Complex sentence: A number of Trekboere settled in the eastern Cape, where their descendants were soon known as "Grensboere" (Border Farmers), or later called simply Boers ("Boer " is a Dutch and Afrikaans word for"farmers").
Split into simpler sentences: A number of Trekboere settled in the eastern Cape, where their descendants were soon known as "Grensboere" (Border Farmers). Later they were referred to as Boers ("Boer " is a Dutch and Afrikaans word for"farmers").