Cape Colony
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The Cape Colony, also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope. It existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, whe
Skirmish during the Xhosa Wars
Mossel Bay on the Indian Ocean, 1818
Table Bay, Cape Town, circa 1832
Basutoland
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Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded by
Cape Colony
…of Assembly Historical era Imperialism • Dutch colony 1803–1806 • Occupied 8 January 1806 • Anglo-Dutch treaty 1814 • Administration of Natal 1844 • Basutoland incorporated into the Cape Colony 3 November 1871 • Basutoland separated to form its own colony 2 February 1884 • Merged into Union of South Africa 31…
Postage stamp with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, 1963
Visit of Colonial Secretary to territory
Opening of the new Senqunyane Bridge