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    General elections were held in South Africa on 8 May 2019 to elect a new President, National Assembly and provincial legislatures in each province. These...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine...
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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...
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    presidential election was held in South Africa on 22 May 2019 following the general election on 8 May 2019. Cyril Ramaphosa of African National Congress...
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    the fourth general elections held since the end of the apartheid era. The North Gauteng High Court ruled on 9 February 2009 that South African citizens...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 2 June 1999. The result was a landslide victory for the governing African National Congress (ANC), which...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 26 May 1948. They represented a turning point in the country's history, as despite receiving just under...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 6 September 1989, the last under apartheid. Snap elections had been called early (no election was required...
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    Cyril Ramaphosa (category Use South African English from November 2023)
    the president of the African National Congress (ANC). Ramaphosa rose to national prominence as secretary general of South Africa's biggest and most powerful...
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    that South African expatriates were allowed to vote in a South African national election. The National Assembly election was won by the African National...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 8 February 1921 to elect the 134 members of the House of Assembly. The South African Party, which since...
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  • General elections were held in South Africa on 6 May 1987. The State of Emergency cast a cloud over the elections, which were again won by the National...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 15 September 1910 to elect the 121 members of the House of Assembly. They were the first general election...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 24 April 1974. They were called one year earlier than scheduled by Prime Minister John Vorster on 4 February...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 17 May 1933 to elect the 150 members of the House of Assembly. The National Party won half the seats in...
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  • given by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC's election manifesto for the 2019 South African general election was blamed for contributing to xenophobic feeling...
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  • presidential election of the President of South Africa by the National Assembly took place on 14 June 2024, following the general election on 29 May 2024...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 10 March 1920 to elect the 134 members of the House of Assembly. This was for the third Union Parliament...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 18 October 1961. They were the first general elections after South Africa became a republic following the...
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  • General elections were held in South Africa in August 1984 to elect coloured and Indian representatives to their respective houses of the Tricameral Parliament...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 17 June 1924, electing 135 members of the House of Assembly. Considered a realigning election, rising discontent...
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    second Union Parliament. The governing South African Party (SAP) of General Louis Botha emerged from the elections as the largest party, but did not receive...
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  • parties' party candidate lists for the 2019 South African general election. The National Assembly of South Africa is elected every five years by party-list...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 16 April 1958. The result was a victory for the National Party, now under the leadership of J. G. Strijdom...
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  • Elections in South Africa include elections for the National Assembly (the lower house of parliament), the provincial legislatures, and municipal councils...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 15 April 1953. The elections consolidated the position of the National Party under D. F. Malan, which won...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 29 April 1981. The National Party, under the leadership of P. W. Botha since 1978, lost some support, but...
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    The 2021 South African Municipal Elections were held on 1 November 2021, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 18 May 1938 to elect the 150 members of the House of Assembly. The United Party won an absolute majority...
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