Career
Wepener was killed in what was to be the last attack on Thaba Bosiu in Moshoeshoe"s lifetime. Wepener was killed at Khubelo Pass and today this pass is sometimes referred to as Wepener"son According to the epitaph on the Louw Wepener Monument he was born in 1812.
The monument is erected at his burial site on his farm (Constantia) between Aliwal-North in the Eastern Cape and Bethulie in the Free State.
The town of Wepener (founded 1867) and Regiment Louw Wepener (since disbanded) were named after him.
