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The Zulu Republic

When Cetewayo, the Zulu king, was defeated on July 21st, 1883, by his rival Usibebu, he fled into the Zulu Reserve, and died there Feb. 9, 1884. His son and heir, Dinizulu, appealed for help to the Boers, with whose assistance he defeated Usibebu on June 10, 1884, and they claimed and received in acknowledgment of their services a large slice of his kingdon, which they proclaimed on Aug, 16, 1884 as a "Nieuwe Republiek." Subsequently the Boers managed to obtain additional concessions, until the new State extended down to Santa Lucia Bay, which brought them into conflict with the British authorities. According to an agreement concluded on Oct. 22, 1886 between delegates of the "New Republic" and the Governor of Natal, the Boers have, however, surrendered their claim to the coast, and the new State is therefore confined to the W. part of independent Zululand, adjoining the Transvaal and the Zulu Reserve. Its area is about 1800 sq. m. The "capital" is called Vryheid ("Freedom"). ZANZIBAR.