Anglo Boer War

In Pretoria, representatives of Great Britain and the Boer states sign the Treaty of Vereeniging, officially ending the three-and-a-half-year South African Boer War. The Boers, also known as Afrikaners, were the descendants of the original Dutch settlers of southern Africa. Britain took possession of the Dutch Cape colony in 1806 during the Napoleonic wars, sparking resistance from the independence-minded Boers, who resented the Anglicization of South Africa and Britain's anti-slavery…

Ben Viljoen kommando. Selfs die bobbejaan is gewapen vir die foto. Tipiese Suid Afrikaanse sin vir humor.

ANDRIES PRETORIUS is op 27 November 1798 by Graaff-Reinet in die destyds Kaapkolonie gebore, die vyfde geslag van die Suid-Afrikaanse Pretorius-stamvader. Die seun, Martinus Wessels Pretorius, stig Pretoria vernoem na sy pa, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius. En in die Ou Kerkhof van die einste Pretoria—wat dekades later die administratiewe hoofstad van ’n verenigde Suid-Afrika sal word—sal Andries Pretorius se stoflike oorskot in 1891 met groot eerbetoon herbegrawe word…

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"Scheepers lives because they shot him." -Hermi Baartman, Graaf-Reinet Museum On this date in 1902, Kommandant Gideon Jacobus Scheepers was shot by the British for his exploits in the Boer War. The...

Siege of Mafeking, 1899-1900. The second Boer War was the longest and costliest Victorian war. Mafeking became a center of the struggle. The strategically located town was besieged by Boers in the first phase of the war, and its garrision managed to hold out against superior numbers for 217 days until relieved. Commanding mostly local troops and police, Colonel Robert Baden-Powell led a brilliant defense. The eventual relief of the siege was a breaking point for the Boer army.

Genl. Petrus Johannes de Villiers. Broer van Genl. Abram de Villiers.

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