The establishment of the protectorate (part 4) � �Warren at Molepolole�

Monday, June 15, 2015

In our last instalment on the 1884 imposition of British authority, we noted that by May 1886 a Land Commission chaired by Rhodes’ close associate Sidney Shippard, had robbed the Batswana living south of the Molopo of 92% of their land.

Shippard, who became known to Batswana as “Morena Maaka” (“Lord of Lies”), was then appointed as Bechuanaland’s Administrator.

The Colonial Office foreclosed the possibility of a linkup between German South-West Africa and the Transvaal Boers in an Order-in-Council dated 27th of January 1885, which extended the Bechuanaland Protectorate north of the Molopo to include the southern Botswana up to the 22nd parallel of south latitude.

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The establishment of the protectorate (part 4) � �Warren at Molepolole�

In our last instalment on the 1884 imposition of British authority, we noted that by May 1886 a Land Commission chaired by Rhodes’ close associate Sidney Shippard, had robbed the Batswana living south of the Molopo of 92% of their land.