Republic of South Africa (apartheid era)

Republic of South Africa (apartheid era) was a state in South Africa and Namibia (Central and Southern Africa) that lasted from 1961 to 1994 CE, about 33 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

A republic outside the Commonwealth from 1961, it enforced racial segregation, created nominally independent Bantustans and banned the ANC. Uprisings, sanctions and negotiations led to the first democratic election in 1994.

See Republic of South Africa (apartheid era) on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1961 to 1994 CE

Duration

33 years

Type

State

Region

South Africa and Namibia, Central and Southern Africa

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Pretoria

Came from

• Union of South Africa 1910 to 1961 CE

Became

• South Africa 1994 CE to the present

Events in Central and Southern Africa during its time

• 1994 Rwandan genocide
• 1994 Mandela elected president

Neighbours in Central and Southern Africa

• South Africa 1994 CE to the present
• Kingdom of Buganda c. 1300 to 1966 CE
• Portuguese Mozambique 1505 to 1975 CE
• Portuguese Angola 1575 to 1975 CE
• Sultanate of Zanzibar 1856 to 1964 CE
• British Kenya 1895 to 1963 CE
• Madagascar 1960 CE to the present
• Tanzania 1961 CE to the present
• Uganda 1962 CE to the present
• Rwanda 1962 CE to the present

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia
• Republic of India 1947 CE to the present, South Asia
• People's Republic of China 1949 CE to the present, East Asia
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE, Europe

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