The second half of the nineteenth century in Southern Africa was characterized and dominated by British colonialism.
Cecil John Rhodes became the symbol of this British imperialism in Southern Africa. Rhodes was the ultimate imperialist.
In a speech in Oxford in 1877, Rhodes said: I think that what God would like me to do is to paint as much of the map of Africa British Red as possible.
As a result of this approach, the Anglo-Zulu war ensued in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.
It was followed by the first Anglo-Boer War in 1881 between the British Empire and the Afrikaner Boer burghers of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republic.
Yesterday, it was exactly 136 years since the battle of Majuba in which the British were convincingly defeated by the Boers. 27 February 1881 the British Gen. Colley occupied the Amajuba Mountain as part of his campaign to attack the ZAR and annex it for Britain. The Boers, under the leadership of Gen. Piet Joubert and Nicolaas Smit convincingly defeated the British. The British Gen. Colley died during this battle.
This war is the only war that the British had lost in the 19th century and to date. They also lost all four battles in that war.
The FF Plus would like to honour these Boers who were prepared to sacrifice their lives in the fight against British imperialism.
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