Search results
The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa, as one of its provinces. [3] It is now the KwaZulu-Natal province of ...
Natal was given a local administration but remained basically an adjunct of the Cape Colony until 1856, when it was made a crown colony and given its own legislative council. The chief diplomatic agent for the Natal government, Theophilus Shepstone , introduced (from 1849) a policy aimed at reserving large tracts of land for the native Bantu peoples , who by then greatly outnumbered whites in ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Natal was a colony located in the South East corner of Africa. It had a mild climate and some of the best soil outside of the Cape Colony. It had been discovered by the Portugese in Christmas 1497. Natal means Christmas in Portugese. A small group of British settlers were attracted to the seemingly benign climate and soil.
The Battle of Isandlwana. The main Zulu army left Nodwengu on 17 January to defend Zululand from the centre column. These forces were under the command of chiefs Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza and Mavu-mengwana kaNdlela Ntuli. Cetshwayo had promised his men that the British would be defeated in a 'single day'.
The Province of Natal ( Afrikaans: Natalprovinsie ), commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. During this period rural areas inhabited by the black African population of Natal were organized into the bantustan of KwaZulu, which was progressively separated from the ...
The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa, as one of its provinces. It is now the KwaZulu-Natal province of South ...
People also ask
When was the colony of Natal formed?
Why was Natal a pro-British colony?
Where was Natal located?
When did Natal become a province?
Colony of Natal. The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was formed on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the independent 1839 Boer Republic of Natalia. In the 1860s many workers from British India came to live in Natal. On 31 May 1910, it unified with three other colonies to form the Union of South ...
