One way to achieve this is the 1923 referendum resulting in union with South Africa, and to basically leech a large part of the immigration to South Africa as Rhodesia is considered the 'virgin territory' of the Union.
This circumvents the problem many have pointed out, that responsible government for Rhodesia means restricted immigration, as that issue would now be dealt with at the federal level with the patricians of Salisbury having little say.
Rhodesia would become the sixth province with Botswana likely to be folded in at some point later. Fast forward to 1948 and the elections go differently with the National Party seemingly reduced to permanent opposition, as Rhodesian voters heavily favour the Union Party. This has the likely benefit of a much more moderate and gradual transition to majority rule with less racial animus.
Smuts was strongly in favour of more immigration and while most postwar immigrant flows from Europe will go to the other white dominions and the USA, there should still be enough to increase the settler population of Rhodesia. If South Africa can hold it together long enough, the 1990s and beyond will probably see a wave of Eastern European and Asian/Indian migration also grow as Rhodesia it's seen as the 'last frontier of opportunity' in an increasingly settled South Africa.
This circumvents the problem many have pointed out, that responsible government for Rhodesia means restricted immigration, as that issue would now be dealt with at the federal level with the patricians of Salisbury having little say.
Rhodesia would become the sixth province with Botswana likely to be folded in at some point later. Fast forward to 1948 and the elections go differently with the National Party seemingly reduced to permanent opposition, as Rhodesian voters heavily favour the Union Party. This has the likely benefit of a much more moderate and gradual transition to majority rule with less racial animus.
Smuts was strongly in favour of more immigration and while most postwar immigrant flows from Europe will go to the other white dominions and the USA, there should still be enough to increase the settler population of Rhodesia. If South Africa can hold it together long enough, the 1990s and beyond will probably see a wave of Eastern European and Asian/Indian migration also grow as Rhodesia it's seen as the 'last frontier of opportunity' in an increasingly settled South Africa.