Episode 3 of 4

Notification to the Colonial Office

When
5 December 1888 – January 1889
Where
Whitehall and Bulawayo
Part of
Lobengula grants the Rudd Concession

Robinson informed the Colonial Office of the concession in December 1888, while news reached Bulawayo in January 1889.

After the signing, Rhodes and Rudd returned to Kimberley. Robinson wrote to the Colonial Office at Whitehall on 5 December 1888 to inform them of Rudd's concession. South African newspaper reports of the concession started to arrive in Bulawayo in the middle of January 1889.

Sources

  1. Rudd Concession Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-20

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