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Front page of Die Transvaler, 7 October 1960, announcing republican victory by 70,000 votes. A referendum on becoming a republic was held in South Africa on 5 October 1960. . The Afrikaner-dominated right-wing National Party, which had come to power in 1948, was avowedly republican and regarded the position of Queen Elizabeth II as the South African monarch as a relic of British imperialism.
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.
General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. [1] [2] This was the 7th general election held under the conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994.
16 November: The establishment of the Volksraad (parliament) of the South African Republic. M.W. Pretorius buys the farms of Elandspoort and Koedoespoort and later in November of the same year the town of Pretoria is founded on the two adjoining farms. 1855 Pretoria founded by Voortrekkers to be the capital of the new Transvaal Republic. 1867
This article summarises the results of the 29 May 2024 South African general election, ... Referendum Party: 4,206: 0.03 – African People's Movement: 4,201:
Republic referendum, 5 October 1960; Constitutional reform referendum, 2 November 1983 ... South African Indian Council. 4 November 1981 This page was last edited on ...
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.
Pages in category "Referendums in South Africa" ... out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1960 South African republic referendum;