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. The whole vicariate lay between the Tropic of Capricorn and the southernmost point of the Orange River Colony, and between 22° and 30° East Longitude.