12-729: According to the Native Administration Act, 1927 (Act No. 38 of 1927; subsequently renamed the Bantu Administration Act, 1927 and the Black Administration Act, 1927 ), the Governor-General of South Africa could "banish" a 'native' or 'tribe' from one area to another whenever he deemed this 'expedient or in the general public interest'. This Act set up a separate legal system for the administration of African law and made
24-476: A fine of one hundred pounds or both", thus it became popularly known as the "hostility law". Many provisions of the act became unconstitutional on the introduction of the Interim Constitution of South Africa on 27 April 1994, which invalidated all laws which unfairly discriminated on the basis of race. The remaining provisions of the act have been repealed, or will be repealed on a future date, by
36-508: The Native Affairs Act, 1920 , part of a process of transferring power over the regulation of African life from Parliament to the executive. Moreover, it included a clause which stated: "Any person who utters any words or does any other act or thing whatever with intent to promote any feeling of hostility between Natives and Europeans, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment not exceeding one year or to
48-820: The Repeal of the Black Administration Act and Amendment of Certain Laws Act, 2005 . This article related to Apartheid legislation in South Africa is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This legislation article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Governor-General of South Africa The governor-general of the Union of South Africa ( Afrikaans : Goewerneur-generaal van Unie van Suid-Afrika ; Dutch : Goeverneur-generaal van de Unie van Zuid-Afrika )
60-462: The first holders of the post were members of the British royal family including Prince Arthur of Connaught between 1920 and 1924, and Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone , who served between 1924 and 1931, before becoming the governor general of Canada . As in other Dominions, this would change, and from 1943 onward only South Africans (in fact, only Afrikaners ) held the office. The office
72-470: The governor-general/state president was bound by convention to act on the prime minister's advice. Thus, the prime minister was the country's leading political figure and de facto chief executive, with powers similar to those of his British counterpart . The first prime minister was Louis Botha , a former Boer general and war hero during the Second Boer War . The position of Prime Minister
84-505: The proclaimed Black areas subject to a separate political regime from the remainder of the country, ultimately subject only to rule by proclamation, not parliament. The central imperative behind the Act was to establish a strong enough system of national 'native administration' to contain the political pressures that were likely to result from the legislative measures necessary for the implementation of territorial segregation. It was, together with
96-573: Was abolished in 1984, when the State President was given executive powers after a new constitution was adopted – effectively merging the role of Prime Minister and State President. The last Prime Minister of South Africa, P. W. Botha , became the first executive State President after the constitutional reform in 1984 after Marais Viljoen 's retirement. In post-apartheid South Africa, the Inkatha Freedom Party has called for
108-900: Was established by the South Africa Act 1909 . Until the Balfour Declaration of 1926 the governor-general was the representative of the British government in South Africa and was appointed by the Colonial Office in London. After the declaration and the Statute of Westminster 1931 the governor-general was appointed by the monarch on the advice of the South African government. Although the governor-general
120-464: Was nominally the country's chief executive, in practice he was bound by convention to act on the advice of the prime minister and the cabinet of South Africa. The following is a list of people who served as governor-general of South Africa from independence in 1910 to the establishment of a republic in 1961. †Died in office. Prime Minister of South Africa The prime minister of South Africa ( Afrikaans : Eerste Minister van Suid-Afrika)
132-533: Was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984. The position of Prime Minister was established in 1910, when the Union of South Africa was formed. He was appointed by the head of state—the governor-general until 1961 and the state president after South Africa became a republic in 1961. In practice, he was the leader of the majority party or coalition in the House of Assembly . With few exceptions,
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#1732771778509144-478: Was the highest state official in the Union of South Africa between 1910 and 1961. The Union of South Africa was founded as a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire in 1910 and the office of governor-general was established as the representative of the monarch of South Africa . Fifty-one years later, the country declared itself a republic and the office of governor-general was abolished. Some of
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