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Mpande wanted the friendship ofthe British Colonial authorities in Natal,
as repeatedly confIrmed by Pine to Henry Smith and the Secretary of
State, Earl Grey. The Zulu potentate, he argued, agreed to accept a
Resident and offered the services of the Zulu regiments. BI In July 1852
Pine appointed John Shepstone as Zulu Resident Agent. Mpande built
two military strongholds near the Lower Thukela Drift to aid the resident
in preventing refugees from entering the Natal Colony.B1 In accepting the
kind of relations the British had with Mpande, the Secretary of State, Sir
John S Pakington said:
"Sir, I have received our Despatch of14 dl
August last, No. 33; and I have to convey
to you my approval of the arrangements
made with Panda, king ofthe Zulus, and
ofthe appointment ofMr. John Shepstone
as agent with that chief.. "B3
Pine described the decision to appoint John Shepstone as a solution to the
perceived Zulu threat. This also reconciled Pine and Theophilus
Shepstone in that they began to work together. Theophilus Shepstone
wrote thus to Pine:
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C.O. 179/23. P.RO., Pine to Smith, O. 13, confidential, 4 February 1852.
C.O. 179/20, P.RO., Minutes by Barrow, Merrivale, Desart and Pakington, 11-18 May
1852, regarding Pine to Smith, 0.20, 27 February 1852.
B.P.P: From the Right OD. Sir John S. PakingtOl; to Lieutenant - Governor Pine, No.
21 Oowing Street, 23 October 1852.