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Armed conflict, first with the Ndebele[?] under Mzilikazi[?], then against the Zulus under Dingane[?], went the voortekkers' way, mostly because of the technological superiority of their muzzle-loading muskets. This success led to the establishment of a number of small Afrikaner republics, which slowly coalesced into the Orange Free State and the South African Republic. These two states would survive until their annexation (1900) by Britain during the Boer War.
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