The Nieuwe Republiek ("New Republic") was a small Boer republic, which existed from 1884 to 1888 in present-day South Africa.The Niewe Republiek or legally Nieuwe Republiek Zuid Afrika (New Republic in Dutch) was a Boer Republic which enjoyed international recognition by Germany and the Zuid Afrikaanse Republic, proclaimed on August 16 of 1884 with land donated by the Zulus through a treaty.