Sir Bartle Frere was appointed British high commissioner to South Africa in 1879 to realise the Policy of Confederation. These societies attempted to resist the extension of colonial control over them, one of which was the Zulu kingdom. This was due to changes in economic conditions in South Africa's hinterland, and the consequent need to secure sufficient political authority over Africans- which would ensure security and access to labour. In the 1870s settler and colonial determination to bring Blacks under firm political control had undermined the hard-won security that many African societies had achieved. The destruction of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896
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