31 May, the memorial date of joy, as well as of sorrow for the Boer people/Afrikaner people.

31 May 1882 – The decision of the ZAR Volksraad, to declare Majuba Day, 27 February, a public humiliation day, is proclaimed law in the Government Gazette.

Before the outbreak of the First Freedom’s War, the Boer people gathered at Paardekraal, on 13 December 1880 they took the Paardekraal Vow, swore uniform and allegiance, and erected a large stone pile to serve as a testimony to their descendants and on the 16th the

Blood River Vow reaffirmed.

On Sunday, February 27, 1881, our Father reaffirmed His Covenant with the Boer people to their descendants and proved at Majuba that, if we trusted in Him alone, He would still give our enemies into our hand.

– The Battle of Majuba was the largest defeat in Great Britain’s military history.

On May 31, 1882, the restored Volksraad of the ZAR then proclaimed Notice No. 267, to give our Father the honor and recognition for it and to make it known to our descendants.

31 May 1899 – Bloemfontein Conference. Discussions between Pres. SJP Kruger of the ZAR and Lord Milner on the ‘Uitlander Issue’, are being organised by Pres. MT Steyn in the Railway Bureau in Bloemfontein. Milner’s harsh attitude caused the talks to fail, leading to Britain’s build-up of power on the Boer republics’ borders and finally on the outbreak of the Second

War of Independence in October 1899.

31 May 1900 – President Kruger had already left Pretoria the day before on his way to Waterfall Down in the Eastern Transvaal. Kmdt Gen. Louis Botha also escorted the last Volksraad members east. Lord Robberts’ forces invaded Johannesburg and he issued “Proclamation No.1 of 1900” in which he would respect Transvaal Citizens’ personal rights and property should they take the “Oath of Allegiance” to the British Crown.

The Times newspaper in London reported: “The war is practically over, The British flag is by this time flying at Pretoria.” At nightfall, a lawless looting of the State Warehouse in Pretoria breaks out on the corner of Market and Visagie streets. It continues through the night, until Gen. Botha arrives on horseback and admonishes the inhabitants to law-abiding. The mob of looters fled when they heard that the British forces had arrived near the city.

31 May 1901 – British official reports: “On the Witwatersrand, 150 of the 6000 gold stampeders are already back in production and the monthly gold yield amounts to 7400 ounces, or 2.5% of pre-war production.”

“Railway lines were damaged 12 times during May by the Boer citizens.”

“‘Refugee camps’ were established at De Jagersdrift, Krugersdorp, Nylstroom and Pietersburg. There are already 20374 people in the camps, including 8811 blacks.” (Among the 673 deaths that occurred in May is 8-year-old Lizzy van Zyl. A photograph of her emaciated bodice has been widely circulated throughout Europe to draw world attention to the guidance in the camps.)

31 May 1902 – At 23h05 on this date, the negotiations that had previously started between Boer and Briton in Klerksdorp, Vereeniging and Pretoria led to the signing of the terms of the surrender of the two Boer republics, the Peace of Vereeniging, in George Heys’ house, Melrose house (opposite Burgers Park in Pretoria). With that, the ZAR and the OSCE lost their independence and the Anglo-Boer War was ended.

Some 4,000 Boers were killed on the battlefield and more than 26,251 Boer children, Boer women and graylings died in the concentration camp, while about 500 died as exiles in prisoner-of-war camps. +/- 20,782 Bitter-endings lay down the weapon. On the British side, +/- 20,782 soldiers were killed. This was the price our ancestors had to pay, so that the British/Jewish Imperialists could strip our mineral wealth, to go and pay for their wars in Europe.

31 May 1910 – Long before the Second Liberation War of 1899-1902, it was the aspiration of the British Imperialists to destroy the two British colonies, namely. United Cape and Natal under British rule with the two Boer republics of ZAR and OSCE. This endeavour could only be detrimental to the Boer people and did not take into account any black peoples in this sub-continent. It was driven and based solely on the lust for power of the British and for the benefit of the International Imperialist Money Power’s greed for the Boer people’s mineral resources.

Right after the end of the war, the Boer people’s archenemy Alfred Milner proceeded with this devilish plan. His Trojan horse in Boer ranks, viz. Jan Smuts had previously been convinced of globalism during his studies in Britain as “Rhodes Schollar” and recruited by Rhodes for this unification, he became the most valuable asset to the entire British empire in this respect.

Amalgamation of all the British territories in southern Africa was now their dream, but it could not have been done without further bottlenecks. The Jingos’ behind-the-scenes lies and the British propaganda machine that had been used against the Boer people since the early 1890s began to tamper here again in earnest, even in the British Parliament. Finally, in 1908, all the leaders of these areas were drawn into a “National Convention” in Durban within which a so-called ‘Constitutional Framework’ was discussed.

The end result was that the proposals of these talks were promulgated in the British Parliament and signed by their King Edward as the “South Africa Act1909, 9 Edw.VII c.9”, but he died shortly afterwards under suspicious circumstances. 25 Days later, on 31 May 1910, it was declared the Constitution of the Union of SA.

With this, the two former Boer republics not only finally lost their independence, but also their status as world-recognized states. The two republics’ National Anthems and their Folk flags were trampled and vilified in their own country. Within eight years of the Imperialist genocide of Boer children and women, our grandfathers and grandmothers in this mix of foreign black, brown and white groups, under the British crown and the “Union Jack” in this diabolical unitary state, had to try to carve out a life again for the remnant of this little nation.

31 May 1928 – After the Boer People’s Uprising of 1914, the Afrikaners in the Union government realised that the Boer people would never find rest under the Union Jack and compromise had to be reached. After months of discussions and proposals, the compromise flag is viz. the Union Flag was raised for the first time in Cape Town on this date, but would only be allowed to be displayed next to the Union Jack.

31 May 1961 – The Union of SA becomes the Republic of SA on this day. The Union Flag is retained as a National flag, but without the Union Jack. The Voice of SA is also retained as the official National country song. Advocate CR Swart is inaugurated as the first elected State President of the RSA.