Complex sentence: Rustomjee described himself in the Court at Volksrust as a general merchant in Natal where he was a considerable property owner with large business interests throughout South Africa and considered himself to have vested rights as a pre-war resident of the Transvaal.
Split into simpler sentences: Rustomjee described himself in the Court at Volksrust as a general merchant in Natal where he was a considerable property owner with large business interests throughout South Africa. He also considered himself to have vested rights as a pre-war resident of the Transvaal.