
local conditions and customs

South Africa
The earliest indigenous inhabitants of South Africa were the San, Koi, and later Bantu people who migrated south. After the 17th century, the Dutch and British successively invaded South Africa and continuously pushed the colonies inland. In the mid-19th century, white rulers established four political entities: two British colonies, namely the Cape and Natal colonies; Two Boer republics, namely the Republic of Transvaal and the Free State of Orange. From 1899 to 1902, the Anglo British War ended with the British struggling to win. In 1910, four political entities merged to form the "Confederation of South Africa", and South Africa became a British autonomous territory. In 1961, South Africa withdrew from the Commonwealth (later rejoined in 1994) and established the Republic of South Africa.
