Political, social, economic in SA in 1948

• The Union of South Africa was divided into 4 provinces. Cape Colony and Natal were mainly British. the Transvaal and the Orange Free State were mainly Afrikaner.
• The Union of South Africa gave whites complete political control over all other racial groups.
• Afrikaners spoke Afrikaans, a form of Dutch, Afrikaans and English became the official language in 1925.
• South Arica was largely a rural country farming was important industry. "Boer" was Dutch for farmer, black workers were used as cheap labour for white-owned farms.
• There was little industry, with the exception of mining for gold and diamonds. Black Africans were again used as cheap labour.