In the 19th century, the boers settled on the high pastures in south africa. what were these high pastures called?

In the 19th century, the Boers settled on the high pastures in South Africa. These high pastures called veld.
Veld is a kind of broad rural landscape in Southern Africa, it is shielded in a grass or low scrub. Highly variable is the climate of veld, the veld can be differentiated to the boondocks or those places behind the black stump in Australia.