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This is a list of the heads of state of South Africa from the foundation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 to the present day. From 1910 to 1961 the head of state under the South Africa Act 1909 was the Monarch, who was the same person as the Monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other Dominions/Commonwealth realms.
12 June – Billy Butlin, South African–born Canadian holiday camp entrepreneur. (b. 1899) 7 July – Johannes Meintjes, artist and writer. (b. 1923) 23 September – Jim Fouché, second State President. (b. 1898)
This is a list of presidents of South Africa by age, including state presidents (1961 to 1994) ... 23 September 1980: 82 years, 109 days: 30,059 days 9: Kgalema ...
1980s in South African sport (13 C) T. 1980s in South African television (9 C) Pages in category "1980s in South Africa" The following 4 pages are in this category ...
14 – A bomb explodes at the African National Congress headquarters in London. 20 – A bomb explodes at the Langa Commissioners Court. April. 30 – Prime Minister P.W. Botha and President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda meet on the Botswana border to discuss the political situation in South West Africa and South Africa. May
The Zulu chief, a controversial figure who had a seat on South Africa’s National Assembly and a long political career, led a movement that underwent deadly clashes with the African National ...
The violence that erupted between Inkatha and the ANC in the 1980s and early 1990s remains one of the bloodiest in South African history and a dent in Buthelezi’s political career.
The Union of South Africa, a British Dominion, was established on 31 May 1910 [3] with the British monarch as titular head of state, represented by a viceroy, the governor-general. Following the 1960 referendum and subsequent declaration of the Republic of South Africa on 31 May 1961, the office of State President was created. [4]