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3 days ago · In South Africa Cecil Rhodes formed the British South Africa Company, which received its charter in October 1889. Its objects were (1) to extend the railway from Kimberley northward to the Zambezi, (2) to encourage immigration and colonization, (3) to promote trade and commerce , and (4) to secure all mineral rights, in return for guarantees of ...
- British Occupation of The Cape
South Africa - British Occupation, Colonization, Boer War:...
- British Occupation of The Cape
6 days ago · South Africa - British Occupation, Colonization, Boer War: When Great Britain went to war with France in 1793, both countries tried to capture the Cape so as to control the important sea route to the East. The British occupied the Cape in 1795, ending the Dutch East India Company’s role in the region.
5 days ago · South Africa - Diamonds, Gold, Imperialism: South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world’s largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand.
2 days ago · British policy towards West Central Africa, 1816–87, and the development of British influence and commerce therein, with special reference to the activities of Sir William Mackinnon and to British connexions with the Association Internationale Africaine and the Comité d'Études du HautCongo.
2 days ago · The origin of the war in Rhodesia can be traced to the conquest of the region by the British South Africa Company in the late 19th century, and the dissent of native leaders who opposed foreign rule.
2 days ago · Independent as South African Republic: 1900–1906 Colony 1906–1910 Self-governing colony 1910 Part of Union of South Africa: Now divided between the provinces of Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West in South Africa Uganda: 1890–1893 Occupied by British East Africa Company: 1893–94 Provisional protectorate 1894–1962 Protectorate 1962
2 days ago · In the late 19th century, the territory north of the Transvaal was chartered to the British South Africa Company, led by Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes and his Pioneer Column marched north in 1890, acquiring a huge block of territory that the company would rule until the early 1920s.
