Louis Botha
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Louis Botha was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, the forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war veteran during the Second Boer Wa
Botha during the Boer War
A Punch cartoon expressing surprise at Botha's appointment as Premier of the Transvaal Colony. The cartoon states: "SHADE OF PAUL KRUGER. "What! Botha Premier? Well, these English do 'stagger Humanity'!" In 1907 South Africa was, in effect, given back to the Dutch.", 6 March 1907.
Statue near The Houses of Parliament, Cape Town by Romano Romanelli
Union of South Africa
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The Union of South Africa was a British Dominion and, later, a Commonwealth realm in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961. It was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. I
Louis Botha
…locally BOOR-tə, Afrikaans pronunciation: ; 27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919) was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, the forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war veteran during the Second Boer War, Botha eventually fought to have South Africa become…
Holiday Time in Cape Town (1891–1899) depicted an imagined future united South Africa at a time when the idea was being widely debated in the Cape Colony.
The first Union cabinet, 1910
South West Africa stamp: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret on the 1947 Royal Tour of South Africa
A No. 5 Squadron SAAF Kittyhawk fighter aircraft in Italy