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| 1915 |
| | | The nearest star to earth, the red dwarf Proxima Centauri 4.22 light years away, is discovered by Robert Innes, Scottish director of the Johannesburg Observatory | |
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| 1915 July |
| | | South African troops capture German South West Africa | |
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| 1919 |
| | | More than 300 die when British troops fire on a peaceful demonstration in Amritsar | |
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| 1919 |
| | | The League of Nations makes South West Africa (Namibia) a mandated British territory, to be administered by South Africa | |
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| 1919 |
| | | On the death of Louis Botha, Jan Smuts succeeds him as prime minister of South Africa | |
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| 1923 |
| | | The African National Congress (ANC) is formed in South Africa by renaming the South African National Native Congress | |
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| 1923 |
| | | Rhodesia becomes a self-governing colony with political power exclusively in the hands of European settlers | |
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| 1924 |
| | | James Hertzog's National Party, committed to protecting white privilege, comes to power in South Africa | |
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| 1924 |
| | | The British rugby team touring South Africa are for the first time called the Lions | |
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| 1924 |
| | | The British government takes on the administration of Northern Rhodesia from the British South Africa Company | |
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