Union era of South Africa

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The Union era of South Africa was the period from 1910 to 1961 when the country functioned as a self-governing dominion of the British Empire under a racially discriminatory political system that laid foundations for later apartheid.

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Union era of South Africa canonical 1
Union of South Africa era 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
political era
capital Pretoria
conflict Rand Rebellion of 1922
South African campaign in German South West Africa
countryName Union of South Africa
currency South African pound
dependentOn British Empire
disenfranchisedGroup most Black Africans
most Coloured people
most Indian South Africans
endDate 1961-05-31
endedBy proclamation of the Republic of South Africa in 1961
establishedBy South Africa Act 1909
firstMonarch Edward VII
followedBy Republic of South Africa
linked to: South Africa
foreignPolicyFeature close ties with the United Kingdom
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
self-governing dominion
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of South Africa
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom
judicialCapital Bloemfontein
keyEvent 1950s apartheid legislation
1960 republican referendum
Hertzog-Smuts coalition government
linked to: Hertzog government

National Party election victory of 1948
linked to: Smuts government

Statute of Westminster 1931
formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910
participation in World War I
participation in World War II
laidFoundationsFor apartheid
legislativeCapital Cape Town
locatedIn South Africa
majorEthnicPowerBloc Afrikaners
English-speaking whites
memberOf British Commonwealth
monarch Edward VIII
Elizabeth II
George V
George VI
notableLeader D. F. Malan
Hendrik Verwoerd
J. B. M. Hertzog
J. G. Strijdom
Jan Smuts
Louis Botha
officialLanguage Afrikaans
Dutch
English
partOf history of South Africa
politicalSystem racially discriminatory system
white minority rule
precededBy Cape Colony
Natal Colony
linked to: Colony of Natal

Orange River Colony
Transvaal Colony
linked to: Transvaal
startDate 1910-05-31

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Supreme Court of South Africa historicalPeriod Union of South Africa era
linked to: Union era of South Africa