<prompt> Merriman akatsigira zvakasimba Molteno pakuramba kuedza kwaIshe Carnarvon kusingafungi zvakanaka kuti asimbise hurongwa hweBritish confederation kumaodzanyemba kweAfrica. British Colonial Office yakazoputsa hurumende yeCape yakasarudzwa muna 1878, ikamanikidza Fengu-Gcaleka  <response>: , hondo yeAnglo-Zulu neFirst Boer War, hurongwa hweConfederation husati hwazombokundikana sezvakanga zvafanotaurwa. Kushamiswa kwaMerriman nezvakaitwa neBritish Colonial Office kwakachinja kuva kusada kwechigarire kwehurumende yeBritain. 