I was recently reading about the negotiations between the British colonies in today's South Africa and the intense debate over the territorial structure of what was to be the Union of South Africa and in the South Africa Act of 1909.
According to Wikipedia, most of the colonies' governments preferred a federal structure but ultimately, due to the pressure from Jan Smuts, the Union would adopt a unitary territorial model with a Westminster-style unchecked, sovereign legislature.
So I was wondering how a federal structure could be adopted for the Union and how that could have impacted the development of a unified South Africa from 1904 on. ANy takers?
According to Wikipedia, most of the colonies' governments preferred a federal structure but ultimately, due to the pressure from Jan Smuts, the Union would adopt a unitary territorial model with a Westminster-style unchecked, sovereign legislature.
So I was wondering how a federal structure could be adopted for the Union and how that could have impacted the development of a unified South Africa from 1904 on. ANy takers?