Formerly a British colony, the Cape "Colony" achieved full independence with the passage of the Statute of Westminster by the British Parliament in 1931. The Cape is a member of the British Commonwealth and has retained the British Monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II) as its head of state. The Queen is represented by the Governor General in the Cape, who executes the Queen's largely ceremonial roles. The Cape Colonial Government, as it is known, is led by the Prime Minister. The Cape Parliament is the legislative branch of government, and the Cape Colonial Court acts as the judicial branch. The Progressive Party, in coalition with the Cape Party, currently controls the government. It is opposed largely by the Radical Front for the Africanization of the Cape (RF-AZC) and several smaller p
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| - Formerly a British colony, the Cape "Colony" achieved full independence with the passage of the Statute of Westminster by the British Parliament in 1931. The Cape is a member of the British Commonwealth and has retained the British Monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II) as its head of state. The Queen is represented by the Governor General in the Cape, who executes the Queen's largely ceremonial roles. The Cape Colonial Government, as it is known, is led by the Prime Minister. The Cape Parliament is the legislative branch of government, and the Cape Colonial Court acts as the judicial branch. The Progressive Party, in coalition with the Cape Party, currently controls the government. It is opposed largely by the Radical Front for the Africanization of the Cape (RF-AZC) and several smaller p
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| - Formerly a British colony, the Cape "Colony" achieved full independence with the passage of the Statute of Westminster by the British Parliament in 1931. The Cape is a member of the British Commonwealth and has retained the British Monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II) as its head of state. The Queen is represented by the Governor General in the Cape, who executes the Queen's largely ceremonial roles. The Cape Colonial Government, as it is known, is led by the Prime Minister. The Cape Parliament is the legislative branch of government, and the Cape Colonial Court acts as the judicial branch. The Progressive Party, in coalition with the Cape Party, currently controls the government. It is opposed largely by the Radical Front for the Africanization of the Cape (RF-AZC) and several smaller parties. The current Prime Minister is Leonard Christianson, the Cape's second black Prime Minister. The Cape Colony has a distinctively Western European culture and society. Like in Britain, slavery was abolished in 1833, and the Colonial Government has since responsible government in 1872 made great advances in achieving equal rights between the white British and Afrikaner population and the native black African population. Today, the law makes no distinction between racial groupings and equal protection of the law is firmly entrenched. This political culture which came about in the mid-nineteenth century became known as the "Cape Liberal Tradition", which is still part and parcel of the Cape political dynamic. This atmosphere of political equality and rights however was achieved in a largely European context, and has therefore left many natives discontented. The Cape and much of the Cape's society do not consider themselves "of Africa", but an extension of Europe in Africa. The Cape's economy is considered to be one of the healthiest in Africa. The standard of living in the Colony is comparatively higher than other African states, including the largely Westernized Orange-Transvaal to the northwest. Orange-Transvaal evacuated its entire black native population in 1910 when the British Parliament unified the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal Colony into the Union of Orange-Transvaal. The Cape government at the time, at the behest of the electorate, intervened and allowed the evacuating natives who wished it to become Cape Colonial citizens. Many, however, opted to move to other "more African" neighboring states which accepted them. Those who moved to the Cape gave the country a large cheap labor force boost which contributed to the strong economy of today. The Cape is considered to have one of, if not the best, human rights record on the continent. Its mixed market economy respects private property rights to a large degree and the population enjoys wide civil and political liberties. The Colony is an active participant in both the United Nations and the African Union. It is also known for its foreign aid to smaller African nations, as well as its relatively cozy economic relationship with its neighbors.
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