https://vanrooyen.africa/een-van-emily-se-kinders-engela-van-rooyen/

Engela van Rooyen – one of Emily’s ‘children‘

Engela Kruger’s article “Een van Emily se ‘kinders’” (One of Emily’s ‘children’) appeared in Die Burger on 5 September 2026 (Jou Wêreld, pp. 6–7). With the kind permission of the author and of Die Burger, it is now reprinted on vanrooyen.africa. It tells the story of her great-grandmother, Engela Jacoba van Rooyen (1886–1979) of Bornmansdrift in the Ladybrand district. In 1901 Emily Hobhouse chose her as one of four girls to take out of the Bloemfontein concentration camp and send to school at her own expense. Engela Kruger pieced the story together from family photographs, camp registers, Hobhouse’s letters, and a postcard from Paul Roos. I am most grateful to her for sharing her research so generously. An English translation follows the original article.
https://vanrooyen.africa/een-van-emily-se-kinders-engela-van-rooyen/