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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.
Land reform in South Africa is the promise of "land restitution" to empower farm workers (who now have the opportunity to become farmers) and reduce inequality. This also refers to aspects such as, property, possibly white-owned businesses. [ 1 ]
The regime ceased to deploy bannings and lifted all remaining banning orders in 1990, in the run-up to the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] A banning order entailed restrictions on where the banned person could live and who they could have contact with, required that they report weekly to a police station, and proscribed ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 January 2025. Head of state and government of South Africa This article is about the position of South African head of state and head of government from 1994. For the position of South African head of state from 1961 to 1994, see State President of South Africa. President of the Republic of South ...
6 – South Africa establishes diplomatic relations with Ghana, Mali and Senegal. 10 – Nelson Mandela is sworn in as the first post-apartheid President of South Africa and FW de Klerk and Thabo Mbeki become joint deputy presidents. 25 – The United Nations lifts its arms embargo on South Africa. June. 1 – the Republic of South Africa ...
President of the Republic (Cyril Ramaphosa) 2 Deputy President of the Republic (David Mabuza) President-elect of the Republic; 3 Chief Justice (Raymond Zondo) President of the Constitutional Court: 4 Former presidents of the Republic: Thabo Mbeki (14 June 1999 – 24 September 2008) Kgalema Motlanthe (25 September 2008 – 9 May 2009)
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1999.. The members of the court at the start of 1999 were President Arthur Chaskalson, Deputy President Pius Langa, and judges Lourens Ackermann, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O'Regan, Albie Sachs and Zak Yacoob.
A referendum on ending apartheid was held in South Africa on 17 March 1992. The referendum was limited to white South African voters, [1] [2] who were asked whether or not they supported the negotiated reforms begun by State President F. W. de Klerk two years earlier, in which he proposed to end the apartheid system that had been implemented since 1948.