Sarel Cilliers, South African preacher and activist (died 1871)

Sarel Cilliers

Voortrekker leader and preacher

Charl (Sarel) Arnoldus Cilliers was a Voortrekker leader and a preacher. With Andries Pretorius, he led the Boers to a huge victory over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. In particular, Cilliers led the Voortrekkers in a vow which promised that if God would protect…