Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer
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") Sauer, was a prominent liberal politician of the Cape Colony. He served as Minister in multiple Cape governments, and was influential in several unsuccessful attempts to enshrine equal political rights for black South Africans in the constitution of the Union of South Africa.
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"Government Sauer", here caricatured in the 1880s.
Sauer was already being criticised in the 1880s by the right-wing press for his liberal views. Here the radically imperialist Lantern newspaper attacks his work in Basutoland under the title "When Jamie Comes Marching Home!"
The states of Southern Africa, before Union; with the Cape Colony coloured blue, Natal red, Transvaal green and the Orange Free state orangeIn their orbit 1
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Jacobus Wilhelmus ("J.W.") Sauer, was a prominent liberal politician of the Cape Colony. He served as Minister in multiple Cape governments, and was influential in several unsuccessful attempts to enshrine equal political rights for black South Africans in the constitution of the Union of South Africa. He was also a strong early supporter of women's rights and suffrage.
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