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The Boer or Boerbok is a South African breed of meat goat. [2] It was selectively bred in the Eastern Cape from about 1920 for meat qualities and for the ability to survive by grazing on the thorn veldt of that region. [4]: 363 It has been exported to many countries, and has been used to improve the meat qualities of other breeds. [5]: 10 [3]
The Maritz Rebellion (also known as the Boer Revolt, the Five Shilling Rebellion or the Third Boer War) occurred in 1914 at the start of World War I, in which men who supported the re-creation of the Boer republics rose up against the government of the Union of South Africa because they did not want to side with the British against the German ...
African pygmy, American pygmy Cameroon meat, milk, Pet Pygora: Oregon City: fiber Pyrenean: France and Spain meat, milk Qinshan Jining: goatskin Red Boer South Africa meat, Pet Red Mediterranean Syria milk [15] Sokoto Red Maradi Red, Red Sokoto Nigeria and Niger Republic Meat, Skin, milk [16] [17] Repartida: Northeastern Brazil meat Rove ...
Domesticated goats in Africa The Boer goat, a widely-farmed meat-breed Goat farming involves the raising and breeding of domestic goats ( Capra aegagrus hircus ) as a branch of animal husbandry . People farm goats principally for their meat , milk , fibre and skins .
Pages in category "Goat breeds originating in South Africa" ... Boer goat; K. Kalahari Red This page was last edited on 15 April 2011, at 02:31 (UTC). ...
The Nashville Zoo has grown its family of Nigerian dwarf goats by four sweet, furry members. On March 23, a pair of male goats were born to Luisa and on March 27 a second pair of males were born ...
The San peoples were hunter-gatherers, who mostly depended on foods like tortoises, crayfish, coconuts and squash. Agriculture was introduced to South Africa by the Bantu peoples, who continue in the cultivation of grain, starch fruit and root tubers — in the manner of maize, squash and sweet potatoes, following their introduction in the Columbian exchange, displacing the production of many ...
Boerewors (pronounced [ˈbuːrəˌvɔrs]) is a type of sausage which originated in South Africa. It is an important part of South African, Zimbabwean cuisine and is popular across Southern Africa. The name is derived from the Afrikaans words boer (literally, a farmer) and wors ('sausage'). [1] According to South African government regulation ...