Swazi contact with European began when Dutch Trekboers reached the western hinterland of Swaziland in the 1840s [REF].
In 1881 the Pretoria convention establishing the British suzerainty over the Transvaal State, article 24 guaranteed the independence of Swaziland, its boundary and Swazi people in their country as recognised by both Britain and the Transvaal [REF].