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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.
The first evidence of pottery and agriculture in South Africa can be found in the period of 350-150 BCE, while metals date back to the 52-252 CE period. [4] The earliest occurrence of cattle farming was in the 5th century CE and the Iron Age reached modern-day Kwa-Zulu Natal around 700 CE.
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.
The Zulus defeat the Ndwandwe in the Ndwandwe–Zulu War.; This map illustrates the rise of the Zulu Empire under Shaka (1816–1828) in present-day South Africa.The rise of the Zulu Empire under Shaka forced other chiefdoms and clans to flee across a wide area of southern Africa.
27 – The Congress of South African Trade Unions holds a one-day nationwide strike over unemployment and poverty. 28 – Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, and Laurent Gbagbo, President of Côte d'Ivoire, hold talks in Pretoria to advance peace in Côte d'Ivoire. July. 4 – A South African Air Force MB-326K Impala Mk II jet crashes just ...
Following the defeat of the Boers in the Second Anglo–Boer War or South African War (1899–1902), the Union of South Africa was created as a self-governing dominion of the British Empire on 31 May 1910 in terms of the South Africa Act 1909, which amalgamated the four previously separate British colonies: Cape Colony, Colony of Natal ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 January 2025. Head of state and government of South Africa This article is about the position of South African head of state and head of government from 1994. For the position of South African head of state from 1961 to 1994, see State President of South Africa. President of the Republic of South ...
Constant 2010 prices - millions of Rand [2]; Province 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Gauteng 918,747 905,976 937,178 971,893