Sir James Molteno, was an influential barrister and parliamentarian of South Africa.
Molteno as Parliamentary Speaker.
James Molteno as a young MP in the 1890s.
Capture of Leander Starr Jameson by the Boers, after his failed 1896 raid. The raid turned out to have been secretly engineered by Cecil Rhodes – a fact known by Molteno from the beginning.
Anglo-Boer War prisoner transit camp on Green point common, Cape Town.
Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope
The Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope functioned as the legislature of the Cape Colony, from its founding in 1853, until the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, when it was dissolved and the Parliament of South Africa was established. It consisted of the House of Assembly and the legislative council.
Engraving of the first opening of the Cape Parliament in 1854.
The Masonic Lodge which served as the venue of the first Cape Parliament.
Freeman's original elaborate plan for the new Parliament.
The final Parliament building as constructed (without statues, dome or fountains)