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Also Known As the Transvaal • ZAR • Zuid Afkikaansche Republiek • SAR
Date 1838 - 1877 • 1880 - 1900

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South African War: Boer troops
South African War
Peace of Vereeniging

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South Africa
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Jan Smuts.
Jan Smuts
South African statesman
Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger
South African statesman
Louis Botha
Louis Botha
prime minister of Union of South Africa
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Boer South African leader
Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Boer leader
Andries Pretorius, portrait (artist unknown).
Andries Pretorius
Boer South African leader
Joubert, Petrus Jacobus
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
South African politician
Barney Barnato
British financier
de la Rey, Jacobus Hercules
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey
Boer leader
Burgers, Thomas François
Thomas François Burgers
president of Transvaal
Boer Gen. Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé (left) surrendering to British Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 1900, during the South African War (1899–1902).
Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé
Boer general
Beyers
C.F. Beyers
South African politician
Sir Donald Currie
British shipowner and politician