Discuss the following:
Q1: Discuss South Africa's apartheid policy of 1948.
Q2: How was it initiated? Provide historical information of the time from the passing of this policy until gaining independence in 1979.
One would assume, that since South Africa was a British colony and had a significant British presence, that it would have followed the same political course as most of England's colonies by embracing democracy and freedom. However, when England gained control of South Africa in 1806, part of the surrender of control involved an agreement by the British to continue to use and enforce the existing legislation that had been instituted by the Dutch. This resulted in a divergence between law in England and law in South Africa.