Lang Hans van Rensburg

The Janse van Rensburg Trek massacre
Part of the Great Trek
LocationDjinjispruit, near modern day Inhambane, Mozambique
DateJuly 1836
Deaths49
Perpetratorsimpis of Manukosi

Johannes Jacobus (Lang Hans) Janse van Rensburg (12 August 1779 – July 1836) was a leader of one of the early Voortrekker groups. His entire group of 51 people was massacred by an 'impi' of Manukosi near Inhambane. Only his two children were spared, as a result of an intervention by another Zulu warrior. Included in the party was Nicholaas Balthasar Prinsloo, who was a Slagtersnek rebel, his wife, Petronella Maria Krugel/Kruger and their family.