Timeline Monday 20 September 1909

Events on Monday 20 September 1909 1

• 1909 South Africa Act passed by British Parliament Legislation creating the Union of South Africa The British Parliament passed the South Africa Act on 20 September 1909, uniting the Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal and Orange River Colony into a single self-governing dominion. The act received royal assent that month and took effect on 31 May 1910, when the Union of South Africa formally came into being. It excluded Black South Africans from most political rights under the new constitution.