Union of South Africa
Britishnoun
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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
The last Boers to surrender, the bittereinders, helped to form the government of the new Union of South Africa in 1910; they were the bedrock of the National Party on which apartheid was built.
From The Guardian
This dates back to the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 after four British colonies were unified and agreement could not be reached on where the capital would be located.
From BBC
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
Still, between 30 to 40 percent of black-owned farms were profitable before the drought, according to the National African Farmers Union of South Africa, which represents black farmers like Mr. Koee.
From New York Times
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