Die konvensie van Sandrivier as die afsluiting van die Groot Trek

Abstract

The Sandriver Convention as th e termination of the G reat Trek The participants of the Great Trek had a clear and well sighted goal; To errect and build a free and sovereign state . In 1851, when the Brittish had to fight wars ag a in st th e Xhosas as well as ag a in st the Basutu, Andries Pretorius, leade r of the Voortrekkers in the Transvaal, forced the English government to recognice the territory north of the Vaalriver as independent. It happened on the 17th January 1852 when the Sandriver Convention was signed. Here, the major goal of the Great Trek was achieved, when the first Voortrekker state, recognised by the Brittish and known as the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek, was born.