Please help me understand historical development of the South African law and legal system.

I need a better understanding on:

• Prior to 1652 a variety of indigenous legal systems existed in southern Africa.
• From 1652 the laws of the Netherlands' province of Holland applied at the Cape.
• After the British invasion of 1795, Roman-Dutch law continued to apply (the Dutch returned between
• 1803 and 1806).
• However, the British invaded again in 1806 and this time it was permanent - at least until SA formally
• became a republic in 1961.
• During the 19thcentury two Boer republics, each with their own legislatures and laws, were also
• constituted.
• From 1948 a system of institutionalised racial segregation (apartheid) was adopted.
• Independence from Britain and a new Constitution adopted 1961. However, no basic rights were
• guaranteed.
• The advent of constitutionalism from 1994