Johannes Henricus Brand
… 1823. He was the son of Christoffel J Brand, a journalist and a parliamentarian who was a member of the Cape elite, and … between the British, the OFS and the Griquas. Third, after gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand, the OFS was faced … union, but the Cape refused. But this changed after gold was discovered in the Transvaal. Brand refused to accept …