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Cobus, many thanks for putting an approximate date onto the photograph. Below another candid shot of Kruger addressing his flock, this time in Newcastle.

OVS President Marthinus Theunis Steyn, seated on the right, during his visit to the Natal front in January 1900. Also seated at the table are his son, Colin, and OVS Vice President Abraham Fischer. Steyn stayed in the field with his men throughout the war. Photographed by Lund Bros. (Courtesy of the War Museum of the Boer Republics, Bloemfontein).

Below a photograph taken of the funeral procession in Pretoria for Generaal J.H.M. Kock, who, at the age of 64, was killed on the Natal battlefields on October 30,1899 (Photograph early November 1899 by Stoel & Groote, Pretoria)

Hi EFV,

I enjoy looking at "then and now" pictures; do you think the photo of the funeral procession was taken outside the Church Street Cemetery in Pretoria?

The tombstones in the bottom right looked like they have have been staged there before being erected inside the cemetery itself.

Regards,
Shaun

Shaun, it certainly looks like that is the geographic location. How it looks now, I do not know although I am prepared to take a fairly large bet that the demographics in a present day photograph will be considerably different. Probably taken in the same street (Cobus, perhaps you can correct me) are two rather nice Plumbe & Bradshaw photographs depicting the procession at Kruger's swearing in as State President (possibly on 12 May 1898 for his 4th term)