SOURCE BASE QUESTIONS:( A) a) Why was Ordinance 50 regarded as a controversial (debated) set of legislation? b) Who was driving
the process to get Ordinance 50 approved? c) How did Ordinance 50 differ from the Caledon Code of 1809? d) What was regarded by the government as an important aim of the ordinance? e) Explain why the white farmers were against the ordinance? f) Why was it difficult for the government to enforce Ordinance 50? g) How useful is the above source in understanding the reasons why the Afrikaners (Voortrekkers) left the Cape and British authority?
