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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.
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.
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.
African National Congress performance by region in the 2024 South African general election. The Democratic Alliance (South Africa) performance by region in the 2024 South African general election . The uMkhonto we Sizwe (political party) performance by region.
The Accord on Afrikaner self-determination is a South African political accord that recognises the right of the Afrikaner people on self-determination. [1] The accord was signed by the Freedom Front, the African National Congress and the National Party-led South African government on 23 April 1994.
1960 South African republic referendum; ... 1992 South African apartheid referendum This page was last edited on 22 March 2022, at 09:16 (UTC). Text ...
South Africa: 1960 South African republic referendum: 5 October 1960 monarchy abolished 52.29 47.71 90.77 [29] Spain: 1947 Spanish law of succession referendum: 6 July 1947 monarchy restored 4.9 95.1 88.6 It was a referendum with no democratic guarantees, carried out by a totalitarian state.
The building was built in 1940 and was designed by Gerard Moerdijk, a South African architect, to be the official residence in Pretoria of the Prime Minister of the time, General Jan Smuts. Since its creation, Mahlamba Ndlopfu has also hosted official visits from foreign heads of state, such as visits by François Mitterrand , the President of ...