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South Africa in 1947

Name: South Africa in 1947 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for South Africa in 1947, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

4Records

4Events

3Named people

2Places

2Categories

Historical records

January

21 January 1947Refuses to place South West Africa under United Nations trusteeshipJan Christian Smuts

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Refuses to place South West Africa under United Nations trusteeship

February

1 February 1947George V departs to South Africa to help Smuts against the NationalistSmuts

Portsmouth · Government / Government of South Africa

George V departs to South Africa to help Smuts against the Nationalist Party

Other Events

1947ElectionDavid Pieter de Villiers Graaff

Politics / United Party

Unsuccesfully stands for election

1947Visited by the British Royal familyJan Christian Smuts

Government / Government of South Africa

Visited by the British Royal family

Names involved

David Pieter de Villiers GraaffJan Christian SmutsSmuts

Places involved

PortsmouthPretoria

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.