Natalia Republic - Aftermath

Aftermath

Proclaimed the British Colony of Natal in 1843, it became a part of Cape Colony in 1844. The power of the volksraad did not truly end until 1845, when an effective British administration was established under Martin West as lieutenant-governor. After the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, the British defeated the Zulu army, and annexed Zululand to Natal in 1893. One of the four founding provinces of South Africa, it is now KwaZulu-Natal. This province is still home to the Zulu nation, which forms the majority of the population and Zulu is the official language, but it also has a large ethnic East Indian population, as well as Boer-descended residents in the north and ethnic British descendants, mainly in the cities.