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Negotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender

Date
18 May 1902
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Negotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender

At the end of the South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War) of 1899-1902, negotiators for the Afrikaner republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State travelled to Pretoria to present their terms of surrender to British representatives, Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener. The negotiators were still asking for continued independence of the former republics. The War ended on 31 May 1902 with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging. The peace settlement brought to an end the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics. However, the British offered the Afrikaner £3 million for restocking and repairing farm lands and promised eventual self-government, a promise which was fulfilled in 1907.

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  1. 01Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day in African History: 18 May’, from About.com African History, [online], available at www.africanhistory.about.com (Accessed: 24 April 2012)
  2. 02Spartacus Educational, ‘The Boer War’, [online], available at https://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk (Accessed: 24 April 2012)
  3. 03Anglo-Boer War Museum, ‘Peace Treaty of Vereeniging’, [online], available at www.anglo-boer.co.za (Accessed: 24 April 2012)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, May 9). Negotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082951

South African History Online (2012) 'Negotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender', South African History Online, 9 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082951 (Accessed: 30 August 2026).

South African History Online, Negotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082951, (accessed 30 August 2026).

"Negotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender." South African History Online, 9 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082951. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Negotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender." South African History Online. May 9, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082951.

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