The
Maritz Rebellion or the
Boer Revolt or the
Five Shilling Rebellion or the
Afrikaner Rebellion, occurred in South Africa in 1914 at the start of
World War I, in which men who supported the recreation of a Boer
South African Republic rose up against the government of the
Union of South Africa. Many members of the government were themselves former Boers who had fought with the Maritz rebels against the British in the
Second Boer War, which had ended twelve years earlier. The rebellion failed, and the ringleaders received heavy fines and terms of imprisonment.