The Boer Commando was the basic unit of organisation of the militia of the Boer people of South Africa. The term came into English usage during the Second Boer War 1899-1902. Some of the Commandos in the Boer War were Women. This is the story of a Woman Commando in the Boer War. (Goodreads)
Johanna Brandt (18 November 1876 in Heidelberg, South African Republic – 13 January 1964 in Newlands, Cape Town) was a South African propagandist of Afrikaner nationalism, spy during the Boer War, prophet and writer on controversial health subjects. (Wikipedia)