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comprehend why the Voortrekkers wished to edge themselves in between
him and the British colonial establishment."" Mpande's emissaries who
went to Theophilus Shepstone were Gambushe, Mthelwana, and
Gebhula. 299
In the meantime, the representatives of Utrecht met with the
representatives from the Republic of Lydenburg at Utrecht and entered
Voortrekker into negotiations with the aim to bring about unity between
the two areas. 300 The issue of land given to Utrecht Voortrekkers in 1854
did not feature in the deliberations. A strong factor which promoted unity
was Mpande's sympathetic attitude towards the adherents of M.W.
Pretorius and the disturbances in KwaZulu in December 1859.'01
KwaZulu's border was threatened with a fraternal discord which would be
fatal because Mpande's health was deteriorating and his power taken over
by his son and heir-apparent, Cetshwayo.302 With Mpande's consent the
area was proclaimed as new district of the Transvaal Republic (Z.A.R) in
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c. w. deKiewiet: British Colonial Policy and the South African Republics. 1848 ­
1872, pp. 109-12.
I.A. Farrar: Zululand and the Zulus, p. 58.
I.D. Huyser: Die aturelle-Politiek van die Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek (Unpublished
PhD Thesis, Pretoria, 1936), pp. 97 - 98.
F.A.F Wichmann: Die Wordingsgeskiedenis van die Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek. er
Archive Yearbook for South African History, Vol. n, 1941, p. 226.
I.D. Huyser: Die Naturelle-Politiek van die Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek. (Unpublished
PhD Thesis. Pretoria. 1936)_ p. 99.