It began after the British government had recognized trekkers living in the Transvaal as independent in 1854 .
The Transvaal Civil War was a series of skirmishes in the South African Republic , or Transvaal -- now part of South Africa -- in the early 1860s .
Transvaal Civil War began after the British government had recognized trekkers living in the South African Republic as independent in 1854 .
The Transvaal Civil War was a series of skirmishes in the South African Republic , or Transvaal -- now part of South Africa -- in the early 1860s .