From my (Wikipedia) readings on the history of the Cape Colony and figures like Saul Solomon and John Molteno, I've gotten the impression that they were fighting a losing battle. Perhaps the Cape Qualified Franchise could've been maintained in a Cape on its own, but it almost certainly couldn't impose that on the rest of a united South Africa? And that's not counting internal opposition to the Cape Qualified Franchise, like from Cecil Rhodes.
So, yeah. Is a segregated South Africa an inevitability, and if not, how can a democratic+multiracial South Africa come into being?
(Preferably with a post 1872 POD, but that's certainly not a requirement)
So, yeah. Is a segregated South Africa an inevitability, and if not, how can a democratic+multiracial South Africa come into being?
(Preferably with a post 1872 POD, but that's certainly not a requirement)