This was prompted by successful As early as 1915, the British South Africa Company proposed amalgamating Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia, but this was rejected by the Southern Rhodesian legislature in 1917, as it might have prevented Southern Rhodesia obtaining self-government.Shortly after the Copperbelt strike of 1935 there was an election to the legislative council, in which all candidates supported investigating the The Bledisloe Commission reported in March 1939, and suggested that Africans could benefit socially and economically from European enterprise. A Okoth, (2006). Crown and charter: The early Years of the British South Africa Company, pp. From 1948, the African Representative Council recommended two African unofficial members for nomination by the Governor.An Order-in-Council coming into effect on 31 December 1953 provided for a new Legislative Council to consist of a Speaker 1959 saw a large increase in the proportion of elected members. In the late 1940s several local trade unions representing African miners merged to form the The Northern Rhodesian African National Congress had been a rather small, largely urban, party under Mbikusita Lewanika, but Nkumbula used opposition to Federation to increase its membership. P Murray, (2005). Most of the members of the Provincial Councils were rural and many were chiefs, but some educated urban Africans were included. I. Rotberg, (1965). In 1913, BSAC drew up plans for Native Reserves along Southern Rhodesian lines, outside which Africans would have no right to own or occupy land, but these plans were not put into effect under company administration. Kaunda and the Zambia African National Congress planned to boycott these elections, regarding the 1959 franchise as racially biased.Although Nkumbula and his party won several seats in the October 1959 elections, he made little use of Kaunda's enforced absence and managed to alienate another section of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress who, with former Zambia African National Congress members, formed the Although Congress had arranged before the election with the Federal party that their voters would vote for the other's candidates in some "national" constituencies, Nkumbula agreed to work in a coalition which had Kaunda as Prime Minister, and the two and their parties worked in reasonable harmony until a pre-independence election on 1964 where, with a much wider franchise, the United National Independence Party gained 55 of the 75 parliamentary seats. P Murray, (2005). 1135, 1138.J S Galbraith, (1974). These were purely advisory bodies, whose advice the Provincial Commissioner need not accept. G. D. Clough, (1924). Overview of the Flags of Southern Rhodesia / Rhodesia / Zimbabwe-Rhodesia / Zimbabwe. 57–8.R W Steel, (1957) The Copperbelt of Northern Rhodesia, pp. The Constitutional Changes in Northern Rhodesia and Matters Incidental to the Transition, Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, Third Series, Vol. 4 pp. The term "Rhodesia" in geography meant a region which is now Zambia and Zimbabwe.From 1964 on, it only meant Southern Rhodesia.. Related pages. Southern Rhodesia… See Northern Rhodesia Order in Council, 1911 (although a protectorate, its official name was simply Northern Rhodesia)Northern Rhodesia Order in Council, 1911, S.R.O.

The border between the British Central Africa Protectorate and North-Eastern Rhodesia was fixed in 1891 at the The area of what became Northern Rhodesia, including Barotseland and land as far as Nyasaland to the east and to Katanga and At first, Harry Johnston in Nyasaland was the local representative of the Colonial Office and the High Commissioner.
Initially the - 1964) scan by Bruce Berry, 10 Mar 2008 Having no badge or seal following the establishment of the (British) protectorate in Northern Rhodesia in April 1924, the Governor used his own seal on official documents. 4 p. 281.R. M Chanock, (1977). 87, 202–3.

The company opposed the settlers' political aspirations and refused to allow them to elect representatives to the Advisory Council, limiting them to a few nominated members.As a result, a settlement was achieved by which Northern Rhodesia remained a protectorate but came under the British government, with its administrative machinery taken over by the Under the Administration of the British South Africa Company, the Administrator had similar powers to those of a colonial governor, except that certain powers were reserved to the High Commissioner for South Africa. Their jurisdiction only covered natives but extended to criminal and civil jurisdiction. I. Rotberg, (1965). Despite the economic crash, large firms were still able to maintain a When Northern Rhodesia became a Protectorate under the British Empire on 1 April 1924, a Legislative Council was established on which the In 1926, a system of election was worked out and the first election was held for five elected unofficial members, who took their seats together with nine nominated official members. Zambia and Rhodesia: Prisoners of the Past: A Note on the History of Railway Politics in Central Africa, African Affairs, Vol.

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This force and its replacements were paramilitaries, although there was a small force of European civil police in the towns. Throughout this time, the UK refused to recognise Rhodesia's independence and maintained that the light-blue ensign remained the official flag of the country, but in 1972, the The following was published as a supplement to the Government Gazette issued on Friday 9 August 1968. 3, pp. This flag was put into use on 1 October 1924 and was flown until 30 July 1951. The Copper Industry in Zambia: Foreign Mining Companies in a Developing Country, pp. The following 60 pages link to this file: 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season; An international agreement restricted output. Flag of Northern Rhodesia, 1939–1953
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This claim was accepted by the British Government.However significant they were, these copper deposits could not be exploited commercially until the Southern Rhodesian railway had extended across the Zambezi and continued northward, to reach the Large-scale mining on the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt started after 1924 and was mainly financed from the United States of America and South Africa.