1919 In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1919 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: Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, The Viscount Buxton.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961
(Accessed on 14 April 2017) * Prime Minister of South Africa, Prime Minister: ** Louis Botha (until 27 August). ** Jan Smuts (from 3 September). * Chief Justice of South Africa, Chief Justice: James Rose Innes

Events

;April * 23 – The Potchefstroom Teachers' College opens. ;August * 27 – Prime Minister Louis Botha dies in ...
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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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