<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UWilliam Wardlaw Thompson usuku lokuzalwa alwaziwa - washona ngo-1917 wayengusosayensi wezilwane waseNingizimu Afrika. Kuyaziwa ukuthi wafunda eSouth African College eKapa phakathi kuka-1858 no-1863 nokuthi wathola isikhundla somsebenzi kahulumeni waseCape Colony ngo-1877 eMnyangweni Wezitimela njengombhali wesikhashana. NgoJanuwari 1878 wathola isikhundla esihlala isikhathi eside njengombhali eMnyangweni Wezemisebenzi Yomphakathi, lapho aphakanyiselwa khona ekubeni yi-First Clerk ngo-1882. NgoJanuwari 1885 wadluliselwa esikhundleni sokuba yiChief records Clerk e-Crown Lands Office waphakanyiswa ngoJulayi 1889 waba yi-first class clerk eMnyangweni Wezolimo wafinyelela isikhundla sokuba yi-acting chief clerk lapho ngoNovemba 1897. Ngaphambi kwalokhu wayethathe futhi waphumelela izivivinyo zakhe ze-Civil Service Law futhi wasebenza neDuke of Edinburghs Own Volunteer Rifles eTranskei ngesikhathi se-9th Frontier War  <response>: ngoFebhuwari kuya kuMeyi 1879 naseBasutoland ngoSepthemba 1880 kuya kuMashi 1881 ngesikhathi seBasuto Gun War. UThompson waqokwa eBhodini Lezokudoba laseCape Colony ngo-Okthoba 1897. 