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Special Report Transcript Episode 16, Section 2, Time 04:39

The years after union saw both the formation of the Afrikaner Broederbond, initially a self-advancement organisation and the National Party. It also saw the formation of the first non-tribal national African political movement: the African National Congress. The two nationalisms started to square up to each other. The ‘Native Question’ was dealt with in the Union’s first Parliament; one of its first steps was to deprive Africans of most of their land with the Land Act of 1913.

Notes: Film footage, city scene, 1910 ; Photo: The 'Broederbond'; Photos: the then NP and ANC.; Photo: Union’s Parliament; Document: 1913 Land Act

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