Africans gain rights from Boer War

I think it could be possible if the British decided to punish the Boers. In OTL, the British wanted the Boers on their side, hence the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 that gave a lot of power to the Boers.
 
maybe a decisive early victory of the Boers. The Fall of Ladysmith and the taking of Transvaal or the Cape Colony could lead to more anger towards the Boers, and in the peace maybe to punish the Boers.

Maybe more Africans take up arms to help fight the Boers, then as a reward to them for loyalty
 
Added to that, I think you would need to have the Colonial Office in charge of South Africa. Granting Dominion status put all the power in the hands of the white minority (dominated by Afrikaners).
 
Now, let us not forget that racism was a part of the Empire's ideas too... Peoples forget how by example Churchill spoke of this by example when he was in the army (I think) facing some insurection in Africa, and said with a glee that they 'would be reaped like wheat'....

Honestly, is the Apartheid and the ideas behind all responsible to Boers, or anglo-saxons and british colonials and rulers had a responsability?
 
Honestly, is the Apartheid and the ideas behind all responsible to Boers, or anglo-saxons and british colonials and rulers had a responsability?
It may surprise you to learn that the Cape Colony had a completely colour-blind franchise from 1853 onwards: here's Winston Churchill explaining that in 1902 there were 19,505 coloured voters on the rolls. It's only after 1909, when there's a Boer majority in the Union of South Africa, that things start to change.

In answer to the original question, the British have to remain unconvinced that their continued position in South Africa depends on keeping the Boers onside- which suggests an earlier victory for the British and more central intervention rather than local discretion. There's also the alternative New Zealand route of having native-only seats, which would at least have the merit of giving Africans a distinct political voice but make it relatively easy to exclude their representatives from voting. I seem to recall this was actually the case at one point.
 

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I have though of a better idea. What if the racists that strengthened the Klu Klux Klan, in Our Timeline, were made to go into the army and were all sent to France?
 
Scratch and Bite. Gonff will dine on CHEESE and WINE,when he gets home tonight!

I have though of a better idea. What if the racists that strengthened the Klu Klux Klan, in Our Timeline, were made to go into the army and were all sent to France?

What the hell are you talking about? Topic is about South Africa.
 
Now, let us not forget that racism was a part of the Empire's ideas too... Peoples forget how by example Churchill spoke of this by example when he was in the army (I think) facing some insurection in Africa, and said with a glee that they 'would be reaped like wheat'....

Honestly, is the Apartheid and the ideas behind all responsible to Boers, or anglo-saxons and british colonials and rulers had a responsability?

It's a matter of degree. Thankfully we've got to the point where all racism is now seen as bad, but if you look back in history there's a big difference between the brutality of the racism shown in Ghana and shown in the Congo Free State. The British were as brutal as anyone else during the slave trade, but in colonial Africa they were a lot better than pretty much everyone else.
 
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