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The rand was introduced in the then Union of South Africa on 14 February 1961, shortly before the establishment of the Republic on 31 May 1961. The rand replaced the pound with a decimal currency: 100 cents (100c) = 1 rand (R1), 1 rand being valued at 10 shillings and 1 cent at 1.2 pence.
Commonwealth Relations (Temporary Provision) Act, 1961: The Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961, came into force on 31 May 1961, and the Union of South Africa became the Republic of South Africa, but the existing Parliament continued without an election. 42: Defence Further Amendment Act, 1961: 43: Iron and Steel Industry Amendment ...
The South African Republic (Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek), established under the Sand River Convention of 1852, was one of the two principal 19th century Boer republics. It was later to become the Transvaal, one of the four provinces of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and a province of the Republic of South Africa from 1961 to 1994.
4 – The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announces that Iraq will not recognise the South African government because of its apartheid policy. September. 11 – Poqo, the armed wing of the Pan-African Congress, is established. October. The National Party wins the 1961 South African general election, winning 105 of 160 seats in Parliament ...
With the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2002, the 5-cent, 10-cent, 25-cent, 1-guilder, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-guilder and 5-guilder coins ceased to function as legal currencies. New Zealand: 1 and 2 cents 5 cents: 1987 2004: 30 April 1990 1 November 2006: No [3] Exchangeable at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, but amounts over $5 must be paid into ...
Marriage Act, 1961 (South Africa) P. Preservation of Coloured Areas Act, 1961; R. R v Motomane; S. South African Constitution of 1961; U. Urban Bantu Councils Act, 1961
The Coloured Persons Communal Reserves Act of 1961, was an Apartheid South Africa piece of legislation, which was enacted to apply the Mission Stations and Communal Reserves Act 1909, of the Cape of Good Hope, to coloured persons settlement areas within the meaning of the Coloured Persons Settlement Areas (Cape) Act, 1930, to repeal the latter Act and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill was introduced in January 1961. It came into force on 31 May 1961; 31 May was a significant day in South African history, being both the day in 1902 on which the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed, ending the Second Anglo-Boer War, and the day in 1910 on which the Union of South Africa came into being.