 In 1886 it became a separate vicariate comprising Basutoland, Griqualand West, Bechuanaland and the Orange River Colony (then still Orange Free State).On 8 May 1894, Basutoland was separated and made an independent prefecture.Since then the vicariate included the Orange River Colony, Griqualand-West and Bechuanaland, and after the later Anglo-Boer war all this territory came under British colonial rule.