South African Republic
The
South African Republic (
Dutch:
Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), not to be confused with the
Republic of South Africa, occupied the area later known as the
province of
Transvaal, first from
1857 to
1877, and again, after a successful
Afrikaner rebellion against British rule, from
1881 until its annexation by the
United Kingdom in
1900 during the
Boer War. The first president of the South African Republic was
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius. He was elected in 1857.
The capital was established at Pretoria (founded 1855). The parliament, the Volksraad, had 24 members.