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Charter International's origins can be traced back to the British South Africa Company, which was founded in 1889 by Royal Charter. [2] During 1965, on the initiative of Anglo American Corporation, the company merged with The Central Mining & Investment Corporation and The Consolidated Mines Selection Company; the combined company was called Charter Consolidated. [2]
In 1993 Charter Consolidated Ltd changed its name to Charter plc, and in 2008 to Charter Limited, which is incorporated in England and Wales, Company Number 02794949. The British South Africa Company still exists (though, its last annual return filing was in 2011), and is registered as a non-trading business incorporated in England and Wales ...
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1626–1680 Swedish South Company, also called New Sweden Company [note 6] 1649–1667 Swedish Africa Company [note 7] 1671 Danish West India Company; 1721 Bergen Greenland Company; 1731–1813 Swedish East India Company; 1749 General Trade Company; 1774 Royal Greenland Trading Department; 1786–1805 Swedish West India Company [note 8] [3]
The uMkhomazi, Maputo, Thukela and Limpopo all drain to the Indian Ocean. South Africa's most important rivers are transboundary: The Orange River is shared with Botswana, Namibia and Lesotho, the "water tower" of Southern Africa. The Limpopo-Olifants river basin is shared with Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, which lies the furthest downstream.
[2] [n 2] Having secured the Rudd Concession on mining rights from Lobengula in October 1888, [4] Rhodes and his British South Africa Company were granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in October 1889. [5] The Company was empowered under this charter to trade with local rulers, form banks, own and manage land and to raise and run a police ...
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