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Republic of South Africa Republiek van Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans) | |||||||||
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1910–1990 | |||||||||
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(1982–1994) | |||||||||
Motto: Ex Unitate Vires (Latin for "From Unity, Strength") | |||||||||
Anthem: "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" (English: "The Call of South Africa") | |||||||||
Status | Period of South Africa | ||||||||
Capital | Cape Town (legislative) Pretoria (administrative) Bloemfontein (judicial) | ||||||||
Common languages | Afrikaans | ||||||||
Government | White ethnostate | ||||||||
State President | |||||||||
• 1961-1967 | Charles Robberts Swart (first) | ||||||||
• 1989-1994 | F. W. de Klerk (last) | ||||||||
Vice State President | |||||||||
• 1981-1984 | Alwyn Schlebusch (first & last) | ||||||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||
Senate | |||||||||
House of Assembly | |||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1910 | ||||||||
• Republic | 31 May 1961 | ||||||||
• End of apartheid | 1 September 1990 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
1990 | 2,045,320 km2 (789,700 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1990 | 36,794,000 | ||||||||
Currency | South African rand | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | ZA | ||||||||
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Today part of | Namibia South Africa |