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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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    General elections will be 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 on 8 May 2019 to elect a new President, National Assembly and provincial legislatures in each province. These...
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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 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 2 June 1999. The result was a landslide victory for the governing African National Congress (ANC), which...
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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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    South Africa until 1994. It was also the flag of South West Africa (now Namibia) to 1990, when that territory was under South African administration. Based...
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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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  • 1994 in South Africa saw the transition from South Africa's National Party government who had ruled the country since 1948 and had advocated the apartheid...
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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 6 September 1989, the last under apartheid. Snap elections had been called early (no election was required...
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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 16 April 1958. The result was a victory for the National Party, now under the leadership of J. G. Strijdom...
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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 26 May 1948. They represented a turning point in the country's history, as despite receiving just under...
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  • Elections in South Africa are held for the National Assembly, provincial legislatures and municipal councils. Elections follow a five-year cycle, with...
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    South Africa is divided into nine provinces. On the eve of the 1994 general election, South Africa's former homelands, known as Bantustans, were reintegrated...
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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 22 April 1970 to elect members of the 166-seat House of Assembly. Parliament was dissolved on 2 March and...
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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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    multiracial elections held under a universal franchise in 1994. South West Africa existed as a colonial territory under the control of the South African administration...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 30 March 1966. The result was another comprehensive victory for the National Party under H. F. Verwoerd...
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    The flag of South Africa was designed in March 1994 and adopted on 27 April 1994, during South Africa's 1994 general election, to replace the previous...
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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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    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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  • This article lists elections for legislative or quasi-legislative bodies in South Africa. 15 September 1910 20 October 1915 20 March 1920 8 February 1921...
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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 B. J. Vorster on 4 February...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 7 July 1943 to elect the 150 members of the House of Assembly. The United Party of Jan Smuts won an absolute...
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    government and is the commander-in-chief of the South African National Defence Force. Between 1961 and 1994, the office of head of state was the state presidency...
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