Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Boer na biyu, kakar mahaifin Marais ita ce shugabar ƙungiyar matan Boer waɗanda suka kwashe watanni 18 suna yawo a yammacin Transvaal da yammacin Free State tare da ƙananan yaransu don gujewa kamawa da sojojin Biritaniya. Mahaifinsa, Jaap Sr., da kakan mahaifinsa, Sarel Jacobus Stefanus, sun yi aiki a kan Yammacin Yamma tare da kwamandojin Bothaville. Dukansu sun zama fursunonin yaki bayan janar Janar Piet Cronjé ya mika wuya a yakin Paardeberg.
Ka yi haƙuri. An tura Uba Jaap Sr. zuwa sansanin Broadbottom a St. Helena, yayin da aka tsare kakan Sarel a Green Point, bayan haka ya sami "shari'a" saboda rashin lafiya. Ya mutu wata daya bayan karshen yakin. Mahaifiyar Marais, tare da mahaifiyarta da 'yan uwanta, an tsare su a sansanin taro na Klerksdorp.