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Union of South Africa

British  

noun

  1. the former name (1910–61) of (the Republic of) South Africa

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 1910, the two former Boer republics, the Cape Colony, and the British-controlled Natal Colony came together to form the Union of South Africa.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

The building was completed in 1884 and in 1910, following the compromise that saw the creation of the Union of South Africa, parliament remained in Cape Town but the country was governed from Pretoria.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2022

In March 1917, the white-run parliament of the Union of South Africa, then a British imperial dominion, paid tribute to the dead.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2017

The demonstrations have triggered similar reactions elsewhere, with a statue outside parliament of Afrikaner Boer war hero and former prime minister of the Union of South Africa, Louis Botha, vandalized with paint.

From Reuters ● Apr. 9, 2015

July 8—All the German military forces in German Southwest Africa surrender unconditionally to General Botha, commander of the forces of the Union of South Africa.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 by Various

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