EswatiniandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
2 SHARED EVENTSSouth Africa

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · SWZ LEFT · ZAF RIGHT

1. December 1906

   A High Commission Territory

   After the Second Boer War, control of Swaziland passes from the Transvaal governor to the High Commissioner for South Africa, making it a High Commission Territory under direct British oversight.

   Colonisation · from the Eswatini chronicle · The Concessions Era and Foreign Control · REFS 3 — Eswatini — Colonial administration, History of Eswatini, Eswatini History

2. 1910

   Kept out of the Union of South Africa

   When the Union of South Africa is formed, Swaziland remains under direct British control; despite later South African requests, the territory is never transferred.

   Colonisation · from the Eswatini chronicle · British Territory and the Road to Independence · REFS 3 — Eswatini — Colonial administration, History of Eswatini, Eswatini History