Tun lokacin da Biritaniya ta karbe ikon Afirka ta Kudu daga Netherlands a Yaƙin Napoleon , ta yi fatali da mazauna Holland waɗanda suka yi nisa kuma suka ƙirƙiri jumhuriyarsu biyu.Tunanin daular Birtaniyya ya yi kira da a sarrafa sabbin kasashe da masu magana da harshen Holland "Boers" (ko "Afrikaners" martanin Boer ga matsin lamba na Burtaniya shine ya shelanta yaki a ranar 20 ga Oktoba 1899. Boers 410,000 sun fi yawa, amma abin mamaki sun gudanar da yakin neman zabe cikin nasara, wanda ya baiwa turawan Ingila fada mai wahala, Boers ba su da kasa, kuma ba su da damar samun taimako daga waje, nauyin lambobi, da kayan aiki masu inganci, da kuma dabarun mugunyar da aka saba kawowa a karshe ya kawo nasara a Birtaniya. 'Yan ta'addan, Birtaniya sun tara mata da 'ya'yansu zuwa sansanonin tara jama'a, inda da yawa suka mutu sakamakon cututtuka, abin da ya sa duniya ta mayar da hankali kan sansanonin, karkashin jagorancin wani babban bangare na jam'iyyar Liberal Party a Birtaniya, amma Amurka ta ba da goyon baya. An hade Jamhuriyar Boer zuwa Tarayyar Afirka ta Kudu a cikin 1910; tana da mulkin kai na cikin gida amma London ce ke sarrafa manufofinta na ketare kuma wani bangare ne na daular Burtaniya.