1929 In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1929 in South Africa. Incumbents * King of South Africa, Monarch: King George V. * Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, The Earl of Athlone. * Prime Minister of South Africa, Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog. * Chief Justice of South Africa, Chief Justice: William Henry Solomon then Jacob de Villiers. Events ;June * 14 – The National Party (South Africa), National Party under J. B. M. Hertzog, J.B.M. Hertzog wins the South African general election with an outright majority for a second consecutive term. ;July * 24 – Union Airways Pty. Ltd. is founded, to be nationalised as South African Airways on 1 February 1934.SAA Museum Soc ...
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King Of South Africa
From 1910 to 1961, the Union of South Africa was a self-governing country that shared a monarch with the United Kingdom and the other Dominions of the British Empire. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the governor-general of the Union of South Africa. South Africa became a republic and left the Commonwealth of Nations on 31 May 1961. On 31 May 1994, South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth as a republic, after the end of apartheid. History The monarchy was created by the South Africa Act 1909 which united four British colonies in Southern Africa: Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony and Transvaal. The act also made provisions for admitting Southern Rhodesia as a fifth province of the union in the future, but Southern Rhodesian voters rejected this option in a referendum held in 1922. South-West Africa became a League of Nations mandate of the union in 1915. Following a referendum on the subject, South Africa adopted a new constitution in 196 ...
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