During the Xhosa Wars (also known as the Cape Frontier Wars) from the late 1700s to the late 1800s the newly established Dutch (Afrikaans) in Cape Town attempted to force the native African populations (most notably the Xhosa in these altercations) out of their land. We see a similar thing take place in
Waiting for Barbarians where the Empire has both taken and plans to push the native "Barbarians" even farther away from their land.
Also, similar to how the Magistrate in the novel was imprisoned for having differing views from the Empire, both the Dutch and then the British imprisoned countless activists or politicians that didn't agree with what was going on.
http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/frontier_wars/frontier_wars.htm
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