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On 9 April 1902, with safe passage guaranteed by the British, the Boer leadership met at Klerksdorp, Transvaal.Present were Marthinus Steyn, Free State president and Schalk Burger acting Transvaal president with the Boer generals Louis Botha, Jan Smuts, Christiaan de Wet and Koos de la Rey and they would discuss the progress of the war and whether negotiations should be opened with the British.
Peace Treaty of Vereeniging, South Africa, 31 May 1902 (page 4 crop) - William John Cormack "Jack" Brebner signature.jpg Peace Treaty of Vereeniging, South Africa, 31 May 1902 (page 4 crop) - F.W. Reitz signature-2.jpg
The Treaty of Vereeniging ending the Second Boer War (1899–1902) was negotiated here by delegates of the South African Republic, the Orange Free State, and the British Empire. During the conflict, a concentration camp was set up in the area by the British in September 1900, and by October 1901 it housed 185 men, 330 women, and 452 children ...
In this war, the Transvaal and Orange Free State were defeated and annexed by the overwhelmingly larger British forces, ceasing to exist on 31 May 1902, with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging. A new British dominion, the Union of South Africa , was established under the South Africa Act 1909 , in which the Transvaal and the Orange Free ...
On May 31, 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed between British and Boer negotiators, marking the formal end of the war. The treaty outlined the terms of peace and the future of the newly unified South African territories.
In 1902, with peace following the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, the new Transvaal colony was faced with intertwined economic and political issues that needed to be resolved. The economic issues faced included the restoration of the mining industry to pre-war levels, then growing it further with the need for extra labour, the restoration ...
General Cornelis Hermanus Olivier (1851–1924) [16] [17] one of the delegates sent to sign the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging [18] to end the Second Anglo Boer War on 31 May 1902. Peace Treaty of Vereeniging, 31 May 1902. Pdf file of four pages. He was a Boer General and lived in the Lindley district where he had a farm. He lies buried at the old ...
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