Kammala wannan jumla: An zabi Fichardt a matsayin magajin garin Bloemfontein a 1897. Ya yi yaƙi da Boers tare da Janar Piet Cronje a
Yaƙin Paardeberg a shekara ta 1899. An kama shi, amma ya tsere. A shekara ta 1906 ya kasance daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa Jam'iyyar Tarayyar Orange, wacce ta ba da shawarar mulkin kai ga Orange Free State. Ya zama editan Bloemfontein "Aboki", jaridar Jam'iyyar Orange Union. A taron manema labarai na Imperial a cikin 1909 ya bayyana cewa ayyukan Birtaniyya yanzu sun sasanta shi da wurin Orange Free State a cikin Daular Burtaniya: