It is mostly true. There area was very sparsely populated in some areas, with almost all of the farmland being considered to be too difficult to work with the wooden tools that the locals used at the time.
Bantu speaking locals were moving (slowly) in to colonize from the north, but they had not done that in large numbers or with any real organization.
There had been attacks on the European settlement at the cape, and the (mostly) Dutch Settlers moved inland, looking for an unoccupied area that would not be contested, where they could engage in friendly trade with the locals.
Later when the settlers had achieved some prosperity and were trading with those friendly locals, they attracted a lot of attention; as the trade was giving a better lifestyle to their trading partners. Other major language groups (tribes?) including the Zulu moved because of the opportunities created.
"Apartheid" literally means "apart". It was an effort for the European descendants to build their own things, while the tribal peoples could have their own. An attempt at multiculturalism; multiple cultures running side by side.
It is mostly true. There area was very sparsely populated in some areas, with almost all of the farmland being considered to be too difficult to work with the wooden tools that the locals used at the time.
Bantu speaking locals were moving (slowly) in to colonize from the north, but they had not done that in large numbers or with any real organization.
There had been attacks on the European settlement at the cape, and the (mostly) Dutch Settlers moved inland, looking for an unoccupied area that would not be contested, where they could engage in friendly trade with the locals.
Later when the settlers had achieved some prosperity and were trading with those friendly locals, they attracted a lot of attention; as the trade was giving a better lifestyle to their trading partners. Other major language groups (tribes?) including the Zulu moved because of the opportunities created.
"Apartheid" literally means "apart". It was an effort for the European descendants to build their own things, while the tribal peoples could have their own. An attempt at multiculturalism; multiple cultures running side by side.