Union era of South Africa

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historical period political era

The Union era of South Africa was the period from 1910 to 1961 when the country functioned as a self-governing dominion of the British Empire under a racially discriminatory political system that laid foundations for later apartheid.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Union era of South Africa canonical	1
Union of South Africa era	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ political era ⓘ
capital	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria
conflict	Rand Rebellion of 1922 ⓘ South-West Africa Campaign ⓘ surface form: South African campaign in German South West Africa
countryName	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
currency	South African pound ⓘ
dependentOn	British Empire ⓘ
disenfranchisedGroup	most Black Africans ⓘ most Coloured people ⓘ most Indian South Africans ⓘ
endDate	1961-05-31 ⓘ
endedBy	proclamation of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 ⓘ
establishedBy	South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
firstMonarch	Edward VII ⓘ
followedBy	South Africa ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Africa
foreignPolicyFeature	close ties with the United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy ⓘ self-governing dominion ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister of South Africa ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
judicialCapital	Bloemfontein ⓘ
keyEvent	1950s apartheid legislation ⓘ 1960 republican referendum ⓘ Hertzog government ⓘ surface form: Hertzog-Smuts coalition government Smuts government ⓘ surface form: National Party election victory of 1948 Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 ⓘ participation in World War I ⓘ participation in World War II ⓘ
laidFoundationsFor	apartheid ⓘ
legislativeCapital	Cape Town ⓘ
locatedIn	South Africa ⓘ
majorEthnicPowerBloc	Afrikaners ⓘ English-speaking whites ⓘ
memberOf	Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ surface form: British Commonwealth
monarch	Edward VIII ⓘ Elizabeth II ⓘ George V ⓘ George VI ⓘ
notableLeader	D. F. Malan ⓘ Hendrik Verwoerd ⓘ J. B. M. Hertzog ⓘ J. G. Strijdom ⓘ Jan Smuts ⓘ Louis Botha ⓘ
officialLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ
partOf	history of South Africa ⓘ
politicalSystem	racially discriminatory system ⓘ white minority rule ⓘ
precededBy	Cape Colony ⓘ Colony of Natal ⓘ surface form: Natal Colony Orange River Colony ⓘ Transvaal ⓘ surface form: Transvaal Colony
startDate	1910-05-31 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa → historicalEra → Union era of South Africa ⓘ

Supreme Court of South Africa → historicalPeriod → Union era of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of South Africa era