Timeline Thursday 17 July 1890

Events on Thursday 17 July 1890 1

• 1890 Cecil Rhodes becomes Prime Minister of the Cape Colony Mining magnate takes political control in southern Africa Cecil Rhodes became Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, using the position to expand British and his own commercial interests in southern Africa. His government pursued policies that curtailed the political rights of Black African voters and extended British control northward. He remained in office until 1896.