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Dutch traders landed at the southern tip of modern day South Africa in 1652 and established a stopover point on the spice route between the Netherlands and the Far East, founding the city of Cape Town. After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (Afrikaners, called "Boers" (farmers) by the British) trekked north to found their own republics in lands taken from the indigenous black inhabitants. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Afrikaners resisted British encroachments but were defeated in the Second South African War (1899-1902); however, the British and the Afrikaners, ruled together beginning in 1910 under the Union of South Africa, which became a republic in 1961 after a whites-only referendum. In 1948, the Afrikaner-dominated National Party was voted into power and instituted a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races - which favored the white minority at the expense of the black majority. The African National Congress (ANC) led the opposition to apartheid and many top ANC leaders, such as Nelson MANDELA, spent decades in South Africa's prisons. Internal protests and insurgency, as well as boycotts by some Western nations and institutions, led to the regime's eventual willingness to negotiate a peaceful transition to majority rule. The first multi-racial elections in 1994 following the end of apartheid ushered in majority rule under an ANC-led government. South Africa has since struggled to address apartheid-era imbalances in decent housing, education, and health care. ANC infighting came to a head in 2008 when President Thabo MBEKI was recalled by Parliament, and Deputy President Kgalema MOTLANTHE, succeeded him as interim president. Jacob ZUMA became president after the ANC won general elections in 2009; he was reelected in 2014.


South Africa is a parliamentary republic.


Source: CIA World Factbook

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Legislación
Sudáfrica, África austral, África

This Act makes provision with respect to a uniform system for effective immovable asset management within government. "Immovable asset" means any immovable asset acquired or owned by government, excluding any right contemplated in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002.The Act defines duties and powers of national and provincial authorities in relation with effective asset management including the disposal of state lands and lays down principles of immovable asset management.

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Legislación
Sudáfrica, África austral, África

This Act amends the Deeds Registries Act 1937 in provisions concerning, among other things: the definition of " deeds registry"; the issuing of a certificate of title to replace a lost or destroyed deed; and change of deeds.

Amends: Deeds Registries Act. (2000)

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Regulaciones
Sudáfrica, África austral, África

These Regulations amend the Regulations made under the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 in regulation concerning the organization of the sectional title register and in Annexure 1 concerning a form to be prepared by the Conveyancer regarding sectional mortgage bonds

Amends: Regulations made under the Sectional Titles Act, 1986. (1988-04-08)

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Legislación
Sudáfrica, África austral, África

This Act establishes a system of integrated coastal and estuarine management in South Africa.

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Legislación
Sudáfrica, África austral, África

The Act consists of 47 sections divided into 10 Chapters: Definitions and applications of the Act (1); Juristic personality and legal system of tenure (2; Transfer and registration of communal land (3) Provision of comparable redress where tenure cannot be legally secured (4); The conduct of land rights enquiry (5); Content, making and registration of community rules (6); Land Administration Committee (7); Land Rights Board (8); Kwazulu-Natal Ingonyama Trust land (9); General provisions (10).Section 2 defines the land to which provisions of this Act apply.

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