South Africa Today by southafricatoday.net
Yesterday, 16 June 2015, ‘Scorched Earth Policy’ was celebrated which was introduced during the Second Boer War in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, informally known as Transvaal and Orange Free State when the British realized they could not overpower the Boers.
The ‘scorched earth policy’ was initially introduced by Lord Roberts and later expanded by Horatio Kitchener during the Second Boer War.
Lord Roberts on June 16, 1900 made the following proclamation No. 5/1900: …
