Historical place archive

Cape Province in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Cape Province in South Africa. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records5 event labels2 people1936–1966

Historical events in Cape Province

1936

1936
National Party Organiser
Pieter Willem Botha · National Party

Leaves university to work as a National Party organiser.

1936
Political Career Begins
Pieter Willem Botha · National Party

Begins full-time political activity for the Afrikaner nationalist movement.

1951

1951
Party Leader
David Pieter de Villiers Graaff · United Party

Appointed Party Leader for the United Party in the Cape

1966

1966
Cape National Party Leadership
Pieter Willem Botha · National Party

Becomes leader of the National Party in the Cape Province.

1966
Provincial Party Leadership
Pieter Willem Botha · National Party

Builds a strong provincial base within the governing party.

Provenance

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