the war ended Process_end when the boer leadership surrendered Surrendering and accepted Receiving british terms with the treaty of vereeniging in may 1902 .

natal and cape colony would unite Cause_to_amalgamate with the two boer colonies of orange river colony and transvaal colony , which had been given Giving self-government in 1907 , to form Coming_to_be the union of south africa as a dominion in 1910 .

british forces under lieutenant general lord methuen were advancing Self_motion north along the railway line from the cape in order to relieve the siege Besieging of kimberley , but their path was blocked Hindering at magersfontein by a boer force that was entrenched in the surrounding hills .