Editing History of South Africa (section)

====Natalia====
{{Main|Natalia Republic}}
Natalia was a short-lived Boer republic established in 1839 by Boer [[Voortrekkers]]  emigrating from the Cape Colony. In 1824 a party of 25 men under British Lieutenant F G Farewell arrived from the Cape Colony and established a settlement on the northern shore of the Bay of Natal, which would later become the port of Durban, so named after [[Benjamin D'Urban]], a governor of the Cape Colony. Boer ''Voortrekkers'' in 1838 established the Republic of Natalia in the surrounding region, with its capital at [[Pietermaritzburg]]. On the night of 23/24 May 1842 British colonial forces attacked the ''Voortrekker'' camp at Congella. The attack failed, with British forces then retreating back to Durban, which the Boers besieged. A local trader [[Dick King]] and his servant Ndongeni, who later became folk heroes, were able to escape the blockade and ride to Grahamstown, a distance of 600&nbsp;km (372.82 miles) in 14 days to raise British reinforcements. The reinforcements arrived in Durban 20 days later; the siege was broken and the ''Voortrekkers'' retreated.<ref>George McCall Theal, ''History of the Boers in South Africa'', 3rd ed. Cape Town: Struik 1973, pp 156–165. {{ISBN|0869770365}}</ref> The Boers accepted British annexation in 1844. Many of the Natalia Boers who refused to acknowledge British rule trekked over the [[Drakensberg]] mountains to settle in the Orange Free State and Transvaal republics.<ref>''The Voortrekkers: A history of the Voortrekkers Great Trek 1835–1845'',
[http://www.voortrekker-history.co.za/trekkers_leave_great_trek.php#.VYGAKPmqqko Voortrekkers leave Natal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622110948/http://www.voortrekker-history.co.za/trekkers_leave_great_trek.php#.VYGAKPmqqko |date=22 June 2015 }} Accessed 17 June 2015</ref>