The current South Africa is made up of a number of colonies and settlement. In the context of your question, it was both a Dutch and British colony - and oddly enough both sequentially and simultaneously. read more
South Africa was initially founded as a Dutch colony, primarily around Cape Town. It was gradually populated by Dutch farmers known of Boers (which just means farmer in Dutch). After the Netherlands were occupied by Napoleon, Britain siezed the Cape Colony. Over time, it was populated by British settlers who didn't really get along with the Dutch. read more
Following the defeat of the Boers in the Anglo-Boer or South African War (1899–1902), the Union of South Africa was created as a dominion of the British Empire in terms of the South Africa Act 1909, which amalgamated the four previously separate British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal Colony, Transvaal Colony, and Orange River Colony. read more
South Africa Lesotho 3: ¹ Dutch was the sole official language until 1806, when the British officially replaced Dutch with English. Dutch was reincluded as a second official language in 1882. 2 Penguin Islands and Walvis Bay 3 Basutoland was annexed to the Cape Colony in 1871, before becoming a Crown colony in 1884. read more