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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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Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act, 2014 (No. 15 of 2014).

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The Act amend the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 in sections 6, 11, and 12 in respect o legal proceedings and in section 17 in respect of offences. It also, among other things, repeals sections 23, 26 and 26A and makes an amendment to section 42D with respect to delegation of powers.

Amends: Restitution of Land Rights Act (No. 22 of 1994). (1994-11-25)

Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (No. 16 of 2013).

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This Act concerns spatial planning in South Africa at national and local level. It provides for a uniform, effective and comprehensive system of spatial planning and land use management and development, and for the sustainable and efficient use of land. The Act consists of 62 sections divided into seven Chapters: Introductory Provisions (1); Development Principles and Norms and Standards (2); Intergovernmental Support (3); Spatial Development Frameworks (4); Land Use Management (5); Land Development Management (6); General Provisions (7).

Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Regulations: Land Use Management and General Matters, 2015 (No. 239 of 2015).

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These Regulations, made by the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform under section 54 of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act of 2013, concerns establishment by municipalities of (joint) Municipal Planning Tribunals and related matters.

Land Survey Amendment Regulations, 2014 (No. R. 832 of 2014).

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These Regulations amend the Land Survey Regulations in regulations 6, 19 and 20 in relation land survey systems. It also inserts a provision in regulation 19 which requires all components of a compiled consolidation diagram to be based on the National Reference Framework. The Surveyor-General may relax this requirement in exceptional circumstances.

Amends: Land Survey Regulations (No. R. 1130 of 1997). (1997-08-29)

Public Launch Site Regulations (No. R. 497 of 2014).

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These Regulations, made under the Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008, concern control of public launch sites as defined by these Regulations. Such sites shall be listed by authority and shall be managed by a management body appointed for such purposes. A management authority in its management plan or integrated management plan shall identify public launch sites within a protected area including those sites which share adjacent common boundaries with a terrestrial protected area.

Implements: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (No. 24 of 2008). (2009-02-09)