Transvaal
Pretoria's historic region
Transvaal is a historical region in northeastern South Africa, named for its location across (trans) the Vaal River.
It existed as an independent Boer republic in the 19th century before becoming a British colony and later a South African province.
The name now applies informally to the area, though the province was divided in 1994: My grandfather grew up in the Transvaal.
South African administrative capital
- JohannesburgSouth Africa's economic hub
- LimpopoRiver bordering four nations
- goldfieldsOre-bearing mining territories
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
Kruger National Park · Soweto · escarpment · plateau · subtropical · grassland
Prosperous urban resident
Colonial southern African struggle
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
Mahatma Gandhi · mining · Orange Free State · concentration camps · Lord Kitchener · independence · republic · sovereignty
Bantu language of Natal
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- tribalOf a clan
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- mission stationMissionary's operational base
Pretoria
South African administrative capital
- JohannesburgSouth Africa's economic hub
- LimpopoRiver bordering four nations
- goldfieldsOre-bearing mining territories
savanna · Kruger National Park · Soweto · escarpment · plateau · subtropical · grassland
burgher
Prosperous urban resident
settler · farmer · veld · kraal · biltong · potjiekos · laager
Anglo-Boer War
Colonial southern African struggle
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
colonialism · Mahatma Gandhi · mining · Orange Free State · concentration camps · Lord Kitchener · independence · republic · sovereignty
Zulu
Bantu language of Natal
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- tribalOf a clan
- indigenousOriginating in a region
mission station · Bantu · homeland · chieftain · kraal