Volksraad of the South African Republic

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legislative assembly parliament unicameral legislature

The Volksraad of the South African Republic was the legislative assembly of the Boer republic of Transvaal, serving as its highest law-making body in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Volksraad of the South African Republic canonical 6
Volksraad 3
South African Republic government 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative assembly ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
surface form: Raad van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek

Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
surface form: Transvaal Volksraad

Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
surface form: Volksraad of the Transvaal
appliesToJurisdiction South African Republic ⓘ
composedOf elected representatives ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South African Republic ⓘ
Transvaal ⓘ
countryContext South African Republic ⓘ
surface form: Boer republic of Transvaal
dissolvedAsConsequenceOf incorporation of the Transvaal into the British Empire ⓘ
followed Boer tradition of elected volksraad ⓘ
governmentalFunction declaring war and peace ⓘ
enacting laws ⓘ
ratifying treaties ⓘ
governmentTypeContext Boer republic ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver citizens of the South African Republic ⓘ
territory of the South African Republic ⓘ
hasRole budget approval ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Afrikaans ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
legalSystemContext Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf South African Republic ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf government of the South African Republic ⓘ
locatedIn Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Pretoria

Transvaal ⓘ
metIn Volksraad chamber in Pretoria ⓘ
partOf political system of the South African Republic ⓘ
politicalIdeologyContext Boer republicanism ⓘ
precededBy earlier Boer republican councils ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedTo South African Republic ⓘ
South African Republic ⓘ
surface form: Transvaal Republic

Volksraad of the Orange Free State ⓘ
represented burghers of the South African Republic ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Pretoria
servedAs highest law-making body of the South African Republic ⓘ
typeOfLegislature national legislature ⓘ
usedLanguage Afrikaans ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
wasAbolishedFollowing British annexation after the Second Boer War ⓘ
wasPartOf constitutional framework of the South African Republic ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey → memberOf → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
Coat of arms of the South African Republic → usedBy → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: government of the South African Republic
Coat of arms of the South African Republic → adoptedBy → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
Commandant-General of the South African Republic → governingBody → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
South African Republic → legislature → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volksraad
State President of the South African Republic → appointedBy → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
State President of the South African Republic → cooperatedWith → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
Transvaal pound → monetaryAuthority → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: South African Republic government
Boer republics → governedBy → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volksraad
Boer general Koos de la Rey → memberOf → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Koos de la Rey
Volksraad of the South African Republic → alsoKnownAs → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volksraad of the Transvaal
Volksraad of the South African Republic → alsoKnownAs → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transvaal Volksraad
Volksraad of the South African Republic → alsoKnownAs → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raad van de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
Natalia → legislature → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Natalia Republic
this entity surface form: Volksraad
Kaiser Wilhelm II Kruger Telegram → sentTo → Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: South African Republic government