In the Boer laagers were coffee shops run by speculative young Boers.

The prisoners used to meet there in order to drink coffee, eat pancakes and talk to heart's content.

This particular spot was generally called Pan Koek Straat, and the wildest rumours concerning the war seemed to originate in it.
Now as to the inner organisation of the Camps.

The prisoners were allowed to choose a corporal from their midst and also to select a captain for each house.

Over the whole Camp there reigned a Boer Commandant, assisted by a Court of "Heemraden" consisting of exlandrosts and lawyers appointed by the prisoners of war themselves.