Returning to the Cape Colony, Rhodes received  a rapturous welcome from the Cape's Afrikaner population.

回到开普殖民地后，罗德受到了开普敦南非荷兰语居民的热烈欢迎。

The Cape Colony had won 'responsible government'  in 1872, whilst Rhodes was still establishing himself as a small-scale diamond prospector.

1872 年，开普殖民地赢得了“负责任的政府”，而罗德斯仍将自己打造成小型钻石勘探商。

Great Britain would retain  control over South African affairs until 1931. British rule in the Cape Colony brought  significant changes for the Dutch-speaking Afrikaners.

英国将保留对南非事务的控制权，直至 1931 年。英国对开普殖民地的统治给讲荷兰语的南非荷兰语人带来了重大变化。

In pursuit of the first  goal, Rhodes began investing in infrastructure, such as the Cape Colony's project to build a  railway to Durban.

为了实现第一个目标， 罗德斯开始投资基础设施，例如开普殖民地修建通往德班铁路的项目。

Hence, five ships  of the line were dispatched to seize the Cape Colony in the name of King George III.

因此，五艘战列舰被派去以乔治三世国王的名义夺取开普殖民地。

The Cape Colony's 1852 Constitution formally recognised that Black  and mixed-race residents of the Cape were " fellow subjects with white men" .

开普殖民地 1852 年宪法正式承认开普敦的黑人和混血居民是“白人的同胞”。

Finally, in 1888, Lobengula signed a treaty with the British, agreeing to conduct diplomatic relations only with the Cape Colony.

最后，1888年， 洛本古拉与英国签署条约，同意仅与开普殖民地建立外交关系。

The  political culture of the Cape Colony was markedly liberal compared to the Boer states, where Black  political participation had always been outlawed.

与布尔州相比， 开普殖民地的政治文化明显自由，在布尔州，黑人政治参与一直被禁止。

We have seen the  Transvaal actively oppose the Cape Colony, first over Confederation, then over the road  into the interior, as well as over indigenous policy.

我们看到德兰士瓦积极反对开普殖民地，首先是联邦， 然后是通往内陆的道路，以及土著政策。

The New Rush Mine was in what was known  as 'Griqualand' - unincorporated territory between the Cape Colony and the Boer Republics.

新拉什矿位于所谓的“格里夸兰”——开普殖民地和布尔共和国之间的非建制领土。

The Afrikaner voortrekker pioneers traveled from the coastal territory  of the Cape Colony into the African interior, in a mass migration known as the 'Great Trek'.

南非荷兰语先民先驱者从开普殖民地的沿海地区进入非洲内陆，进行了一场被称为“大迁徙” 的大规模迁徙。

There were plenty of goods vessels in the docks; it would be an easy matter to stow himself away in one of them, and get across to Canada, Australia, Cape Colony—anywhere.

码头里有很多货船。将自己藏在其中一个中，然后穿过加拿大、澳大利亚、开普殖民地——任何地方，都是一件容易的事。

In 1870, King Lobengula had ascended to the throne, and  he had smartly exploited tensions between the Transvaal and the British Cape Colony  to secure himself.

1870 年， 洛本古拉国王即位，他巧妙地利用德兰士瓦和英国开普殖民地之间的紧张关系来保护自己。

But economically, the Cape Colony was booming: the infrastructural  projects that Rhodes and other industrialists had bankrolled – including roads, railways and  telegraph lines – had transformed South Africa into an extractive powerhouse.

但在经济上，开普殖民地正在蓬勃发展：罗兹和其他实业家资助的基础设施项目——包括公路、铁路和电报线——使南非变成了一个采掘强国。

These included a full-scale  invasion of neighbouring Gcalekaland – but the campaign was badly bungled by Prime Minister  Sir Gordon Sprigg, who insisted on disarming the Cape Colony's many Black soldiers.

其中包括对邻近的格卡莱卡兰的全面入侵——但这次行动被总理戈登·斯普里格爵士严重搞砸了，他坚持解除开普殖民地的许多黑人士兵的武装。

The British Colonial Secretary Lord Carnarvon  determined to impose a Confederation on the various Boer and indigenous states, seeking to  bring them all under direct Imperial control, and sideline the liberal Cape Colony Parliament.

英国殖民大臣卡那封勋爵决定对各个布尔和土著国家建立一个联邦，寻求将它们置于帝国的直接控制之下，并将自由派开普殖民地议会边缘化。

Since living conditions were  so squalid, the prospectors frequently slept many men to a tent – and so Rhodes would bunk up with  future Members of the Cape Colony Parliament, future Cabinet members and future Prime  Ministers.

由于生活条件如此肮脏，探矿者经常让许多人睡在一个帐篷里——所以罗兹会与未来的开普殖民地议会议员、未来的内阁成员和未来的总理一起睡。

During the attempts to impose  Confederation, the Cape Colony formally annexed Griqualand West – the region containing New  Rush and Kimberley - and in 1880, the Cape Town Parliament voted to create four new constituencies  to represent its residents.

在试图建立联邦的过程中，开普殖民地正式吞并了格里夸兰西区（包含新拉什和金伯利的地区）， 1880 年， 开普敦议会投票决定设立四个新选区来代表其居民。