End of the Second Boer War

On 31 May 1902 , the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging formally concluded the Second Boer War , bringing a definitive end to the hostilities that had ravaged Southern Africa since 1899. This settlement marked the transition of the former Boer republics , the South African Republic and the Orange Free State , under the formal sovereignty of the British Empire . The conclusion of the conflict was...