National Convention and Union formation documents

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	commission or official report
Producer	Colonial governments / Selborne
Coverage	1906-1909
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War	2
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	1
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	1
Resistance and liberation movements	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Van Schoor (1986)	Selborne Memorandum on the Union of South Africa (1908)	1908	Cited for the purpose of settling British settlers in the Eastern Province.
Walton and Hofmeyr (1912)	Cape Ministers' Minute, November 1906, and Lord Selborne's despatch of 7 January 1907	1906-1907	Establishes that railway and customs rivalry between colonies drove the push toward union.
Walton and Hofmeyr (1912)	Lord Selborne's suggestion for native franchise (High Commissioner proposal)	1908	Presented the civilisation qualification with graduated fractional votes before the Convention committee.
Walton and Hofmeyr (1912)	Official Minutes of the National Convention	1908-1909	Record of resolutions, amendments and divisions, used as the skeleton that Walton's notes amplify and referred to for detail.
Walton and Hofmeyr (1912)	Pretoria Customs and Railway Conference resolutions, May 1908	May 1908	Resolutions A-F establishing the Convention's composition and voting.
Walton and Hofmeyr (1912)	Transvaal Ministry's minute acknowledging Lord Selborne's despatch	1907	Evidence of Transvaal interest in incorporating Portuguese East Africa.