Victorian Stereoview card from circa 1900 for viewing thought a stereoscope. South African War, also called Boer War, Second Boer War, or Anglo-Boer War; to Afrikaners, also called Second War of Independence, war fought from October 11, 1899, to May 31, 1902, between Great Britain and the two Boer (Afrikaner) republics: the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State. Lord Roberts,hero of Candahar and South Africa,Commander in Chief of the British armies,photographed on pretoria,South Africa.