Kruger Millions


The Kruger Millions is a hoard of gold reputed to have been hidden in South Africa by or on behalf of President Paul Kruger to avoid it being captured by the British during the Second Boer War. According to myth, about two million pounds in buried gold and diamonds lie hidden in the Blyde River area in the province of Mpumalanga. The treasure is said to consist of hidden gold and coins worth more than US $500,000,000 in today’s terms. Allegedly the treasure was hidden by or for President Paul Kruger at the end of the South African Boer War somewhere between 1899 and 1902. Searches have failed to uncover any treasure.
In 1947, a man claimed to have found a portion of the treasure at Laurenco Marques, after following a map stitched into the cover of a Bible.
A South African musical drama :af:Die Krugermiljoene proposed a version of the disappearance of these millions.
In 2016, an April Fools article by the Northcliff Melville Times claimed that the Millions had been found at Emmarentia Dam.