<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UMerriman wasekela uMolteno ngokuqinile ekulahleni umzamo kaLord Carnarvon wokuphoqelela uhlelo lweBrithani eningizimu ye-Afrika. I-British Colonial Office yagcina igumbuqele uHulumeni okhethiwe waseKapa ngo-1878, futhi yaphoqa  <response>: I-Fengu-Gcaleka, i-Anglo-Zulu kanye neMpi Yokuqala YamaBoer, ngaphambi kokuba uhlelo lwe-Confederation ekugcineni luhluleke njengoba kwakubikezelwe. Ukushaqeka kukaMerriman ngenxa yezenzo ze-British Colonial Office kwaphenduka inzondo ehlala njalo ngobukhosi baseBrithani. 