The British-South African society (English-South African society, British South Africa company, also briefly Chartered company mentioned) was a British society, which opened and administered area of

The British-South African society received on 15 October 1889 a charter (charter) to the English government, to which you granted nearly complete independence in the administration of Matabele, Maschona and Manikaland. Only the foreign relations was Great Britain reserved. Since 1899 the British-South African society exercised also control of the Barotseland, late northwest Rhodesien mentioned, since 1900 also over northeast Rhodesien. The Englishman Charles Rudd had acquired 1888 on behalf the South African gold field company of the Lobengula the exclusive authorization to dig in those areas for gold. Short time arose later to Arthur Edward Maund in the name of the Exploring company with equal requirements and also still further.

Cecil Rhodes, member of the parliament at the cape and founder De Beers the dia. moon Mining company in Kimberley, finally understood it to compensate the single interests and to create the British-South African society. An expedition among Colonels Pennefather occupied 1890 south Rhodesien in September. When one advanced later against Manika, came in May 1891 to a bloody conflict with the Portuguese with Massi Kessi. Thereupon the British government forced a contract on 11 June 1891, by which Manika changed into the possession of the British-South African society.

The Matabele under Lobengula was defeated 1893 and brought under the direct rule of the British-South African society. Into the new colony soon a quantity of Ansiedler and gold graves flowed. 1897 one counted about 7,000 white ones and 1899 in the capital Gubuluwajo alone 4,000 inhabitants. Between Gubuluwajo and Maseking a railway line was established between 1896 and November 1897. Second, those between Beira and Salisbury, which today's Harare operated, became at the 1. May 1899 traffic hand over.

Since January 1898 the British-South African society stood under "very more intensified" control by the English colonial authorities.

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