Ka cika wannan jumla: Ko da yake akwai mazauna Birtaniya da suka gabata a tashar jiragen ruwa da ke gabar tekun Afirka ta Yamma don sauƙaƙe kasuwancin bayi na Birtaniya na Atlantic, mazaunin Birtaniya na dindindin a Afirka bai fara da gaske ba har zuwa ƙarshen karni na goma sha takwas, a Cape of Good Hope. Birnin Biritaniya a Cape ya sami ci gaba bayan da Biritaniya ta sake mamaye Dutch Cape Colony a 1806. Gwamnatin ta karfafa wa 'yan mulkin mallaka na Birtaniya a Albany ("Settler Country") a 1820 domin karfafa iyakar gabashin Cape Colony na Birtaniya a lokacin yakin basasa na biyu.
Yaƙe-yaƙe na Cape Frontier da Xhosa. Sarautar ta ayyana Natal a kudu maso gabashin Afirka a matsayin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a 1843. Bayan shan kashi na Boers a cikin Yaƙin Boer na biyu a 1902, Burtaniya ta haɗu da Jamhuriyar Boer na Jamhuriyar Transvaal da Orange Free State.