Stellaland

Stellaland, a short-lived South African republic, formed in 1882 by the Boer adventurers who supported Massouw, a chief of the Batlapins, against his rival Mankoroane, who relied upon the British. In 1884 the British government assumed the administration of the country, and in the following year annexed it and incorporated it in the new colony of Bechuanaland (q.v.). The chief town is Vryburg, which is connected by rail with Kimberley.