• The Senate was the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa between 1910 and its abolition from 1 January 1981, and between 1994 and 1997. Under white...
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    head of state and head of government. The State President was appointed by both Houses of the Parliament of South Africa (Senate of South Africa and the...
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  • The President of the Senate presided over the Senate of South Africa, the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa. The President was chosen from...
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    The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature. It is located in Cape Town, the country's legislative capital. Under the...
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    The Senate of South Africa was the upper house of parliament between 1910 and 1981, and between 1994 and 1997. During both periods, the Senate was led...
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    The Union of South Africa (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Afrikaans: Unie van Suid-Afrika; pronunciation) was the historical predecessor to the present-day...
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  • 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...
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    house of South Africa's Parliament. List of members of the National Assembly of South Africa, 1994–1999 List of members of the Senate of South Africa, 1994–1999...
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    General elections were held in South Africa between 26 and 29 April 1994. The elections were the first in which citizens of all races were allowed to take...
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  • and the Senate of South Africa. After the adoption of the 1983 Constitution, the new House of Assembly, House of Representatives, and House of Delegates...
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    especially South African English: /əˈpɑːrt(h)eɪt/ ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpart(ɦ)ɛit] ; transl. "separateness", lit. 'aparthood') was a system of institutionalised...
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    to 1961 the Union of South Africa was a self-governing country that shared a monarch with the United Kingdom and other Dominions of the British Empire...
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    The South Africa Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7. c. 9) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the Union of South Africa out of the former...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of Assembly (South Africa). Senate of South Africa Volksraad "South Africa's national assembly chambers destroyed...
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    Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the republic,...
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    for the tenth Senate of South Africa took place on May 30, 1974. The result was a victory for the ruling National Party, winning 32 out of the 44 elected...
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    Govan Mbeki (category Members of the Senate of South Africa)
    in South Africa's post-apartheid Senate from 1994 to 1997 as Deputy President of the Senate, and then the Senate's successor, the National Council of Provinces...
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    For the fifth Senate of South Africa, the eight nominated Senators were appointed on July 28, 1948 and the Electoral Colleges met in the provincial capitals...
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    Tom Naudé (category Presidents of the Senate of South Africa)
    1961. He was then appointed President of the Senate of South Africa, and in terms of the South African Constitution of 1961 he would be required ex officio...
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    the fourth Senate of South Africa took place on November 17, 1939, when the Provincial Councils met to each elect eight members of the Senate. After the...
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  • the flags of the various colonies and states that have existed in South Africa since 1652, as well as other flags pertaining to South Africa, including...
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    election for the sixth Senate of South Africa occurred because of the wish of National Party Prime Minister Johannes Strijdom to amend one of the entrenched clauses...
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    The election for the seventh Senate of South Africa took place on October 26, 1960, with the appointment of nominated Senators by the Governor-General...
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    Marais Viljoen (category Presidents of the Senate of South Africa)
    State President of South Africa from 4 June 1979 until 3 September 1984. Viljoen became the last of the ceremonial presidents of South Africa when he was...
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    In the other extreme of the continent, southern Namibia, southern Botswana, great parts of South Africa, the entire territories of Lesotho and Eswatini...
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    South West Africa was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1966, and under South African occupation from 1966 to 1990. Renamed...
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    the ninth Senate of South Africa took place on November 16, 1970. The result was a victory for the ruling National Party, winning 31 out of the 44 elected...
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    The election for the eighth Senate of South Africa took place on November 26, 1965, the first election to that body to be held under the 1961 republican...
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  • of the Senate of South Africa during the 22nd South African Parliament, which sat between 1994 and 1999. Members were elected during the elections of...
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    Nationalist Party, was a political party in South Africa from 1914 to 1997, which was responsible for the implementation of apartheid rule. The party was an Afrikaner...
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