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
Keith English (politician) of an apparent suicide on February 28, 2018, in a parking lot, in Jefferson City, Missouri. The police recovered a firearm from the scene. Keith English (politician) Keith English (November 4, 1967 – February 28, 2018) was an American politician, union electrician, and business owner from the state of Missouri. English served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from Florissant, Missouri. He was elected to his first two-year term in November 2012. English was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Hazelwood Central High School in 1986 and attended Saint Louis University. He graduated from the