ملف:Oospaneel detail, Paul Kruger-standbeeld, b.jpg

English: Eastern side panel of the Kruger statue on Church square, Pretoria. It depicts field cornet Paul Kruger rescuing the body of Commandant-general Piet Potgieter at Makapansgat (Ndebele: Moshate), current Limpopo province, in November 1854.
The siege of the cave lasted from 25 October to 21 November 1854. On 6 November Piet Potgieter was inspecting the barricaded cave entrance from a precipice above. When struck by the sniper bullet, he tumbled forward and landed at the entrance to the cave. To rescue his body from probable ritual mutilation, it was retrieved from behind the 1,8 m high barricade by the 29 year old Paul Kruger and a Tsonga private from Zoutpansberg. Potgieter's coffin was transported by a guard of honor to his farm Middelfontein (some 20 km north of Nylstroom), where he was buried.^[1]