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Nicol Stassen devotes, among others, an entire chapter to the gripping story of the Dorsland (Thirstland) Trekkers and their adventures. During these Angola Boers' stay in Angola there was little chance of farming and far too many problems: a problematic relationship with the Portuguese authorities, while inadequate economic and educational opportunities, and the resulting poverty, sometimes led to shocking decay. In 1928 about 2000 Angola Boers were repatriated to South-West Africa.The community of 386 - 471 Afrikaners who remained in Angola after 1928 were left to oblivion, and were later described as a living fossil and victims of their own conservatism. Some did attempt to make a living of mixed farming, transport riding and hunting - decades after this lifestyle had died out elsewhere. This small group of Afrikaners maintained their Afrikanerskap under very difficult circumstances. After civil war broke out in Angola in 1975 the last Afrikaners fled Angola, and so the bond between the Angola Boers and Angola came to an end after almost a century. Their interesting and colourful lives are described, and the possibility that wanderlust was the reason for their peregrinations is examined. Hardcover, 762 pages

A Few Months With The Boers The War Reminiscences of a Russian Nursing Sister by Sophia Izedinova   A Few Months With The Boers - The War Reminiscences of a Russian Nursing Sister by Sophia Izedinova. 1st edition, 1st impression with dust jacket in good condition. Ex-library copy with 'Howick West State Indian Primary School' stampings, a relic from segregation. 253 Pages illustrated.   Postnet to Postnet R110.00    

 Le Petit Parisien newspaper 4 February 1900 Boers on watch in mountains - On back page.  

 Among the Boers in Peace and War edited by Ione Rudner & Bill Nasson  I.Schroder-Nielsen  2012

WITH THE BOERS IN THE TRANSVAAL AND ORANGE FREE STATE IN 1880-1     by Charles L Norris-Newman Hard cover WITHOUT d/wrapper – 218x140 mm – Africana Book Society 1976 1 st Edition Facsimile reproduction of the 1882 edition with new Foreword, Illustrations and Index. 387 pages – 8 page index – numerous b/w photos/illustrations – 3 fold-out maps   Near New cond. – tightly bound – tape residue on eps.

 Anglo Boer War postcard "Boer War - Boers Seeking Cover" 1900, used. Please see images for condition.     SAPO Postage: R35 (Add 3% to insure the package, only applies to combined orders over R100) Postnet to Postnet: R100 All postcards sent in card backed envelope with DO NOT BEND    

 Anglo Boer War Postcard - "Campement de boers"  Circa 1900 Unused   Please see images for condition.     SAPO Postage: R35 (Add 3% to insure the package, only applies to combined orders over R100) Postnet to Postnet: R100 All postcards sent in card backed envelope with DO NOT BEND    

 Anglo Boer War postcard "Boer War - Boers Seeking Cover" 1900, used. Please see images for condition.   SAPO Postage: R35 (Add 3% to insure the package, only applies to combined orders over R100)   Postnet to Postnet: R100      

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   TITLE:  THE WAR AGAINST THE BOERS - WHEN IS WAR NOT A WAR, HNP CASE FOR FOR ANGLO BOER  WAR REPARATIONS FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DESCRIPTION:  SOFTCOVER BOOKLET AS IN PHOTOS   1996, SCARCE TITLE FEEDBACK:   I TYPICALLY WAIT UNTIL ITEM IS RECEIVED BY THE WINNING BIDDER PRIOR TO POSTING FEEDBACK. THIS ALLOWS BOTH PARTIES TIME TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE WITH ANY GIVEN TRANSACTION. POSTAGE:   PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADD POSTAGE WHEN MAKING PAYMENT            

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Subtitle: The British, The Boers, and The Making of South Africa Author: Martin Meredith Publisher: PublicAffairs () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good - Front of dust jacket slightly creased around edges. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 570 Dimensions: 24 x 16.5 x 4.5 cm +++ by Martin Meredith +++ Diamonds, Gold and War covers the tumultuous period that began with the discovery of the main diamond field in and culminated in the founding of the modern state of South Africa in . With the discovery of diamonds and then gold, a titanic struggle for control between British & Boers ensued, finally resulting in the Anglo-Boer war. Martin Meredith focuses particular attention on Cecil John Rhodes, imperialist mining magnate, and Oom Paul Kruger, the Boer leader. A dynamic analysis of an intriguing period in African history.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

As the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of collapse during the late 1980s, and America prepared to claim its victory, a bloody war still raged in Southern Africa, where proxy forces from both sides vied for control of Angola. The result was the largest battle on the dark continent since Al Alamein, with forces from both sides paying in blood what U.S.-Soviet diplomats were otherwise spending in diplomacy. The socialist government of Angola and its army, FAPLA, fully stocked with Soviet weapons, had only to wipe out a massive resistance group, UNITA, secretly supplied by the U.S, in order to claim full sovereignty over the country. A giant FAPLA offensive so threatened to succeed in overcoming UNITA that apartheid-era South Africa stepped in to protect its own interests. The white army crossing the border prompted the Angolan government to call on their own foreign reinforcementsthe army of Communist Cubas. Thus began the epic battle of Cuito Cuanavale, largely unknown in the U.S., but which raged for three months in the entirely odd match-up of South African Boers vs. Castros armed forces, which for the first time in the Cold War proved what it could achieve. And it turned out the Cubans were very good. The South Africans were no slouches at warfare themselves, but had suffered under a boycott of weapons since 1977. The Cubans and Angolan troops, instead, had the latest Soviet weapons, easily delivered. But UNITA had its secret U.S. supply line and the South Africans knew how to fight, mainly at a disadvantage in air power for lack of spare parts. Meantime the Cubans overcame their logistic difficulties with an impressive airlift of troops over the Atlantic, while the Boers simply needed to drive next door. As a case study of ferocious fighting between East and Westalbeit proxies for the great powers on all sidesthis book unveils a remarkable episode of the end-game of the Cold War largely unknown to the public. The Angolans on both sides suffered heavily, but it was the apartheid South Africans versus Castros armed forces that provides utter fascination in one of historys rare match-ups. Paperback / 232 pages 54 b/w photos Published December 2013  

Jonathan Ball Publishers, 1999. Hard cover with dust cover, 274 pages. Very good condition; tightly bound, neat and clean. Under 1kg. The Boer War (1899-1902) witnessed the professionals of the British Army pitted against the gifted amateurs who led the Boer commandos. For the Boers, it was a struggle for independence; for Britain, an attempt once and for all to assert her political supremacy in South Africa. While sheer weight of numbers and ruthless tactics eventually secured a British military victory, the extraordinary Boer effort won respect worldwide. This is an in-depth study of the principal commanders on both sides, in a conflict that was both "the last of the gentlemen's wars" and the first modern one. The three British Commanders-in-Chief were established regular soldiers who stood high in public esteem when they went out to South Africa. For Roberts, the war was a final triumph, albeit somewhat tainted when it dragged on for another year and a half after his departure; for Kitchener, it was a tedious and exhausting interlude which delayed his appointment as Commander-in-Chief in India; and for Buller, the graveyard of his reputation. The Boer Generals were Louis Botha, Christiaan de Wet, Koos de la Rey and Jan Smuts, of whom the first three were farmers and legislators with little conventional military experience. Smuts, after a brilliant academic career at Cambridge, was a senior but very young state official. In the course of the war, the men proved in different ways to have outstanding natural military ability. For De Wet, this was a time of fulfilment when all his special gifts came into play; for Smuts and Botha, it was a preparation for their future careers as politicians; and for De la Rey, who hated war, it was a heavy but unavoidable duty which he discharged with distinction. Peter Trew's narrative examines each personality separately, highlighting the differences between the command styles of the experienced, professional British generals and the natural ingenuity of the "amateur" Boers.

The Boer Wars (1) 1836–98  Men at Arms #301 by Ian Knight   Colour Plares by Gerry Embleton   1996 - 48 pages   Soft Cover in Good Condition.Please see the photographs on book condition before purchasing Over the space of two centuries, the original Dutch settlers of South Africa, augmented by a trickle of refugees from a succession of religious wars in France and Germany, grew into a hardy breed. In time, these people came to think of themselves as white Africans or 'Afrikaners' though they were generally known to one another, and outsiders, as 'Boers', meaning farmers. This book details the fascinating history of the Boers from the 'Great Trek' of 1836-40, through their many wars with such peoples as the Zulus and the Pedi, to their final defeat of the Venda in 1898.

ORANGE FREE STATES    Barred oval numeral BONC postmark "777"  of SPRINGFONTEIN  used on  1d  VRI (Stops level) overprint. "BONC 777 was originally a Cape cancel from Stormberg Junction. Stormberg was occupied by the Boers and when it was retaken by the British, the Boers must have fled with the canceller. It was then recaptured by the British in Springfontein in the OFS and used as a provisional cancel at the garrison there for about a month(from April to May 1900) until they had a canceller of their own"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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