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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 2. South of the Limpopo | |
| 1914, Jan | |
| J. B. Hertzog became the leader of the Nationalist Party, composed of “Afrikaners,” defined as those who placed South Africa's interests first. Imperial and mining interests were represented by the ruling South African Party under Botha. Strike by white miners in Natal and on Rand was put down by the army, drawing Nationalist and (white) Labor parties closer. | 1 |
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| South Africa entered World War I as part of the British Empire and invaded German South West Africa (SWA), prompting an Afrikaner rebellion in the Orange Free State, led by Gen. De Wet; the rebellion was put down by December. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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