Rhodes becomes Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
1890 · Event
The diamond magnate takes office at the Cape with Afrikaner support, combining political power with his chartered company's northward expansion — until the Jameson Raid destroys him.
On these timelines: Sub-Saharan Africa, British Empire, The Scramble for Africa, Master
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