Rudd Concession
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rudd-concession-169-14340691
title:
Rudd Concession
text:
The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and other adjoining territories in what is today Zimbabwe, was granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson, three agents acting on behalf of the South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, on 30 October 1888. Despite Lobengula's retrospective attempts to disavow it, it proved the foundation for the royal charter granted by
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description:
1888 written concession for mining rights in what is now Zimbabwe
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudd_Concession
date created:
2007-02-16T19:50:42Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T16:31:38Z
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