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Swaziland | Historyworld

HISTORY OF SWAZILAND

including headings Colonial rule, Independence, ...

Bordering Natal to the south and | HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Bordering Natal to the south and the Transvaal to the west, Swaziland is an area of concern to both British and Boers. Unusually, the two European groups succeed in cooperating. In 1890 a tripartite British, Boer and Swa...

Around the territories being colonized by | HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Native lands

Around the territories being colonized by the Boers are various regions known to Europeans in the 19th century by the names of the principal tribes inhabiting them: Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland and Zululand. Each...

In 1995 Mozambique becomes a member | HISTORY OF MOZAMBIQUE

Independence

In 1995 Mozambique becomes a member of the British Commonwealth. This is the first example of any nation being admitted which has not formerly been a British colony. The exception is made because of the extremely close l...

The Cape entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes, determined | HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Native lands

The Cape entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes, determined to keep open a route flanking the Transvaal, puts increasing pressure on the British government until, in 1885, Bechuanaland south of the Molopo river is made a crown colony...