Back 4d future: The establishment of the protectorate (Part 28) -The Dikgosi meet Mmamosadinyana

We last left off with the 6th of November 1895 meeting in which the British Secretary of State Joseph Chamberlain had dictated to the Dikgosi a settlement that would have surrendered much of Botswana to the political as well as economic control of Rhodes’ Chartered Company, while bringing the entire territory under the Hut tax.

In the end, the Dikgosi were left with no real choice but to accept Chamberlain’s terms, which they finally did in a joint letter on the 11th of November 1895. 

In so doing the Dikgosi were reassured that having surrendered the “Tuli, Gaberones and Lobatsi blocks” to the British, the rest of their own territories would remain intact under Mmamosadinyana’s direct protection.

Editor's Comment
UDC's 100 Days: Please deliver your promises!

We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...

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