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The Dutch ship Nieuwe Haerlem runs aground at the Cape of Good Hope. Under the leadership of Leendert Janszen, the stranded Dutch seamen stay at the Cape for a year. After their return to the Netherlands, Leendert Janszen and Matthijs Proot are commissioned by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to write a report on their findings on the feasibility of the Cape as a refreshment station.
A-Z of South African Politics: the Essential Handbook, 1999, edited by Phillip Van Niekerk and Barbara Ludman, London, NY: Penguin Books Jacqueline Audrey Kalley; et al., eds. (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 .
Their South African National Party, later known as the South African Party or SAP, followed a generally pro-British, white-unity line. The more radical Boers split away under the leadership of General Barry Hertzog, forming the National Party (NP) in 1914. The National Party championed Afrikaner interests, advocating separate development for ...
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.
2024 events in South Africa by month (3 C) C. Competitions in South Africa (2 C, 2 P) Concert tours of South Africa (51 P) D. Disasters in South Africa (8 C, 2 P)
Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 election. Following the election of 27 April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President of South Africa. The Government of National Unity was established; its cabinet made up of twelve African National Congress representatives, six from the National Party, and three from the Inkatha Freedom Party.
9 – The Liberal Party of South Africa is formed in Cape Town by Alan Paton. July. 29 – Santam Insurance Company is registered, following the separation of trust and insurance operations. September. Mimi Coertse leaves South Africa for London. December. 18–20 – The 42nd Annual Conference of the African National Congress takes place in ...
The British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games), after a 12-year gap, takes place in Auckland, New Zealand from 4 to 11 February. Of the 12 participating countries which include Southern Rhodesia, South Africa finishes 5th on the medals list, winning 20 medals, 8 Gold, 4 Silver and 8 Bronze.