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Hello Wikipedia

It is always useful to read your copy, as it is usually clear and concise. Thank you for this article on the Cape of Good Hope Castle in Cape Town. This note is just to point out an mistaken naming that has been in use for about a century for various (and maybe nefarious) reasons.

In historical writing, the convention has always been to name a war or wars after the invader - such as the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and so forth. In the case of South Africa, the two freedom wars at the turn of the previous century has been referred to as BOER WARS instead of ENGLISH/BRITISH WARS, as the Brits were clearly the invaders. Roughly a half a million British troops and officers came to South Africa to try and subdue 54 000 Boers of the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State.

This is in a sense family history for me as my great grandfather on my mother's side was president Paul Kruger's eldest brother. My grandmother grew up in Paul Kruger and his wife Gezina's household after her parents died when she was about four years old.

Thank you for reading this.

Johan Booyens