South African Party

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defunct political party political party

The South African Party was a major early 20th-century political party that governed the Union of South Africa and promoted a policy of white unity and gradual segregation before being succeeded by the National Party.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
South African Party (Cape Colony)	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct political party ⓘ political party ⓘ
activeInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
aimedFor	reconciliation between Afrikaners and English-speakers ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
foundedBy	Jan Smuts ⓘ Louis Botha ⓘ
governanceApproach	compromise between Afrikaner and British interests ⓘ gradualist approach to segregation ⓘ
governed	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
headquartersLocation	Cape Town ⓘ
heldOffice	Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
historicalContext	post-Boer War reconciliation ⓘ
ideology	liberal-conservative ⓘ segregationism ⓘ white unity ⓘ
languageOfSupportBase	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ
leader	Jan Smuts ⓘ Louis Botha ⓘ
mergedInto	United Party ⓘ
notableMember	J. B. M. Hertzog ⓘ Jan Smuts ⓘ Louis Botha ⓘ
operatedIn	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
opposedBy	Labour Party (South Africa) ⓘ National Party (South Africa) ⓘ surface form: National Party
participatedIn	South African general elections ⓘ
policyOnRace	gradual extension of segregation laws ⓘ maintenance of white political dominance ⓘ
position	centre-right ⓘ
precededBy	Afrikaner Bond ⓘ South African Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South African Party (Cape Colony)
promotedPolicy	gradual segregation ⓘ white unity ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
succeededBy	National Party (South Africa) ⓘ surface form: National Party United Party ⓘ
supportBase	white Afrikaners ⓘ white English-speaking South Africans ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Jan Smuts → memberOf → South African Party ⓘ

Koos de la Rey → memberOf → South African Party ⓘ

Louis Botha → memberOf → South African Party ⓘ

United Party (South Africa) → mergedFrom → South African Party ⓘ

South African Party → precededBy → South African Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Party (Cape Colony)

United Party (South Africa) → precededBy → South African Party ⓘ

NP → predecessor → South African Party ⓘ

subject surface form: National Party

National Party (South Africa) → predecessor → South African Party ⓘ