The creation of the Union of South Africa was the result of numerous events throughout South Africa, spanning from the late 19th Century through to the Early 20th Century. Racial discrimination was a burden that had been and is still somewhat today, unfortunately, a large part of South African life. Furthermore, there were compromises through these issues that played a key role in the creation of the union. Numerous items of legislation stamped the establishment …showed first 75 words of 1116 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1116 total…that the racial issues were still very prominent and as had been commonly seen throughout its history it was a case of the whites attempting to overpower what is seen as a minority group..Not in numbers but in sources of power, most definitely the whites had the upper hand and through this Union the compromises between the two was seen, through the creations of the new constitutions and the sanctions that were taken out.