Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- NA
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
History
Act No 1 of 1872, the Constitution Ordinance Amendment Act, which gave the Cape responsible government, entrusted the administration of the blacks within the Colony who were “not sufficiently civilized to be brought under ordinary law” to the Secretary for Native Affairs. Mr Charles Brownlee was the first appointee in this post.
In 1893 the administration of Native Affairs was entrusted to the Prime Minister with the Under Secretary for Native Affairs acting as the immediate head of this branch of the Prime Minister’s Office. On 1 July 1897 the relevant position was renamed Superintendent of Native Affairs. In July 1899 this designation was discarded and that of Secretary to the Native Affairs Department substituted. The Native Affairs Department continued to remain part of the Prime Minister's Office until Union in 1910.
Places
Cape Province.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin