Did Britain run concentration camps in South Africa?

He warns, "A barrier of dead children's bodies will rise between the British and Boer races in South Africa." Emily Hobhouse tells the story of the young Lizzie van Zyl who died in the Bloemfontein concentration camp: She was a frail, weak little child in desperate need of good care. read more

She was made an honorary citizen of South Africa, and when she died in 1926 her ashes were interred at the National Women’s Monument in South Africa. The use of concentration camps in the Boer War is a shameful chapter in British imperial history. read more

See British documents about the concentration camps. By 1902, the Boers were finished. They surrendered the Boer lands, partly due to concern over their families. As a result, the British gained control over all of of the colonies in South Africa. read more