Cecil Rhodes, who had succeeded in monopolizing…

1888 CE to 1899 CE

Cecil Rhodes, who had succeeded in monopolizing the diamond industry, is much less successful on the Rand, where his companies prove to be poorer producers than those of his competitors.

In the 1890s, he seeks to compensate for his lackluster performance by carving out a personal empire in present-day Zimbabwe, original site of the fifteenth-century gold industry of Great Zimbabwe.

There he rules the Ndebele and the Shona people through his British South Africa Company.

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Johannesburg Gauteng South Africa View →

People
Cecil Rhodes View →

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Khoikhoi View → Sotho (Basotho or Basuto) people View → Zulu people View → Xhosa people View → Swazi View → Shona people View → Afrikaners View → Boers View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Cape Colony, British View → Zululand View → Zulu, Kingdom of the View → Sotho kingdom View → Zimbabwe, Ndebele Kingdom of View → South African Republic (the Transvaal) View → Swaziland, Kingdom of View → Swaziland, Kingdom of View → Natal Colony, British View → Orange Free State, Republic of the (Boer Republic) View → British South Africa Company (SAC) View → Rhodesia, Company rule in View →

Topics
Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern View →

Commodities
Gem materials View → Strategic metals View → Land View →

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Commerce View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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