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eventREF E-0011195Revised

18 January 1900

Kruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds

Kruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds

Updated
30 Sep 2019
Kruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds

During the Siege of Mafeking (presently known as Mafikeng) in the Second Anglo-Boer War, two Black cattle-herds were captured and summarily executed near Mafeking by burghers, in accordance with a council of war decision on cattle-rustlers. President Paul Kruger immediately repudiated this decision and ordered this practice to cease forthwith.

How we know this

  1. 01Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Kruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011195

South African History Online (2011) 'Kruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011195 (Accessed: 6 November 2026).

South African History Online, Kruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011195, (accessed 6 November 2026).

"Kruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011195. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "Kruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011195.

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