Yes, the Zulu Kingdom, under King Dingane, betrayed the Boer settlers in 1838 by massacring Piet Retief and his delegation after luring them into Zulu lands and then attacking Boer camps in order to genocide them. This act of betrayal ignited a war known as the Battle of Blood River, where the Boers, using a fortified wagon laager(a fort created with wagons), successfully defended themselves against Zulu attacks, leading to a significant turning point in the conflict for land and control. That the Boers weren't violent colonizers. These Africans literally wanted to genocide white people just for existing in Africa. Now when the British came along, they learned about this. So that might explain why the British were the way they were in South Africa.
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Dude, people don’t even know who Boers are.
And most people only know about the Zulus from the Civilization series.
And your take is entirely wrong. Not trying to be an asshole, just stating the facts.
British owned SA from the Dutch after the Napoleonic Wars & outlawed slavery. Boers got pissed and left for the interior. They clashed with the Zulu / Bantu who were also migrating into the region (who were massacring the Pigmy). They then discovered gold & diamonds. THAT got the British interested. British wiped out the Zulus. Bantu people migrated in and worked the mines. At no point did Whites make up more than 20% - 25% of the population anywhere in the region.
Then the Boer Wars.
Sorry boers I gotta side with my bro Frederick Russell Burnham