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Provinces of South Africa
Party abbreviations: ANC = African National Congress (mainly black, social-democratic);
DA = Democratic Alliance; IFP = Iqembu Lenatha Yenkululeko/Inkatha Freedom Party (mostly ethnic Zulu, conservative, regionalist); NNP = New National Party (Afrikaner, conservative, ex-NP, Aug 2004 merges into ANC);
- Former party: NP = National Party-Nasionale Party (Afrikaner nationalist, conservative, later NNP)
Cape
31 May 1910 The Cape a province of the Union of South Africa.
15 Sep 1914 - Jul 1915 Brief Boer rebellion.
7 May 1994 Divided Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, and
the western half of North-West provinces.
Administrators
31 May 1910 - Dec 1925 Nicolaas Frederik
de Waal (b. 1853
- d. 1932)
(from 1911, Sir Frederic de Waal)
15 Sep 1914 - Jul 1915 Solomon Gerhardus
"Manie" Martiz (b. 1876 - d. 1940)
(overall Boer revolt leader and leader
of revolt in the Cape)
Jan 1926 - Aug 1929 Adriaan
Paulus Johannes Fourie (b. 1882 - d. 1941)
Sep 1929 - Sep 1939 Johannes
Hendrik Conradie
(b. 1872 - d. 1940)
Sep 1939 - Sep 1942 François
Allen Joubert
(b. 1889 - d. 1942)
2 Oct 1942 - 31 Dec 1945 Gideon Brand van Zyl
(b. 1873 - d. 1956)
1 Jan 1946 - 1 Jul 1946 Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh
(b. 1880 - d. 1946)
23 Jul 1946 - 22 Jul 1951 Johan George Carinus
(b. 1892 - d. 1960)
1 Aug 1951 - 27 Mar 1958 Philippus Jacobus Olivier
(b. 1901 - d. 1958)
12 May 1958 - 28 Apr 1960 Josias Hendrik Otto du Plessis
(b. 1907 - d. 1960)
28 Apr 1960 - 31 May 1970 Johannes Nicholas Malan
(b. 1903)
(acting to 1 Jun 1960)
1 Jun 1970 - May 1975 Andries Heydenrich
Vosloo
Jun 1975 - Jun 1979 Lourens
Albertus Petrus Anderson (b. 1925)
Munnik
Jun 1979 - Jul 1989 Eugene
van der Merwe Louw
(b. 1931)
Jul 1989 - May 1994 Jacobus
"Kobus" Meiring
(b. 1936)
Natal
7 May 1994 Reorganized as KwaZulu-Natal province.
Administrators
May 1910 - Jan 1918 Charles
John Smythe
(b. 1852 - d. 1918)
Feb 1918 - Jan 1928 George
Thomas Plowman
(b. 1858 - d. 1943)
Feb 1928 - Jan 1943 Herbert
Gordon Watson
Feb 1943 - Nov 1944 George
Heaton Nicholls
(b. 1876 - d. 1959)
Nov 1944 - Feb 1948 Douglas
Edgar Mitchell
Feb 1948 - May 1958 Denis
Gem Shepstone
(b. 1888 - d. 1966)
Jun 1958 - Nov 1961 Alfred
Ernest Trollip
(b. 1895 - d. ....)
Nov 1961 - Aug 1970 Theodor
Johannes Adolph Gerdener (b. 1916)
Aug 1970 - Jun 1979 Wynand
Wilhelm Benjamin Havemann
Jun 1979 - Aug 1979 Frank
Martin (acting)(1st time)
Aug 1979 - Sep 1984 Jan
Christoffel "Stoffel" Greyling (b. 1929 - d. 1998)
Botha
Sep 1984 - Nov 1984 Frank
Martin (acting)(2nd time)
Nov 1984 - Apr 1990 Radclyffe
M. Cadman
(b. 1924)
Apr 1990 - 7 May 1994 Cornelius Johannes
van Rooyen Botha
Orange Free State
31 May 1910 Orange Free State a province of the Union of South Africa.
15 Sep 1914 - Oct 1914 Brief Boer rebellion.
7 May 1994 Reorganized as Free State province.
29 Jun 1995 Orange Free State renamed Free State.
Administrators
May 1910 - May 1915 Alfred
Ernest William Ramsbottom (b. 1860 - d. 1922)
15 Sep 1914 - 20 Oct 1914 Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
(b. 1854 - d. 1922)
(in rebellion)
May 1915 - 2 Mar 1924 Cornelius Hermanus
Wessels (b. 1851 - d. 1924)
(from 1920, Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels)
11 Mar 1924 - Mar 1929 Esaias Reinier Grobler
(b. 1861 - d. 1937)
Mar 1929 - 14 Nov 1936 Carl Theodorus Muller
Wilcocks (b. 1861 - d. 1936)
Nov 1936 - Dec 1936 Johannes
Buys (acting)
Dec 1936 - Dec 1940 Johannes
Frederik Janse van (b. 1898 -
d. 1966)
Rensburg
Dec 1940 - Dec 1950 Stephanus
Philippus Barnard (b. 1888 -
d. 1951)
1 Jan 1951 - Dec 1959 Jacobus "Jim"
Johannes Fouché (b. 1898 - d. 1980)
Dec 1959 - Dec 1969 Johannes
Willem Jacobus Coetzee (b. 1908)
du Plessis
Dec 1969 - 13 Dec 1974 Gabriel François
van Lingen
Froneman
(b. 1909 - d. 1981)
14 Dec 1974 - Nov 1980 Abraham C. van Wyk
Nov 1980 - Aug 1991 Louis
Johannes Botha
(b. 1939 - d. 1999)
Aug 1991 - 7 May 1994 Louis van der
Watt
(b. 1937)
Transvaal
31 May 1910 Transvaal a province of the Union of South Africa.
15 Sep 1914 - 20 Oct 1914 Brief Boer rebellion.
7 May 1994 Divided into the new provinces of Northern, Gauteng,
and Mpumalanga, and also North-West (eastern half).
Administrators
31 May 1910 - 23 Jul 1917 Johann Friedrich Bernhard Rissik
(b. 1857 - d. 1925)
15 Sep 1914 - 20 Oct 1914 Christiaan Frederick Beyers
(b. 1869 - d. 1914)
(in rebellion)
24 Jul 1917 - 29 Feb 1924 Alfred George Robertson
(b. 1867 - d. 1929)
1 Mar 1924 - 28 Feb 1929 Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
(b. 1894 - d. 1948)
1 Mar 1929 - 28 Feb 1934 Jacobus Stephanus Smit
(b. 1878 - d. 1960)
1 Mar 1934 - 29 Jul 1938 Simon Potgieter Bekker
(b. 1882 - d. 1938)
29 Jul 1938 - 1 Sep 1938 Vacant
1 Sep 1938 - 31 Aug 1948 Jacobus Johannes Pienaar
(b. 1866 - d. 1950)
31 Aug 1948 - 1 Nov 1948 Vacant
1 Nov 1948 - 31 Oct 1958 William Nicol
(b. 1887 - d. 1967)
1 Nov 1958 - 8 Feb 1966 Frans Hendrik Odendaal
(b. 1898 - d. 1966)
12 Feb 1966 - 15 Jul 1979 Sybrand Gerhardus Johannes van
(b. 1914)
Niekerk
16 Jul 1979 - 31 May 1988 Willem Adriaan Cruywagen
(b. 1921)
1 Jun 1988 - 7 May 1994 Daniel "Danie" Hough
(b. 1937)
Eastern Cape
7 May 1994
Eastern Cape province created from the Southeastern
part of the former Cape Province, added those parts of
Transkei that were situated in Natal.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 4 Feb 1997 Raymond Mhlaba
(b. 1920 - d. 2005) ANC
4 Feb 1997 - 26 Apr 2004 Makhenkesi Stofile
(b. 1944)
ANC
26 Apr 2004 -
Nosimo Balindlela (f)
(b. 1949)
ANC
Free State
28 Jun 1995 Orange Free State renamed Free State.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 18 Dec 1996 Mosiuoa Patrick Lekota
(b. 1948)
ANC
18 Dec 1996 - 15 Jun 1999 Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (f)
(b. 1937)
ANC
15 Jun 1999 - 26 Apr 2004 Isabella Winkie Direko (f)
(b. 1929)
ANC
26 Apr 2004 -
Beatrice Marshoff (f)
(b. 1957)
ANC
Gauteng
-
![[Gauteng Provincial Government flag]](za-gt.gif)
- Flag of Gauteng Provincial Government
from south central Transvaal.
28 Jun 1995 Renamed Gauteng.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 19 Jan 1997 Tokyo Sexwale
(b. 1953)
ANC
19 Jan 1997 - 15 Jun 1999 Mathole Motshekga
(b. 1949)
ANC
15 Jun 1999 -
Mbhazima Shilowa
(b. 1958)
ANC
KwaZulu-Natal
7 May 1994
Kwa Zulu-Natal created from the former Natal
province minus local parts of Transkei.
Premiers
11 May 1994 - 1 Mar 1997 Frank Mdlalose
(b. 1931)
IFP
1 Mar 1997 - 5 Feb 1999 Baldwin "Ben" Ngubane
(b. 1941)
IFP
(acting to 19 Mar 1997)
5 Feb 1999 - 10 Feb 1999 Nyanga Ngubane (acting)
IFP
10 Feb 1999 - 23 Apr 2004 Lionel Mtshali
(b. 1935)
IFP
23 Apr 2004 -
Joel Sibusiso "S'bu" Ndebele (b. 1948)
ANC
Limpopo
7 May 1994
Northern Transvaal province created from
northern Transvaal.
28 Jun 1995
Northern Transvaal province renamed Northern.
14 Feb 2002
Name change to Limpopo announced (confirmed 11 Jun 2003).
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 22 Apr 2004 Ngoako Ramathlodi
(b. 1955)
ANC
22 Apr 2004 - 26 Apr 2004 Catherine Mabuza (f) (acting)
(b. 1945)
ANC
26 Apr 2004 -
Sello Moloto
(b. 1964)
ANC
Mpumalanga
![[flag of Mpumalanga]](za-mp.gif)
Adopted 25 Mar 1996
7 May 1994
Eastern Transvaal province created from
southeastern Transvaal.
25 Aug 1995
Renamed Mpumalanga.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 15 Jun 1999 Mathews Phosa
(b. 1952)
ANC
15 Jun 1999 - 30 Apr 2004 Ndaweni Mahlangu
(b. 1948)
ANC
30 Apr 2004 -
Thabang Makwetla
(b. 1957)
ANC
North-West
7 May 1994
North-West province created from the northeastern most
part of the former Cape Province and from the southeastern
half of Transvaal.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 30 Apr 2004 Popo Molefe
(b. 1952)
ANC
30 Apr 2004 -
Edna Molewa (f)
(b. 1957)
ANC
Northern Cape
7 May 1994
Northern Cape province created from the northern part of
the former Cape Province.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 30 Apr 2004 Manne Dipico
(b. 1959)
ANC
30 Apr 2004 -
Elizabeth Dipuo Peters (f)
(b. 1960)
ANC
Western Cape
7 May 1994
Western Cape province created from the Southwestern
part of the former Cape Province.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 11 May 1998 Hernus Kriel
(b. 1941)
NP
11 May 1998 - 12 Nov 2001 Gerald Morkel
(b. 1941)
NP/NNP
12 Nov 2001 - 5 Dec 2001 Cecil Herandien (acting)
(b. 1951)
NNP
5 Dec 2001 - 3 Jun 2002 Peter Marais
(b. 1948)
NNP
3 Jun 2002 - 21 Jun 2002 Piet Meyer (acting)
NNP
21 Jun 2002 - 23 Apr 2004 Marthinus Van Schalkwyk
(b. 1959)
NNP
23 Apr 2004 - 30 Apr 2004 Leonard Ramatlakane (acting)
ANC
30 Apr 2004 -
Ebrahim Rasool
(b. 1962)
ANC
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