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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Label Occurrences
Union of South Africa era 2
Union era of South Africa canonical 1

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Statements (57)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of South Africa → historicalPeriod → Union of South Africa era ⓘ
linked to: Union era of South Africa
Ngaka Modiri Molema → historicalPeriod → Union of South Africa era ⓘ
linked to: Union era of South Africa