In 1899, a unique artillery shell bearing a plum cake and Christmas greetings marked a truce during the Boer War in Ladysmith ...

Boer is an Afrikaans word which refers to farmers. The killing of white farmers is a highly emotive issue in South Africa. Some conservative groups say the farmers are victims of a genocide and ...

In today’s news, EFF leader Julius Malema sparked controversy by singing Kill the Boer at the University of Pretoria, we look at the five worst municipalities under administration, and Acting Judge ...

In 1899, Canada agreed to send volunteers to serve under British command in the Boer War. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada C-007986, Montreal soldiers of C Company South African ...

Journal of African History 'These essays form a lively and thought-provoking late addition to a whole body of writing by historians about Anglo-South African relations during the course of the ...

South Africa raised over half a million to demolish and rebuild the father of the Afrikaners, Paul Kruger's statue in Orania ...

The Indian army continues with the British tradition of holding the annual Ladysmith competition to mark the siege and end to Boer hostilities in the South African town. Last week, a competition ...

Each cross honours a Delta veteran who lost their life in the First and Second World Wars, the Second South African (Boer) ...

Singing Kill The Boer has long been a thorny issue in South Africa. One of a number of struggle songs, political anthems that were an important part of the fight to end white-rule, it is ...

Hobhouse saved the lives of thousands of women and children held in British concentration camps in South Africa in the Second Boer War of 1899-1902. She grew up in the village of St Ive ...