White South Africa: Blood River Runs Reds When my wife and I went to South Africa in 1984, we did not make it to Pretoria. After Soweto, we drove south toward Ladysmith, Colenso, and Durban.

He was a farmer, — the word ‘Boer’ means ‘farmer,’ — as different from the Hollanders who came with Van Riebeck in 1652 as South Africa is vaster than the Holland from which they came.

No More Short Cuts. Boer nationalism was in fact the issue, though most of the noise was about apartheid—the religiously held dogma that 2,600,000 whites (Boer and Briton) should rule four times ...

MAFIKENG, South Africa — The centenary of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) is being marked here this year with a change of complexion. Throughout this century the conflict has been known as “the ...

Opinion - Extremists on both sides of South Africa's main ethnic divide misrepresent what it means ... South Africa: How 'Kill the Boer' Has Been Weaponised By Racists. 2 June 2025.

The Anti-Defamation League expressed concern about a South African song calling to “Kill the Boer” after Elon Musk repeatedly prodded the group to speak out — the latest in an ongoing tiff ...

The 125th anniversary of the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 is marked on 11 October 2024. Also known as the South African War or the Second Boer War, ...

Wiebe Boer doesn't fit the mold of your typical impact investor. Born in Nigeria, educated at Calvin University and Yale, and with a career spanning oil giant Shell African conglomerate Heirs ...

But on December 13, 1880, Kruger and his associates proclaimed the South African Republic. The Boer war followed, which lasted until March, 1881. The Boers fought with great bravery, ...