Terms of the 1910 Act of Union/ What was decided upon

Terms of the 1910 Act of Union/ What was decided upon
The Union Parliatnent was given supreme authority over the four white states, which in future came to be called Provinces.
The four colonies or states were to be called provinces of the Union,
The head of the union was called the Governor General,
A Council Executive of Ministers assisted the Governor General,
The Union Parliament was to consist of House of Assembly and the Upper Chamber- Senate,
The Parliament was to be in Cape Town, Executive headquarters in Pretoria and the Judiciary in Bloemfontein.
The Orange River Colony was renamed Orange Free State,
Swazi, Lesotho and Botswana were to be controlled by the British as the High Commissioner Territories and recognition was made for the non-white voters in the Cape Colony especially the coloureds.
The Parliamentary membership at the Cape was limited to Europeans,
No Africans and other non-whites were allowed to be members of the Union Parliament,
The official languages were Dutch and English,
There was to be complete equality of English nationals- (it had been agreed even in the Constitution) on 20th September.
There was to be one Supreme Court for the whole national Government with Provincial and District Courts.
Problems that were to be solved by the Union of the whites in South Africa
The special position of the Natal Colony .
The way of life to be adopted by the people in the subcontinent.
The choice of the capital city.
The official language to be adopted in South Africa.
The position of non-whites and blacks in South Africa.
The policy to be adopted by the Boers towards the Africans .
The kind of flag to be adopted in the Union.
The question of internal conflicts between Boers and British.
The Union Constitution to be adopted.
The administrative costs to be established.
The question of resistances offered by Africans.
Problems that were solved by the Union
The Union gave South Africa to European domination.
The Union of South Africa was finally formed.
The problems between the whites for long were alleviated.
The Boers gained more in the union and solved the problem of British influence.
The Governor General of South Africa was to be a British appointee, though the Boers had gained.
The Boer communities were now frce to carry out their activities.
The European economic control of South Africa was attained.
It solved the long-standing Anglo-Boer conflicts that existed since the days of the British occupation in South Africa in 1795 and 1806.
Africans were left enslaved or controlled to the Europeans in South Africa.
The Union left some problems unsolved- that of African heritage in his own homeland.