The African Component

The African Component

1. AD500: Bantu Speakers establish themselves south of the Limpopo River

2. Time Immemorial

3. 1795: Beginning of colonial era

   • 1795: First British Occupation of the Cape
   • 1803-1806: Cape under Batavian rule
   • 1806: second British occupation of the Cape
   • 1800s: First official recognition of indigenous African law in Transkeian territories

4. 1900: Beginning of post-colonial era

   • 1910: Est of SA as a Union
   • Black Administration Act of 1927 unifies colonial legislation on indigenous law

5. 1990: Beginning of constitutional era

   • Indigenous law receives recognition as a source of SA law in SA Constitution

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