 On November 8, 1901, for example, the 13th Hussars captured 14 burghers near Mahamba.The skirmishes ended in February 1902 with the defeat of the final Boer unit in Swaziland.Throughout the protectorate period from 1906 to 1968, Swaziland was largely governed by a resident commissioner who ruled according to decrees issued by the British High Commissioner for South Africa.