Company rule in Rhodesia Africa. The Company's charter was duly revoked by Whitehall in 1923, and Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing colony of Britain in October that year. Northern Rhodesia became a directly-run British protectorate in April 1924. Amid the Scramble for Africa during the 1880s, the South African-based businessman and politician Cecil Rhodes envisioned the annexation to the British Empire of a bloc of territory connecting the Cape of Good Hope and Cairo—respectively at the southern and northern tips of Africa—and the concurrent construction of a line of rail linking the two. On geopolitical maps, British territories were generally marked in red or
Jane English (politician) Senate term in the Republican primary held on March 1, 2016. She received 6,687 votes (51.2 percent) over the one-term state House member Donnie Copeland, a Pentecostal pastor also of North Little Rock, who polled 6,365 votes (48.8 percent). She defeated the Democrat Joe Woodson, also of North Little Rock, in the November 8 general election, 21,497 votes (58 percent) to 15,541 (42 percent). Jane English (politician) Jane English (born Elizabeth Jane English; November 9, 1940) is an American politician from North Little Rock, Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate. Since 2013, she has represented