<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Merriman akatsigira zvakasimba Molteno mukuramba kuedza kusingafungi kwaIshe Carnarvon kwokusimbisa gadziriro yeBritish confederation kumaodzanyemba kweAfrica. British Colonial Office pakupedzisira yakabvisa hurumende yakasarudzwa yeCape muna 1878, uye yakamanikidza  <response>: Fengu-Gcaleka, Anglo-Zulu uye Hondo yeFirst Boer, chirongwa cheConfederation chisati chapera chakundikana sezvakanga zvafanotaurwa. Kushamiswa kwaMerriman nezvakaitwa neBritish Colonial Office kwakachinja kuva kusada kwechigarire kwehurumende yeBritain. 