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    Parliamentary elections were held in South West Africa on 16 November 1955. The whites-only election again saw victory and an overwhelming majority for...
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    the pro-nationalist Whites of South-West Africa. The NP increased its parliamentary majority in almost every election between 1948 and 1977.[citation...
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    South West Africa, renamed to Namibia from 12 June 1968, was an occupied part of the Union of South Africa and later the Republic of South Africa from...
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    South Africa—the forerunner of the modern South African state. He appointed the first cabinet of the Union of South Africa after the general election...
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  • Elections in South Africa are held for the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces, provincial legislatures and municipal councils. Elections...
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    Army (APLA) guerrilla raids into South Africa or against South African targets in South West Africa; frequent South African reprisal attacks on these movements'...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 15 April 1953. The elections consolidated the position of the National Party under D. F. Malan, which won...
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    members of Parliament were elected chiefly by the South African white minority. The first elections with universal suffrage were held in 1994. Both chambers...
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    International Parliamentary Union Section 35 of the South Africa Act 1909 The South African Constitution, by H.J. May (3rd edition 1955, Juta & Co) pp...
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    diminishing the land rights of Africans in scheduled areas. The Population Registration Act, 1950, required that every South African be classified into one of...
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