Maycee Bright
In South Africa, at least three approaches had been implemented during the nineteenth century, Natal, the Cape Colony, and Basutoland. Natal had a different legal and political system for whites. They also had a different one for Africans. The Africans were taken from the Roman-Dutch law which applied to whites. The system used African authorities for administration because of the lack of money. The Lieutenant Governernwas declared to be a "supreme chief" whose powers were controlled by white officials and magistrates. He did have procedures where Africans could go from traditional law and custom to European law. He made it so Africans could obtain the right to vote, but these things were so difficult that only several were able to acquire the ability to vote.
The Cape Colony:
The Cape liberalism goes back to the early nineteenth century. Cape liberalism was founded on Ordinance 50 of 1828, and later the "color-blind" franchise introduced in 1853 with representative government. This policy had been concerned with the Khoikhai (Hottentots) and people who had mixed racial backgrounds (coloreds in more recent terminology).
Basutoland:
Almost immediately after being taken over by the British government in the 1860s, Badutoland was trend over to the Cape Colony. It was recently stated that no law of the Cape Colony was to apply in Basutoland unless it was specifically said (Basutoland was subject primarily to traditional law). They also told the Basotho that they would give them no money and that if the Basotho caused any trouble, the British government would also withdraw and leave them to the mercy of the Boers in the Orange Free State.
