The mysterious case of a case

In your recent 4x4 Guide, there’s an article about the Namaqua 4x4 Eco Trail. One story caught my attention: a young British soldier was killed by friendly fire after other soldiers fired at a koppie near Goodhouse. My wife, Nicole, and I recently did this trail, and while camping at Ramansdrift, fairly close to Goodhouse, my wife climbed up the rocks above the campsite and found a very old .303 case. I found it very interesting that there would be a lone .303 case in the middle of nowhere, as it was clearly very old and a .303 was the standard issue military. I did some reading and found the round was probably made by the Birmingham Munitions Company in England between 1892 and 1918, which would place it in the Boer War era (1899-1902). I would be very interested to find out where the soldier had been shot. Could it be? Though, it’s highly unlikely that we may have found the spent case from that fateful shot... Apparently South African forces crossed at Ramansdrift on 12 January 1915 to invade South West Africa during World War 1. That’s another possible explanation.