Volksraad of the South African Republic

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The Volksraad of the South African Republic was the legislative assembly of the Boer republic of Transvaal, serving as its highest law-making body in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative assembly ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Raad van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek ⓘ
Transvaal Volksraad ⓘ
Volksraad of the Transvaal ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction South African Republic ⓘ
composedOf elected representatives ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South African Republic ⓘ
Transvaal ⓘ
countryContext Boer republic of Transvaal ⓘ
dissolvedAsConsequenceOf incorporation of the Transvaal into the British Empire ⓘ
followed Boer tradition of elected volksraad ⓘ
governmentalFunction declaring war and peace ⓘ
enacting laws ⓘ
ratifying treaties ⓘ
governmentTypeContext Boer republic ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver citizens of the South African Republic ⓘ
territory of the South African Republic ⓘ
hasRole budget approval ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Afrikaans ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
legalSystemContext Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf South African Republic ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf government of the South African Republic ⓘ
locatedIn Pretoria ⓘ
Transvaal ⓘ
metIn Volksraad chamber in Pretoria ⓘ
partOf political system of the South African Republic ⓘ
politicalIdeologyContext Boer republicanism ⓘ
precededBy earlier Boer republican councils ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedTo South African Republic ⓘ
Transvaal Republic ⓘ
Volksraad of the Orange Free State ⓘ
represented burghers of the South African Republic ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Pretoria ⓘ
servedAs highest law-making body of the South African Republic ⓘ
typeOfLegislature national legislature ⓘ
usedLanguage Afrikaans ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
wasAbolishedFollowing British annexation after the Second Boer War ⓘ
wasPartOf constitutional framework of the South African Republic ⓘ

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Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey → memberOf → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
Coat of arms of the South African Republic → usedBy → government of the South African Republic ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the South African Republic
Coat of arms of the South African Republic → adoptedBy → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
Commandant-General of the South African Republic → governingBody → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
South African Republic → legislature → Volksraad ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the South African Republic
State President of the South African Republic → appointedBy → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
State President of the South African Republic → cooperatedWith → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
Transvaal pound → monetaryAuthority → South African Republic government ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the South African Republic
Boer republics → governedBy → Volksraad ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the South African Republic
Koos de la Rey → memberOf → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Boer general Koos de la Rey
Volksraad of the South African Republic → alsoKnownAs → Volksraad of the Transvaal ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the South African Republic
Volksraad of the South African Republic → alsoKnownAs → Transvaal Volksraad ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the South African Republic
Volksraad of the South African Republic → alsoKnownAs → Raad van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the South African Republic
Natalia Republic → legislature → Volksraad ⓘ
subject linked to: Natalia
linked to: Volksraad of the South African Republic
Kaiser Wilhelm II Kruger Telegram → sentTo → South African Republic government ⓘ
linked to: Volksraad of the South African Republic
Ou Volksraadgebou → housed → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
Kommandant-Generaal → governingBody → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
Hendrik Willem Burger → memberOf → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
Volksraad of the Orange Free State → relatedTo → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ