 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubvira apo Britain yakanga yatora udzori hweSouth Africa kubva kuNetherlands muHondo dzaNapoleon, yakanga yarwisana nevagari vokuNetherlands avo vakanga vari kure uye vakagadzira nyika mbiri dzavo. Chiono cheumambo hweBritain chakadaidzira kutonga pamusoro penyika itsva uye maBoers kana kuti maAfrikaners aitaura chiDutch akarwa zvakare muhondo muna 18991902. Munyori wenhau dzakaitika weBritain Andrew Roberts anoti maBoer akaramba achidzora zvizere nyika dzavo mbiri duku, asingabvumiri basa ripi neripi kune vasiri vachena, uye mabasa akaganhurirwa zvakajeka kuvagari veBritain nevamwe vokuEurope. Ava vaUitlanders vakanga vari hwaro hwezvemari, vaibhadhara 80 muzana yemitero, uye vakanga vasina kodzero yokuvhota. Transvaal yakanga isati iri demokrasi munzira ipi neipi, anodaro Roberts, nokuti hapana mutema, muBritain, muKaturike kana kuti muJudha aibvumirwa kuvhota kana kuti kubata basa ripi neripi. Johannesburg rakanga riri nzvimbo yebhizimisi, ine vagari veBritain vanosvika 50 000, asi rakanga risingabvumirwi hurumende ipi neipi yomunzvimbomo. Mutauro wechiNgezi wakarambidzwa muzviitiko zvehurumende; hapana misangano yavose yaibvumirwa; mapepanhau akavharwa nenzira yakaipa; uye kuva mugari wemo kwakanga kuchibvira asi kusingawanzoitiki. Roberts anoti Mutungamiri Paul Kruger akatungamira nyika yakaoma, yakaoma, yakafanana nemapurisa kubva kuguta guru renyika yake, Pretoria. hurumende yeBritain yakaramba zviri pamutemo; nepo yaiziva kodzero yeTransvaal yekugadzirisa nyaya dzayo dzemukati, nhengo yehurumende Joseph Chamberlain yakatsanangura nzira dzakawanda idzo maUitlanders akabatwa zvisina kunaka sevasiri vagari vechipiri, kunyangwe basa ravo rakakosha mukugadzira budiriro. 