 Rwendo rwokutanga rweBritish Isles nechikwata chakabva kuSouthern Africa chakatora vatambi kubva kuTransvaal neOrange Free State, uye makoloni eBritish eCape neNatal chakaitika muna 1891, rwendo rwacho rwuchitsigirwa nemari na muchinda weBritain Cecil Rhodes weCape uye mutungamiri weBoer President Kruger weTransvaal Republic. Makore manomwe gare gare Britain yakanga iri muhondo neBoer republics, uye munguva yehondo yeBoer mauto eBritish aizoita basa rinokosha mukusimbisa mutambo munyika yose, uye mitambo pakati pevanhu veBoer mumisasa yevasungwa vehondo yakakurudzira mutambo wacho. 