Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tun da daɗewa kafin 'yan Biritaniya su mallaki Cape Colony, akwai manyan mazaunan Turai masu magana da yaren Dutch a cikin Cape Peninsula da kuma bayan; a lokacin da mulkin Biritaniya ya zama na dindindin a 1806, waɗannan suna da yawan mutane fiye da 26,000. Akwai, duk da haka, ƙungiyoyi biyu daban-daban a cikin yawan mutanen da suka zauna a ƙarƙashin VOC. Na farko sun kasance manoma masu yawo waɗanda suka fara zama a hankali a cikin ƙasa, suna neman kyawawan wuraren kiwo don dabbobinsu da 'yanci daga ƙa'idodin VOC. Wannan al'umma na mazauna sun nuna kansu a matsayin Boers don bayyana hanyar rayuwarsu ta noma. Gidajensu sun kasance masu girma ta hanyar Turai, kamar yadda ƙasar ta kasance kyauta kuma ba ta da yawa; kawai suna da su yi rajistar su tare da VOC, wani tsari wanda bai wuce wani tsari ba kuma ya zama ba shi da mahimmanci yayin da Boers suka koma cikin ƙasa. Wasu'yan Boers sun dauki salon rayuwa na wucin gadi na dindindin kuma an san su da. Boers sun kasance masu shakku sosai game da gwamnatin da ke da iko da kuma karuwar rikitarwa na gudanarwa a Cape; sun ci gaba da yin hijira daga wurin da ma'aikatan mulkin mallaka ke kaiwa duk lokacin da ya yi ƙoƙarin tsara ayyukansu. A tsakiyar karni na goma sha takwas, Boers sun shiga kusan kilomita dubu a cikin Afirka ta Kudu bayan Cape of Good Hope, a wannan lokacin suka hadu da mutanen Xhosa, wadanda ke yin hijira zuwa kudu daga kishiyar shugabanci. Gasar tsakanin al'ummomin biyu kan albarkatun kan iyaka ta haifar da Yaƙin Xhosa
Ka yi haƙuri. Matsayin Boer mai tsauri ga bakaken fata na Afirka ya kasance har abada ta hanyar hulɗarsu da Xhosa, wanda ya haifar da rashin tsaro da tsoro a kan iyaka.