Ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19 lapho uShaka ekhulisa umbuso wakhe weZulu, amaqhubu okuhlukunyezwa kwezenhlalakahle awela ngaphesheya kwesinye izwe. Abantu baseSuthu ezintabeni nasezintabeni ezisentshonalanga zeLesotho namuhla (iBasololand ngezikhathi zobukhosi) nasezingxenyeni ezisempumalanga yeFree State yanamuhla nazo zathinteka. Ukulwa kwaba yinto ejwayelekile, izinduna zaqhekeka, izinsimu zabhujiswa, kwadlala indlala futhi abantu ababikwa ukuthi baye basebenzisa ubuhlanga. Ukubuyisela umzimba emuva kokuhlaselwa yisifo sikashukela kunzima. Igazi obukhulu lohlaselwayo, ngakho ukuvaleka isitsha kwenzeka ngokuphindaphindiwe. We have certainly sent down distinct verses. And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path. The numbers of other established teaching posts remained small, and most undergraduate teaching was done by lecturers, appointed and paid by the Colleges, or by private coaches. As numbers of students grew during the last half of the century (matriculations increased from 441 e 1850 ukuze 1,191 e 1910), much accommodation was added to existing Colleges, three entirely new institutions appeared during the century (Downing, Selwyn and St Edmund’s), and a number of attempts were made to provide cheap non-collegiate hostels catering for poorer students. Most of these hostels had disappeared before 1900 (the buildings of one, known as Cavendish College, are now occupied by Homerton), but a new non-collegiate society took over their work and later became Fitzwilliam College.