Talk:Bechuanaland Protectorate

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The Tawana state[edit]

I changed Tswana to Tawana in one place in the text. Tawana is not a typo of Tswana, the Tawana were a subgroup of the Tswana in northern Botswana. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.255.7.64 (talk) 20:56, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eastern part[edit]

The article currently reads:

The eastern part of the colony, the Tati Concessions Land, was originally claimed by Matabeleland, and in 1887 Samuel Edwards (working for Cecil Rhodes) obtained a mining concession. In 1895 the British South Africa Company attempted to acquire the area, but three Tswana chiefs visited London to protest and were successful in fending off the BSAC. Later attempts to develop also had little effect.

Is the Samuel Edwards to which the current link is made the same Samuel Edwards referred to in the article? It seems unlikely that a US politician was working for Cecil Rhodes in Matebeleland, and that these people just share the same name.

Also the article, and several web pages on the Tati Concessions names someone called John Swinburne as the original dealmaker, not Samuel Edwards, and the original article on Tati Concessions also incorrectly linked this Robert Swinburne to a Scottish politician.

These two articles need someone with some more detailed references to sort it out. Judge Nutmeg 05:15, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Crown Colony[edit]

Does the Crown Colony of Bechuanaland merit it's own article or not? I mostly mention this because of ambiquity - at some point, the Crown Colony and the Protectorate were two seperate entities, right? — Gk sa (talk) 18:37, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nosob river border[edit]

The Nosob river forms part of the border between current-day South Africa and Botswana. By the time of the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 by the South Africa Act 1909, maps indicate that this border was already established, it seems. Therefore the area between the Nosob and Molopo rivers, and German South West Africa must have been transferred to the Cape Colony sometime before that, but in the 1885 map, it's still shown as part of the Protectorate. Does anyone have further information (date and reason, perhaps) for this? — Gk sa (talk) 18:37, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]