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|p=18}}</ref> but it was renewed for a further ten years in 1915.<ref name=britannica/> | |p=18}}</ref> but it was renewed for a further ten years in 1915.<ref name=britannica>{{Harvnb | ||
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|2012}}</ref> Company officials also demanded that Lobengula cease the habitual raids on Mashona villages by Matabele ''[[impi]]s'' (regiments).<ref name=farwell539/> Enraged by what he perceived as slights against his authority, Lobengula made war on Mashonaland in 1893.<ref name=ferguson187>{{Harvnb | |||
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|p=187}}</ref> Matabele warriors began the wholesale slaughter of Mashonas near Fort Victoria in July that year.<ref name=histsocietytimeline/> The Company organised an ''[[indaba]]'' (tribal conference) to try to end the conflict, but this failed. The [[First Matabele War]] had begun.<ref name=histsocietytimeline>{{Harvnb | |||
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In Northern Rhodesia, administration was entirely undertaken by the Company until 1917, when an Advisory Council was introduced, comprising five elected members. This council did little to lighten the Company's administrative burden north of the river, but endured until the end of Company rule.<ref name=walker669/> | In Northern Rhodesia, administration was entirely undertaken by the Company until 1917, when an Advisory Council was introduced, comprising five elected members. This council did little to lighten the Company's administrative burden north of the river, but endured until the end of Company rule.<ref name=walker669/> | ||
