Die Afrikawerklikheid staar jou in die gesig, Verkenner, en wil jou toekoms bepaal. Dit is die gesig van 'n sterwende kontinent. Hongersnood, vigs, geweld, korrupsie, besoedeling, watertekorte, kragonderbrekings, regstel- lende aksie... Hoe bly ons positief? Hoe bly ons hier?

Aug 1997 When the Boers of South Africa set off on their great Voortrek 160 years ago into the African hinterland, they wanted to set up their own Afrikaner homeland and escape British domination. Now a group of Afrikaners, many descended from the original Voortrekkers, are setting off again, this time to northern Mozambique. They fear that their farms at home are being swallowed up or given back to the newly affluent black and coloured South Africans. Many of the Afrikaners belong to the far right who have been active in the pursuit of an Afrikaner homeland. They claim that the move to Mozambique is merely to control their destiny. Mozambique's locals are not so sure the influx of Afrikaners is a good idea. Their forests are being felled and they fear losing their land. As the Mozambiquans stamp and sing at a traditional ceremony, the white South African families hold a separate church service thanking God for a good harvest. Can the two groups live in harmony and who will really benefit from this 'Second Great Trek.'?

bestel het boekje op www.voortrekkersenbaanbrekers.nl Twee jaar geleden, op 1 juni 2005, was het referendum over de Europese Grondwet. Nederlands stemde tegen. Boris van der Ham blikt in het boekje 'Voortrekkers en baanbrekers' terug op dit referendum en de gevolgen, en kijkt vooruit. Waarom wordt Europa zo gewantrouwd? Welke rol moet Europa spelen in de wereld? Hebben kleine landen eigenlijk nog wel invloed in de EU? En wat zei de uitslag van het referendum over de Nederlandse democratie? Wat zou in een nieuw verdrag moeten staan? Ga naar www.voortrekkersenbaanbrekers.nl en bestel het boekje!

Die Voortrekkers kaapland lewe met integriteit! Jou plek is hier met of sonder elektrisiteit!

bestel het boekje op www.voortrekkersenbaanbrekers.nl Twee jaar geleden, op 1 juni 2005, was het referendum over de Europese Grondwet. Nederlands stemde tegen. Boris van der Ham blikt in het boekje 'Voortrekkers en baanbrekers' terug op dit referendum en de gevolgen, en kijkt vooruit. Waarom wordt Europa zo gewantrouwd? Welke rol moet Europa spelen in de wereld? Hebben kleine landen eigenlijk nog wel invloed in de EU? En wat zei de uitslag van het referendum over de Nederlandse democratie? Wat zou in een nieuw verdrag moeten staan? Ga naar www.voortrekkersenbaanbrekers.nl en bestel het boekje!

Uittreksel uit 'Die Bou van 'n Nasie' - Nadat die Zoeloes bedrog gepleeg het en Piet Retief en sy manne vermoor het, het Dingaan sy hordes opdrag gegee om die ander Trekkers te gaan uitmoor. Kinders se skedels is wreed teen die wawiele stukkend gebreek...

AFRIKAANS Die Slag van Bloedrivier is op 16 Desember 1838 naby die Bloedrivier in die huidige KwaZulu-Natal, Suid-Afrika, geveg. Sowat 470 Voortrekkers, onder leiding van Andries Pretorius, het 'n ossewalaer beskerm teen tussen 10 000 en 20 000 Zoeloe-impies. Die Zoeloekrygers, onder Koning Dingaan se regering, is aangevoer deur Dambuza (Nzobo) en Nhlela. Die ingang tot die Bloedrivierterrein met die monument in die agtergrondOp 15 Desember het die Voortrekkers inligting verkry dat 'n groot Zoeloemag op pad was. Pretorius het 'n uiters goeie gevegsterrein langs die Bloedrivier (toe die Ncomerivier) gekies, waar die ossewaens in 'n laer getrek is. Ten spyte van mis wat die aand oor die omgewing neergedaal het, was dit die volgende oggend helder. Voor die slag begin het, het die Voortrekkers 'n gelofte voor God afgelê dat, sou hulle gespaar word, hulle 'n kerk sal bou en die dag as 'n sabbat herdenk. Die Zoeloes het herhaaldelik die laer onsuksesvol aangeval, todat Pretorius ná twee uur 'n groep perderuiters beveel het om die laer te verlaat en die Zoeloes aan te val. In die struweling het Pretorius ook 'n assegaaiwond aan sy linkerhand opgedoen. Deels weens die feit dat die Voortrekkers vuurwapens teen die Zoeloes se assegaaie gebruik het, asook die goeie ligging en motivering van die Voortrekkers is uiteindelik slegs drie Voortrekkers gewond en geen dood nie; dit teenoor meer as 3 000 Zoeloekrygers wat gesterf het. 16 Desember is 'n openbare vakansiedag in Suid-Afrika; voor 1994 was dit as Geloftedag bekend, en tans as Versoeningsdag. (Bron: Wikipedia) ENGLISH In the Battle of Blood River on 16 December 1838 some 470 Voortrekkers, led by Andries Pretorius, defeated an estimated 10,000 Zulu on the banks of the Ncome River in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. On 16 December, dawn broke on a clear day, revealing that " 'all of Zululand sat there' ," said one Trekker eyewitness.[7] On his deathbed thirty years later, Sarel Cilliers recalled that before the battle commenced, the Trekkers had made a vow to God that if He should deliver them, they would build a church and commemorate the day as a Sabbath.

The Boer Republics (sometimes also referred to as Boer states) were independent self-governed republics created by the Dutch-speaking (proto Afrikaans) inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope and their descendants (variously named Trekboers, Boers and Voortrekkers, but today collectively known as Afrikaners) in mainly the northern and eastern parts of what is now the country of South Africa. Although some of these republics were already founded from 1795 onwards during the period of Dutch colonial rule at the Cape, most of these states were established after Britain took over from the Netherlands as the colonial power at the Cape of Good Hope. Subsequently a number of its Dutch-speaking (proto-Afrikaans often called "die taal") inhabitants trekked inland in 1835 in order to escape British administrative control in a movement that became known as the Great Trek. Several of these states were established after military defeats of the indigenous population by the Voortrekkers/Boers by virtue of their technologically superior weaponry. The Voortrekker usually skirted the most densely populated areas, trekking into largely depopulated areas which were the result of the Mfecane or Difaqane initiated by the Zulu King Shaka in the 1820s. When the Voortrekkers encountered locally established groups/nations, they tended to opt to negotiate, turning to warfare only when attacked. The Voortrekkers under the leadership of Piet Retief obtained a treaty from the Zulu King Dingane to settle part of the lands the Zulus administered or held sway over, but Dingane later changed his mind, killing Retief and 70 members of his delegation. Dingane's impis (Zulu warriors) then went on to kill almost 300 Voortrekkers who had settled in the Natal region. After Andries Pretorius was recruited to fill the leadership vacuum created by the deaths of Piet Retief and Gerhard Maritz, he initially offered to negotiate for peace with Dingane if he were to restore the land he had initially offered to Retief. [1] Dingane responded by attacking the Voortrekkers; on 16 December 1838 the battle of Nacome River (later named the Battle of Blood River) occurred, during which 300 Voortrekkers survived and won a decisive battle against thousands of Dingane's impis. The Natalia Republic was established in 1839 by the local Boers after Pretorius entered into an alliance with Mpande, the new Zulu king. The territories north of the Vaal River in the Transvaal were officially recognized as independent by Great Britain with the signing of the Sand River Convention on 17 January 1852. [2] The territories and districts of the Transvaal were Potchefstroom, Lydenburg and Zoutpansberg, which united in 1857 to form the South African Republic. The Orange Free State was recognized as independent by Great Britain on 17 February 1854. The Orange Free State became officially independent on 23 February 1854 with the signing of the Bloemfontein or Orange River Convention. The Orange Free State was nicknamed the model republic. The New Republic (comprising the town of Vryheid) was established in 1884 on land given to the local Boers by the Zulu King Dinuzulu the son of Cetshwayo after he recruited local Boers to fight on his side. The Boers were promised and granted land for their services & were led by Louis Botha who would go on to prominence during the second Anglo-Boer War. This republic was later absorbed into the Transvaal/South African Republic. States were also established by other population groups, most notable the Griqua, a subgroup of South Africa's heterogeneous and multiracial Coloured people. Most notable among these were Griqualand West and Griqualand East. While some of these were mini-states which were relatively short-lived some, especially the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, developed into successful independent countries which along with Britain were also officially recognized by the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and the United States. [3] These two countries continued to exist for several decades, despite the First Boer War with Britain. However, later developments, including the discovery of diamonds and gold in these states, led to Second Boer War. In this war the Transvaal and Orange Free State were defeated and annexed by the overwhelmingly larger British forces and they officially ceased to exist on 31 May 1902 with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging. A new British colony, the Union of South Africa, was subsequently established in which the Transvaal and the Orange Free State became provinces along with the Cape and Natal. (source: wikipedia)

The Voortrekker Monument is a monument situated in the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The massive granite structure, built to honour the Voortrekkers (Pioneers)[1] who left the Cape Colony in the thousands between 1835 and 1854, was designed by the architect Gerard Moerdijk who had the ideal to design a "monument that would stand a thousands of years to describe the history and the meaning of the Great Trek to its descendants"[2]. It can be seen from almost any location in the city, where it is seated on top of a hill.

THE BLOUKRANS MASSACRE - 1838 After killing Retief and his party, Dingane's impis (army) moved into the valleys to the west under the Drakensberg mountains where the Voortrekkers were encamped in family groups. They were stretched over a distance of 45 miles by 25 miles and were expecting good news from Retief's meeting with Dingane. Three Zulu regiments (10,000 men) moved silently up the Bushman's River towards the unsuspecting trekker camps that were unaware of Retief's fate. They then attacked the dispersed laagers in these areas. At several points along the Bushman's River where there was no warning, many Voortrekkers died and whole encampments were wiped out. One or two trekkers managed to escape and rode on horseback to warn the others. The Zulu impi, attacking from the east had however miscalculated the number of Voortrekkers - now more than one thousand wagons - and was distracted by claiming their cattle. This, and the fact that the Tugela River was in full flood, meant that the Zulu attack was not pressed home. Gert Maritz was encamped at Saailaager, some way behind the the other laagers, heard the gunfire and had time to make some hasty defences. Later, on the 17th, the Zulus attacked him but were on the South bank of the flooded Bushman's River. By forming a human chain, they attempted to cross but the chain was broken repeatedly by musket fire from the laager. That same night the Zulu impi attacked the van Rensburg laager and forced the ten families there to flee to a nearby hill. Because of the haste of the retreat the men were short of ammunition. Only through the bravery of another trekker who dashed through the Zulu warriors with fresh ammunition were the trekkers saved. The area was subsequently called Weenen ('weeping'), also to the Zulu it was called kwaNobamba - 'the place where we caught them'. A Voortrekker commando sent from Durban to avenge Retief's death was ambushed at Italeni with the cost of many lives. On the 57th anniversary of Blood River, the remains of the 370 who had lost their lives at Bloukrans were exhumed and buried together. There is a memorial on the spot.

The Voortrekker Monument is a monument situated in the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The massive granite structure, built to honour the Voortrekkers (Pioneers)[1] who left the Cape Colony in the thousands between 1835 and 1854, was designed by the architect Gerard Moerdijk who had the ideal to design a "monument that would stand a thousands of years to describe the history and the meaning of the Great Trek to its descendants"[2]. It can be seen from almost any location in the city, where it is seated on top of a hill

The Voortrekker Monument is a monument situated in the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The massive granite structure, built to honour the Voortrekkers (Pioneers)[1] who left the Cape Colony in the thousands between 1835 and 1854, was designed by the architect Gerard Moerdijk who had the ideal to design a "monument that would stand a thousands of years to describe the history and the meaning of the Great Trek to its descendants"[2]. It can be seen from almost any location in the city, where it is seated on top of a hill (more)

The Great Trek (Die Groot Trek) was an eastward and north-eastward migration during the 1830s and 1840s of the segment of Afrikaners (known as Boers or Boere (Dutch/Afrikaans for "farmers"), who descended from settlers from western mainland Europe, most notably from the Netherlands The Trekkers comprised two groups from the eastern frontier region of the Cape: semi-nomadic pastoralists (known as Trekboers); and established farmers and artisans (known as Grensboere, or Border Farmers). Together these groups were later called Voortrekkers (Pioneers). While most settlers who lived in the western Cape (later known as the Cape Dutch) did not trek eastward, a small number did. Historians have identified various contributing factors to the migrations of an estimated 12,000 Voortrekkers to the future Natal, Orange Free State and Transvaal regions. The primary motivations included discontent with the recently imposed British rule, its Anglicisation policies, restrictive laws on slavery and its eventual abolition, arrangements to compensate former slave owners, and the perceived indifference of British authorities to border conflicts along the Cape Colony's eastern frontier. That Ordinance 50 (1828), which guaranteed equal legal rights to all "free persons of colour," and prohibitions on inhumane treatment of workers, did spur on Boer migrations is documented by numerous contemporary sources. However, some scholars argue that most Trekboers did not own slaves, [1] unlike the more affluent Cape Dutch who did not migrate from the western Cape. The three republics founded by the Voortrekkers prohibited slavery itself, but enshrined racial inequality in their constitutions. Despite Ordinance 50, racial inequality also persisted in other British colonies in Southern Africa. Other possible factors included the desire to escape from relentless border wars with the Xhosa-speaking groups along the eastern frontier of the Cape colony. The migrants also sought fertile farmland, as good land was becoming scarce within the colony's frontier. The Great Trek also resulted from increasing population pressures, as Trekboer migrations eastward had come to a virtual stop for at least three decades (though some Trekboers did migrate beyond the Orange River prior to the Great Trek). (Source: Wikipedia)

The Voortrekker Monument is a monument situated in the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The massive granite structure, built to honour the Voortrekkers (Pioneers)[1] who left the Cape Colony in the thousands between 1835 and 1854, was designed by the architect Gerard Moerdijk who had the ideal to design a "monument that would stand a thousands of years to describe the history and the meaning of the Great Trek to its descendants"[2]. It can be seen from almost any location in the city, where it is seated on top of a hill (more)

A tribute to the natural beauty of South Africa, with music by Enya. The first part of the music is the song "Book of Days" which forms part of the sound track for the movie "Far and Away", about the European pioneers (voortrekkers) in America. On the same theme, I included some material about the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria. There are many similarities between the experiences of the pioneers in America and South Africa, but with very different end results. I sometimes wonder how Americans would have dealt with the situation if, instead of Europeans dominating their country, they only formed a 10% minority, while native Americans and settlers from other continents made out the rest. This country has so many resources and such vast potential. If her people work together and if the country is governed according to sound principles as tried and tested in developed societies, this could once again become one of the richest countries in the world. Why should lack of foresight, greed and incompetence be allowed to prevent all the people of this wonderful country to reach their full potential? PRIMARASHNI GOWER DESCRIBES HER EXPERIENCE: http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=321940&area=/insight/insight__national/

In October1837, Piet Retief, Voortrekker Leader at the time, visited Dingaan at the Royal Kraal. Retief was in high spirits at the prospect of negotiating a land deal for his people with Dingaan. In November 1837, about 1000 Voortrekker wagons started the descent down the Drakensberg from the Orange Free State into Natal. Dingaan asked Piet Retief for a token of their friendly intentions. Some of Dingaan's cattle had been stolen by Chief Sekonyela and his tribesmen. He asked Retief to recover them. Retief and his party of 69 men recovered 700 head of cattle, 63 horses and a few rifles. The party arrived back at uMgundlovu on 3 February 1838. On the following day, a treaty was signed, whereby Dingaan ceded all the land south of the Thukela River, as far as the Mzimvubu River, in the Transkei, to the Voortrekkers On 6 February, Retief and his party were treated to a farewell dance by the Zulu impis. They were told to leave their firearms outside the royal kraal. Suddenly, when the dancing had reached a frenzied climax, Dingaan leapt to his feet and shouted "Bambani aba thakathi!" ("Kill the wizards!") The men were totally overpowered and dragged away to a hill called kwaMatiwane, named after a chief who had been killed there. Retief and his men were savagely butchered to death. The general opinion as to the reason why they were killed is because for some obscure reason, they withheld some of the cattle recovered from Chief Sekonyela. (source: www.encounter.co.za)

the song Ons Vir Jou Suid-Afrika with some Delarey parts and some fotos of south africa... Hope you enjoy... Go to this Link and see the truth! http://www.youtube.com/user/BoerBoetie "In Unity We are Strong, Seperated We shall Fall"

Afrikaners: Hierdie is ons Land! Moenie vergeet dat ons voorgeslagte hierdie land opgebou het nie. Ons het 'n reg in Suid-Afrika, en ons reg moet ons afdwing. Praat suiwer Afrikaans, leer jou kinders suiwer Afrikaans, luister en ondersteun Radio Pretoria en ander Afrikaanse radiostasies, sluit aan by dr. Dan Roodt se Pro-Afrikaanse Aksie Groep (www.praag.org), koop en ondersteun Afrikaanse boeke en musiek, belê in die Blanke Ekonomiese Forum, koop in en besoek ons volkseie Orania in die Noord Kaap en Kleinfontein net buite Pretoria, ondersteun ons volksaksies soos die FAK, Voortrekkers en andere. Dring aan op Afrikaanse skool- en universiteitsopleiding. Besoek ons monumente. Raak betrokke by die Afrikaner organisasies. Stem Vryheidsfront. Boikot Naspers se Beeld en Die Burger waar u eie mense, Afrikaners, sleggesê word. Afrikaners laat nie met hul mors nie!

Farmers feed the nation - protect them. Dankie aan Danie Niehaus vir sy uitstekende CD, Fynskrif, en aan Anton Myburgh vir sy lied, Boer en sy Roer.

Tussen 26000 en 30000 kinders en vroue is dood in die kampe waar die Ingilse hulle in geplaas het tydens die ABO. Dit het alles begin met die verskroeide-aarde beleid. Hierdie beleid is in 'n proklamasie uitgereik deur Lord Robberts op 16 Junie 1900.

This is the first part of an interview conducted by the shortwave / internet radio program: The Right Perspective that they did with Theuns Cloete of Boervolk Radio on Jan 6 2007 on the 150th anniversary of the Transvaal Vierkleur flag: one of the most recognizable symbols of the Boerevolk. The Orange Free State Vierkleur flag would also become 150 on Feb 23 2007. The interview was an hour long with no breaks & will be posted here in 9 parts. The history of the Boers is often told from a Western / British or Afrikaner point of view & thus often from a skewed perspective. This interview is refreshing & important as the Boers' history is explained & told from a Boer perspective. The facts concerning the Boers are often obscured as the Boers have been overshadowed for the past 100 years most notably by the Afrikaner Nationalists: the Cape based political heirs to the artificial macro state of South Africa created by the British & imposed onto the region. The Boers trekked from the Cape Afrikaners & the western Cape beginning in the late 1600s & throughout the 1700 when they were nomadic migrating farmers known as the Trekboers occupying the northern & eastern Cape frontier where some later settled down & were known as Grensboere or Border Farmers. A large number of their descendents became known as the Voortrekkers who left the eastern Cape en mass -mainly due to British Colonialism- to trek into the largely uninhabited (due to the Difaqane) interior were they would establish numerous Boer Republics of which the Transvaal Republic (also known as the South African Republic which was composed of the former Potchefstroom Republic / Lydenburg Republic / Rustenburg Republic / Utrecht Republic & the Zoutpansberg Republic) & the Orange Free State (the northern part of which was the former Winburg Republic) were recognized by other governments around the world. The Sand River Convention signed on Jan 17 1852 between the British & the Transvaal Boers recognized the independence of the Boers north of the Vaal River. This lead to the independence of Boer Republics north of the Vaal River which would coalesce into the South African Republic on Jan 6 1857. The Orange River Convention signed on Feb 17 1854 between the British & the Transorangia Boers recognized the independence of the Boers north of the Orange River up to the Vaal River. This lead to the independence of the Orange Free State on Feb 23 1854. The Boer Republics were conquered on May 31 1902 by the British at the conclusion of the the second Anglo-Boer War after 27 000 Boer civilians died in the British run concentration camps. This represented the death of close to 50 % of the total Boer child population of the republics & is one of the main reasons how they were able to be overshadowed for the next 100 years by other forces ascending to power in the region.

This is the third part of an interview conducted by the shortwave / internet radio program: The Right Perspective that they did with Theuns Cloete of Boervolk Radio on Jan 6 2007 on the 150th anniversary of the Transvaal Vierkleur flag: one of the most recognizable symbols of the Boerevolk. The Orange Free State Vierkleur flag would also become 150 on Feb 23 2007. The interview was an hour long with no breaks & will be posted here in 9 parts. The history of the Boers is often told from a Western / British or Afrikaner point of view & thus often from a skewed perspective. This interview is refreshing & important as the Boers' history is explained & told from a Boer perspective. The facts concerning the Boers are often obscured as the Boers have been overshadowed for the past 100 years most notably by the Afrikaner Nationalists: the Cape based political heirs to the artificial macro state of South Africa created by the British & imposed onto the region. The Boers trekked from the Cape Afrikaners & the western Cape beginning in the late 1600s & throughout the 1700 when they were nomadic migrating farmers known as the Trekboers occupying the northern & eastern Cape frontier where some later settled down & were known as Grensboere or Border Farmers. A large number of their descendents became known as the Voortrekkers who left the eastern Cape en mass -mainly due to British Colonialism- to trek into the largely uninhabited (due to the Difaqane) interior were they would establish numerous Boer Republics of which the Transvaal Republic (also known as the South African Republic which was composed of the former Potchefstroom Republic / Lydenburg Republic / Rustenburg Republic / Utrecht Republic & the Zoutpansberg Republic) & the Orange Free State (the northern part of which was the former Winburg Republic) were recognized by other governments around the world. The Sand River Convention signed on Jan 17 1852 between the British & the Transvaal Boers recognized the independence of the Boers north of the Vaal River. This lead to the independence of Boer Republics north of the Vaal River which would coalesce into the South African Republic on Jan 6 1857. The Orange River Convention signed on Feb 17 1854 between the British & the Transorangia Boers recognized the independence of the Boers north of the Orange River up to the Vaal River. This lead to the independence of the Orange Free State on Feb 23 1854. The Boer Republics were conquered on May 31 1902 by the British at the conclusion of the the second Anglo-Boer War after 27 000 Boer civilians died in the British run concentration camps. This represented the death of close to 50 % of the total Boer child population of the republics & is one of the main reasons how they were able to be overshadowed for the next 100 years by other forces ascending to power in the region.

Boknes Selbehoud 2006 Spreuk vanself.

This is the fifth part of an interview conducted by the shortwave / internet radio program: The Right Perspective that they did with Theuns Cloete of Boervolk Radio on Jan 6 2007 on the 150th anniversary of the Transvaal Vierkleur flag: one of the most recognizable symbols of the Boerevolk. The Orange Free State Vierkleur flag would also become 150 on Feb 23 2007. The interview was an hour long with no breaks & is posted here in 9 parts. The history of the Boers is often told from a Western / British or Afrikaner point of view & thus often from a skewed perspective. This interview is refreshing & important as the Boers' history is explained & told from a Boer perspective. The facts concerning the Boers are often obscured as the Boers have been overshadowed for the past 100 years most notably by the Afrikaner Nationalists: the Cape based political heirs to the artificial macro state of South Africa created by the British & imposed onto the region. The Boers trekked from the Cape Afrikaners & the western Cape beginning in the late 1600s & throughout the 1700 when they were nomadic migrating farmers known as the Trekboers occupying the northern & eastern Cape frontier where some later settled down & were known as Grensboere or Border Farmers. A large number of their descendents became known as the Voortrekkers who left the eastern Cape en mass -mainly due to British Colonialism- to trek into the largely uninhabited (due to the Difaqane) interior were they would establish numerous Boer Republics of which the Transvaal Republic (also known as the South African Republic which was composed of the former Potchefstroom Republic / Lydenburg Republic / Rustenburg Republic / Utrecht Republic & the Zoutpansberg Republic) & the Orange Free State (the northern part of which was the former Winburg Republic) were recognized by other governments around the world. The Sand River Convention signed on Jan 17 1852 between the British & the Transvaal Boers recognized the independence of the Boers north of the Vaal River. This lead to the independence of Boer Republics north of the Vaal River which would coalesce into the South African Republic on Jan 6 1857. The Orange River Convention signed on Feb 17 1854 between the British & the Transorangia Boers recognized the independence of the Boers north of the Orange River up to the Vaal River. This lead to the independence of the Orange Free State on Feb 23 1854. The Boer Republics were conquered on May 31 1902 by the British at the conclusion of the the second Anglo-Boer War after 27 000 Boer civilians died in the British run concentration camps. This represented the death of close to 50 % of the total Boer child population of the republics & is one of the main reasons how they were able to be overshadowed for the next 100 years by other forces ascending to power in the region.

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