Unit 2 – Southern Africa Powerpoint presentation created by: Mr L Taute Textbook page 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 The Zulu kingdom under King Mpande kaSenzangakhone was still independent. 2

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

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2. Indentured labour from India Indians arrived in S.A. from 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. 5

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. 6

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Unit 2 – Southern Africa Powerpoint presentation created by: Mr L Taute Textbook page