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Although, Lobengula was illiterate and was not aware of how damaging this contract was to his country, only found out the real terms of the contract he signed as his subjects found out. After going to friendly English missionaries to confirm this rumor, Lobengula sent two emissaries to the British queen,Victoria, but this
Lozikeyi was one of the favourite wives of Lobengula, [2] and a senior queen, until 1893. She had no sons, only daughters, yet even so was influential in the attempt to have the son of a co-wife serve as her husband's successor.
The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and other adjoining territories in what is today Zimbabwe, was granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson, three agents acting on behalf of the South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, on 30 October 1888.
Lobengula sent two emissaries to the British queen, Queen Victoria. However, they were delayed by Alfred Beit's associates at the port. The 25-year Rudd Concession was signed by Lobengula on 30 October 1888. It soon became obvious that Lobengula had been defrauded and that Beit and Rhodes's team intended to annex his territory.
While some insiders claim His Majesty's snub is a result of what Harry wrote about Queen Camilla in Spare, ... Charles sent a clear message that he is not welcome to conduct official, quasi-royal ...
Despite numerous envoys and letters from Queen Victoria to Lobengula, of the Matabele nation, no progress had been made on the opening the "road". In December 1889, Cecil Rhodes took matters into his own hands by contracting Frank Johnson and Maurice Haney to recruit 500 mercenaries to overthrow Lobengula.
Using this Rudd Concession (so called because Rhodes's business partner, Charles Rudd, was instrumental in securing the signature) between Rhodes' British South Africa Company (allegedly on behalf of Queen Victoria though without any official knowledge or authority) and Lobengula, he then sought and obtained a charter from the British ...
Sikhombo Mguni was chosen as regent of Intemba and Izinkondo zika Njojo villages, due to Mvuthu was still young for ruling them. Mguni was a prominent chief when Cecil John Rhodes' emissaries arrived looking for a mining concession from King Lobengula Khumalo in 1888. [2]