Handbook for Cape Independence

Handbook for Cape Independence
There are also other elements to self-determination which even further strengthen the case for independence.
One is that if a country was formed through a union of previously autonomous states there is a higher propensity
for those states to reclaim independence:
• Prior to 1910 ‘South Africa’ did not exist.
• After the Anglo-Boer Wars, the British Empire forced together six autonomous entities within the
borders of what they called the ‘Union of South Africa’.
• The Union of South Africa’s newly formed borders included the two Boer Republics, the South African
Republic of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, the two British protectorates, the Kingdoms of
Swaziland and Lesotho and the two British Colonies, the Cape Colony and Natal.
• In 1966 and 1968, Lesotho and Swaziland respectively were granted independence.
• Most other British Colonies in the world, outside of South Africa, have been granted independence.
However the Cape still remains locked into a colonial Union established by the old British Empire. We
were never granted a referendum to choose whether we wanted to be part of the Union or not.
• The United Nations has recognised the need for colonial constructs to be removed. The damage of
artificially constructed colonial borders has been felt throughout the African continent leading to
ruinous wars. The recent peaceful referendum for independence in South Sudan is an encouraging
testament to the trend towards self-determination.
All over the world territories are choosing self-determination.
The (Brexit) referendum taken by the British people to be independent from the European Union is another
example of this emerging movement of decentralisation and independence. There are numerous other nations
preparing for secession.
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