The Xhosa waged a long war against the white man as well, but after experiencing the futility of battle against a better-armed foe, many Xhosa chiefs took a more nimble approach.

The Xhosa, on the other hand, pride themselves on being the thinkers. The Zulu were slaughtered by the thousands, but they never stopped fighting. When the colonial armies invaded, the Zulu charged into battle with nothing but spears and shields against men with guns. Perhaps the starkest of these divisions was between South Africa’s two dominant groups, the Zulu and the Xhosa. Then these groups were given differing levels of rights and privileges in order to keep them at odds. Then white rule used that animosity to divide and conquer.Īll nonwhites were systematically classified into various groups and subgroups. Long before apartheid existed these tribal factions clashed and warred with one another. You separate people into groups and make them hate one another so you can run them all.Īt the time, black South Africans outnumbered white South Africans nearly five to one, yet we were divided into different tribes with different languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, Sotho, Venda, Ndebele, Tsonga, Pedi, and more. The genius of apartheid was convincing people who were the overwhelming majority to turn on each other. To prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and natives and other acts in relation thereto.īE IT ENACTED by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows:-Īny European male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a native female, and any native male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a European female…shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.Īny native female who permits any European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her and any European female who permits any native male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years….

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