Concentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts

More than a century after 48 000 people died in concentration camps in what’s known as the South African War between 1899 and 1902 – or the Anglo-Boer War – the events of that period are back in the headlines. This gallery shares some historical photographs from the time.

The blockhouse shown here still remains. Blockhouses were used as part of Britain's Scorched Earth policy.


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