Tati Concessions Land

The Tati Concession was a land and mining concession created in the western borderlands of the Matabele Kingdom. The concession was originally granted by the Matabele King, Lobengula, son of Mzilikaze, to Sir John Swinburne in exchange for gold and arms. It was administered by the territory known as the Bechuanaland Protectorate after 1893, but was formally annexed to it in terms of Proclamation Number 2 of 1911 by the High Commissioner of Bechuanaland. It was locally administered by a Justice of the Peace.
The chief town of this region is Francistown, now one of Botswana's major settlements.
Chronology.
Tati Concessions Limited was formed by Sir John Swinburne after agreement was reached with Chief Lobengula, King of the Matabele, son of Mzilikaze, in which Lobengula and the Matabele received gold and arms, in exchange for rights to mine and occupy this area of land in Western Matabeleland. It was also given the right by the British Government to issue its own Revenue stamps in 1896 for use on legal instruments. The Company ran into financial difficulties in 1914 and sold much of its land to a successor company, Tati Company Limited, originally domiciled in the United Kingdom, now in Botswana. Soon after independence, new owners of the Company agreed generous land deals with the Botswana Government under Sir Seretse Khama, in which all the undeveloped land in Francistown, and much of the Company's agricultural land was donated to Government, or sold for nominal value, for the benefit of the Batswana people, especially those with limited means. This led to bustling, modern-day Francistown. Those agreements were followed by a subsequent agreement, the acquisition by Government of the Company's mineral rights, for nominal value in 1974. All mineral rights are vested in Government, the norm throughout the country. Because of those enlightened agreements, Tati Company Limited is a much respected and honored company in Botswana.