LETTER: When the Transvaal was a colony
In 1902 both the Transvaal and Orange Free State became British colonies until union in 1910
21 November 2019 - 04:00
In “Down a Dark Track (https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/life/books/2019-11-14-books-charles-van-onselens-latest-work-goes-down-a-dark-track/)” (Life, November 14-20), David Gorin either has the date wrong by at least 10 years, or he means the Transvaal Colony not the Republic.
The Transvaal (SA) Republic ceased to formally exist at the Treaty of Vereeniging in 1902, when both the Transvaal and Orange Free State became British colonies until union in 1910...
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