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The Battle of Majuba Hill, fought on 27 February 1881 near Volksrust in present-day KwaZulu-Natal, was the decisive engagement of the First Anglo-Boer War (1880–1881). Boer forces, under Commandant-General Piet Joubert, stormed the summit of Majuba Hill, which was held by a British garrison of about 400 men under Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley. The Boers achieved a swift and unexpected victory, killing Colley and inflicting heavy British casualties. This defeat compelled the British government to seek peace, leading to the Pretoria Convention of 3 August 1881, which granted the South African Republic (Transvaal) self-government under British suzerainty.

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