During apartheid, boer was used by opponents of apartheid in various contexts, referring to institutional structures such as the national party, or to specific groups of people, such as members of the police. The first boer war also known as the transvaal war, was fought from december 16, 1880, until march 23, 1881. It was the first clash between the british and the transvaal boers.
May 14, 2018boer (bŏŏr, bôr) [du.,=farmer], inhabitant of south africa [1] of dutch or french huguenot descent. Boers are also known as afrikaners. The boer is an improved indigenous breed with some infusion of european, angora and indian goat breeding many years ago.
Discover the history and facts of the boers of south africa, containing fascinating information, the boer wars, the great trek, british rule, and detention camps. Feb 9, 2010by mid june 1900, british forces had captured most major boer cities and formally annexed their territories, but the boers launched a guerrilla war that frustrated the british occupiers. The term 'boer' originates from the dutch word for 'farmer' and reflects their agrarian lifestyle in south africa.
Boers established two independent republics in the interior: Five years later, 5,000 british middle class settlers are introduced onto farmland between the boer and the xhosa people in the hope of creating a buffer zone between the two warring sides. Boer means ''farmer'' in both dutch and afrikaans, the primary boer language.
The boers first arrived in africa in 1652 and used enslaved people to farm the fertile soil.