British establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… 1 676 elderly men, died in these camps. The death toll in Black concentration camps, housing Africans who had been … like horses, cattle and sheep, killed. Children, women and black people were put in concentration camps. Towards the end … women and children, with another 60 camps housing 115 000 black people. These camps were overcrowded, the captives …