Boer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals for surrender to British representatives, Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener. They were still asking for a continued independence of the Boer republics. This happened towards the end of the Anglo-Boer War II which broke out in October 1899. It ended with the signing of the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902.
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18 May 1902
Boer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African History: 18 May 1902’, from About African History, [online], available at https://africanhistory.about.com (Accessed: 19 April 2013)
- 02Anglo-Boer War Museum, ‘Peace Treaty of Vereeniging’, [online], available at www.anglo-boer.co.za (Accessed: 19 April 2013)
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2013, May 17). Boer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095660
South African History Online (2013) 'Boer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals', South African History Online, 17 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095660 (Accessed: 15 October 2026).
South African History Online, Boer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095660, (accessed 15 October 2026).
"Boer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals." South African History Online, 17 May 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095660. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Boer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals." South African History Online. May 17, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095660.
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