The establishment of the protectorate (part 16) � �Bathoen, Khama and Sebele decide to visit Britain�

Such a fate would have linked the territory’s future with that of the “Rhodesias,” today’s Zambia and Zimbabwe.

With the conquest of the Amandebele Kingdom, pending incorporation of the Crown Colony of British Bechuanaland (south of the Molopo River) into the Cape Colony and the upholding of Charter Company claims by the Concessions Commission and Colonial Office, the ground had seemingly been prepared for Rhodes to finally take full control.