Unit 2 – Southern AfricaUnit 2 – Southern Africa

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What factors made Britain

want to colonise S.A. ?

1. Political settlement in S.A.• In 1860 the country S.A. did not exist.• The British had occupied the Cape. Declared as a British colony.• In 1853 the Cape Colony extended and included the Eastern Cape.• Xhosas, after the cattle killing in 1857 were dispossessed of their land.• The British also annexed Natal in 1843.• The Zulu kingdom under King Mpande kaSenzangakhone was still independent.

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1. Political settlement in S.A. (continues)

•In the interior of the country: Boers, who left the Cape in 1838 on The Great Trek.• Boers were looking for land where they could live free from British control. •In the early 1850’s, other groups of Boers formed two Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal.• Transvaal became the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic) in 1856.

• The relationships changed dramatically between blacks and whites and the Boers and the British during the remainder of the 19th century. 3

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2. Indentured labour from India• Indians arrived in S.A. from 1860.• The first 342 Indians arrived on board the Truro

from Madras, followed by the Belvedere from Kalkutta. They were transported as indentured labourers to work on the sugar plantations of the Natal colony.

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2. Indentured labour from India (continues)

• At the end of their 3 year contract:1) Free passage back to India.2) Agricultural land equivalent to the value of

a passage back to India.3) Some also worked as coal miners and

railway construction workers.

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Homework

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Unit 2 – Southern AfricaUnit 2 – Southern Africa

Powerpoint presentation created by:Mr L Taute

ltaute@hsmontana.co.za

Textbook page 60 - 65