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General elections were held in South Africa on 18 October 1961. [1] They were the first general elections after South Africa became a republic following the 1960 South African referendum. The National Party under H. F. Verwoerd won a majority in the House of Assembly.
The 1961 South African presidential election was the first to be held in South Africa.It occurred as a result of the referendum of November 5, 1960, which ratified the transformation of the Union of South Africa into the Republic of South Africa, and the adoption of a new constitution organizing the new state's political institutions.
14 – Decimal Day - Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand. [3] March. 15 – South Africa announces its intended withdrawal from the Commonwealth upon becoming a republic. Prime Minister Verwoerd was attending the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference at the time.
The African National Congress party lost its majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system ...
8 October 1961; 30 March 1966; 22 April 1970; 24 April 1974; 30 November 1977; 29 April 1981; Tricameral Parliament (1984–1994) ... List of elections in South Africa.
South Africa has long been seen as a leading representative of the African continent in the world, and on Dec. 1 it assumes the prominent presidency of the Group of 20 nations — 20 leading rich ...
1961 Gabonese general election; 1961 Guinean presidential election; 1961 Kenyan legislative election; 1961 Mauritanian presidential election; 1961 Nyasaland general election; 1961 Republic of the Congo presidential election; 1961 Rwandan parliamentary election; 1961 South African general election; 1961 Southern Rhodesian constitution referendum ...
South Africans will vote on May 29 in a national election that could be the biggest rejection yet of the ANC, which has governed one of Africa's most important countries largely unchallenged since ...