High Commission Territories in Southern Africa

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group of British protectorates

The High Commission Territories in Southern Africa were a group of British-ruled protectorates—later becoming Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini—administered collectively under a High Commissioner during the colonial era.

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Label	Occurrences
High Commission Territories in Southern Africa canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of British protectorates ⓘ
administeredBy	British High Commissioner for Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
administeredFrom	Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Pretoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectiveAdministration	under a single High Commissioner ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutionalDevelopment	gradual introduction of representative institutions ⓘ
country	Basutoland NERFINISHED ⓘ Bechuanaland Protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Swaziland Protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
customsArrangements	various customs and monetary links with South Africa ⓘ
decolonisationResult	independent Commonwealth states ⓘ
defenceResponsibility	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicDependence	partly dependent on South African economy ⓘ
ethnicComposition	predominantly Sotho in Basutoland ⓘ predominantly Swazi in Swaziland Protectorate ⓘ predominantly Tswana in Bechuanaland Protectorate ⓘ
foreignRelations	handled by the United Kingdom ⓘ
geopoliticalContext	bordered or surrounded by South Africa ⓘ
governanceStructure	separate internal administrations for each territory ⓘ
highCommissionerTitle	High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	age of European colonialism in Africa ⓘ
historicalSignificance	example of British indirect rule in Southern Africa ⓘ
independenceSequence	Basutoland became Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ Bechuanaland Protectorate became Botswana ⓘ Swaziland Protectorate became Swaziland NERFINISHED ⓘ Swaziland later renamed Eswatini ⓘ
laborMigration	significant labour flows to South African mines ⓘ
legacy	created three landlocked states in Southern Africa ⓘ
legalStatus	protectorates rather than colonies ⓘ
linkedTo	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Colonial Office in London NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Africa ⓘ
oversight	British High Commission in South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
policyDebate	subject of proposals for incorporation into South Africa ⓘ
policyOutcome	remained under direct British control ⓘ
postColonialAffiliation	Commonwealth of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForSeparateStatus	British reluctance to extend South African control ⓘ protection of African populations from settler rule ⓘ
relationshipToSouthAfrica	not incorporated into South Africa GENERATED ⓘ separate from Union of South Africa GENERATED ⓘ
status	British protectorates ⓘ
successorState	Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Eswatini NERFINISHED ⓘ Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ Swaziland NERFINISHED ⓘ

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The Earl of Selborne → governingRoleIn → High Commission Territories in Southern Africa ⓘ