God, vertroue en twyfel: Die vroue in die konsentrasiekampe tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog by Ignatius W.C. Van Wyk

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“From spoiling natives to no work, no food”: Food scarcity and the controversy of food rations during the South African War by Mpho Manaka

“…The study on which this article is based, examined three main causes of food shortages during the South African War: the unequal distribution of food rations during the siege of Mafikeng, particularly in the concentration camps; complaints by white communities about the “spoiling of natives”; and the introduction of the “no work, no food” policy. …”
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Die historisiteit van resente Afrikaanse historiese fiksie oor die Anglo-Boereoorlog by Fransjohan Pretorius

“…Themes from this war that lend themselves superbly to be woven into historical novels and short stories, are the concentration camps (where 28 000 Boer civilians died); the bitterness that plagued Afrikaners in the aftermath of the war; the pride in Boer heroism on the battlefield; important historical figures; treason that lurked in Boer ranks; the relations, usually fraught, with the British, with black people, with fellow-burghers and those with Boer women, often at an individual level. …”
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