Written by Dirk de Villiers, this series focused on the turn of the 20th Century, when Britain invaded the Transvaal Republic to seize its goldfields. As the war spreads, it follows the story of the Cape Rebels, defiant Afrikaners imprisoned on St. Helena. Yvonne’s interest was due to her own family history connecting her to maternal grandparents born in London and paternal grandparents born in Holland. This realisation led to painting in ‘situ’ during the filming, focusing on the dual nationality or relationship of the British and the Dutch ‘Boere’ as expressed in the story. 23 pieces, all ink and watercolour (some unfinished) can be viewed as a collection of a moment in South African pre- apartheid history.