Customary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… in customary law can be seen with the 1652 arrival of colonial settlers and their administrations, during the era … the development of law in South Africa. During the colonial period, customary law initially went unrecognized, … was eventually tolerated and provisionally acknowledged by colonial settlers. In 1652, the Dutch East India Company …