<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMerriman wasekela uMolteno ngokuqinile ekulahleni umzamo kaLord Carnarvon wokuphoqelela uhlelo lwe-British confederation eningizimu ye-Afrika. I-British Colonial Office ekugcineni yagumbuqela uHulumeni okhethiwe waseKapa ngo-1878, futhi yaphoqa iFengu-Gcaleka  <response>: , i-Anglo-Zulu ne-First Boer War, ngaphambi kokuba uhlelo lwe-Confederation ekugcineni luhluleke njengoba kwakubikezelwe. Ukushaqeka kukaMerriman ngenxa yezenzo ze-British Colonial Office kwaphenduka inzondo ehlala njalo ngobukhosi baseBrithani. 