South Africa (english)/Suid-Afrika (afrikaans)/Ningizimu Afrika (zulu)

                                                             1300 – 1654: amaHlubi

 

                                                             1654 – 1795: Dutch/Nederlands/Isiholandi

 

                                                             1795 – 1803: British/Britse/i-British

 

                                                              1803 – 14: Dutch/Nederlands/Isiholandi

 

                                                             1814 – 1910: British/Britse/i-British

 

                                                             1910 – 48: Union/Unie/Inyunyana

 

                                                             1948 – 94: Apartheid/Uhlelo lobandlululo

 

                                                             1994 -: Republic/Republiek/iRiphabhuliki

 

Transvaal State Presidents/Staatspresidente/ Umongameli isimo

                                                            1883 – 1902: Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger

 

Governors/Goewerneurs/Ababusi

                                                             1902 – 05: Alfred Milner

 

                                                             1905 – 10: William Waldegrave Palmer

 

South Africa/ Suid-Afrika/Ningizimu Afrika

Governors-general/ Goewerneurs-Generaal/Abaphathi-jikelele

                                                             1910 – 14: Herbert John Gladstone

 

                                                             1914 – 20: Sydney Charles Buxton

 

                                                             1920 – 23: Arthur Frederick Patrick of Connaught

 

                                                              1923 – 24: James Rose-Innes

 

                                                           1924 – 31: Augustus Alexander George Cambridge

 

                                                             1931 – 37: George Herbert Hyde Villiers

 

                                                             1937 – 43: Patrick Duncan

 

                                                              1943 – 46: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet

 

                                                             1946 – 51: Gideon Brand van Zyl

 

                                                              1951 – 59: Ernest George Jansen

 

                                                              1959: Lucas Cornelius Steyn

                                                             1959 – 61: Charles Robberts Swart

 

                                                             1961: Lucas Cornelius Steyn

State Presidents/ Staatspresidente/Umongameli isimo (apartheid)

                                                             1961 – 67: Charles Robberts Swart

 

                                                             1967: Theophilus E. Dönges

 

                                                            1967 – 68: Jozua François Naudé

 

                                                             1968 – 75: Jacobus Johannes Fouché

 

                                                             1975: Johannes de Klerk

 

                                                              1975 – 78: Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs

 

                                                              1978: Marais Viljoen

 

                                                             1978 – 79: Balthazar Johannes Vorster

 

                                                             1979 – 84: Marais Viljoen

 

                                                             1984 – 89: Pieter Willem Botha

 

                                                             1989 – 94: Frederik Willem de Klerk

 

Presidents/Presidente/Umongameli

                                                            1994 – 99: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

 

                                                              1999 – 2008: Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

 

                                                              2008: Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri

 

                                                             2008 – 09: Kgalema Motlanthe

 

                                                              2009 – 18: Jacob Zuma

 

                                                              2018 -: Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa

 

Foreignminister/ Buitelandse minister/ Ungqongqoshe Wezangaphandle

Ministers/ Ungqongqoshe

                                                             1955 – 64: Eric Louw

 

                                                            1964 – 77: Hilgard Muller

 

                                                             1977 – 94: Roelof Botha

 

                                                              1994 – 99: Alfred Nzo

 

                                                             1999 – 2009: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

 

                                                              2009 – 18: Maite Nkoana-Mashabane

 

                                                              2018 – 19: Lindiwe Sisulu

 

                                                              2019 -: Naledi Pandor

 

National Assembly/Nasionale byeenkoms/ IsiGungu Sikazwelonke

Speakers/Sprekers/Izipikha

                                                            1910 – 15: James Tennant Molteno

 

                                                            1915 – 24: Joel Krige

                                                            1924 – 29: Ernest George Jansen

 

                                                            1929 – 33: Jan Hendrick Hofmeyr de Waal

 

                                                             1933 – 44: Ernest George Jansen

 

                                                             1944 – 48: Clifford Meyer van Coller

                                                             1948 – 50: Jozua François Naudé

 

                                                             1951 – 60: Johannes Conradie

                                                             1961 – 74:: Henning Johannes Klopper

                                                             1974 – 76: Alwyn Schlebusch

 

                                                              1976 – 81: Jannie Loots

                                                              1981 – 83: J.P. du Toit

                                                              1983 – 86: Johan Greeff

                                                              1987 – 91: Louis le Grange

                                                              1991 – 94: Gene Louw

                                                             1994 – 2004: Frene Ginwala

 

                                                             2004 – 08: Baleka Mbete

 

                                                             2008 – 09: Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde

 

                                                             2009 – 14: Max Sisulu

 

                                                             2014 – 19: Baleka Mbete

 

                                                             2019 -: Thandi Modise

 

                                                                                                            Political Parties/Politieke partye/ Amaqembu ezepolitiki

African National Congress/Afrikaanse Nasionale Kongres

Presidents-general/Presidente-generaal/Omongameli-jikelele

Secretaries-general/Sekretarisse-generaal/ Onobhala-jikelele

                                                             1912 – 17: John Langalibalele Dube

                                                             1912 – 17: Sol Plaatje

                                                            1917 – 24: Sefako Mapogo Makgatho

                                                             1917 – 19: Isaiah Bud-M'belle

                                                            1924 – 27: Zaccheus R. Mahabane

                                                              1919 – 23: Saul Msane

                                                            1927 – 30: Josiah Tshangana Gumede

                                                             1923 – 27: T.D. Mweli Skota

                                                            1930 – 36: Pixley ka Isaka Seme

                                                              1927 – 30: E.J. Khaile

                                                             1937 – 40: Zaccheus R. Mahabane

                                                                 1930 – 36: Elijah Mdolomba

                                                             1940 – 49: Alfred Bitini Xuma

                                                             1936 – 49: James Calata

                                                            1949 – 52: James Moroka

                                                             1949 – 55: Walter Sisulu

                                                             1952 – 67: Albert Luthuli

                                                             1955 – 58: Oliver Tambo

                                                            1967 – 91: Oliver Tambo

                                                              1958 – 69: Duma Nokwe

                                                             1991 – 97: Nelson Mandela

                                                             1969 – 91: Alfred Nzo

                                                              1997 – 2007: Thabo Mbeki

                                                             1991 – 97: Cyril Ramaphosa

                                                              2007 – 17: Jacob Zuma

                                                             1997 – 2007: Kgalema Motlanthe

                                                             2017 -: Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa

                                                             2007 – 17: Gwede Mantashe

 

                                                             2017 -: Ace Magashule

New National Party/ Nuwe Nasionale Party/Iqembu elisha likazwelonke

Leaders/Leiers/ Abaholi

                                                             1914 – 40: James Barry Munnik Hertzog

 

                                                             1940 – 54: Daniel F. Malan

 

                                                             1954 – 58: Johannes G. Strijdom

 

                                                             1958 – 66: Hendrik F. Verwoerd

 

                                                            1966 – 78: Balthazar Johannes Vorster

 

                                                             1978 – 89: Pieter Willem Botha

 

                                                             1989 – 97: Frederik W. de Klerk

 

                                                              1997 – 2006: Marthinus van Schalkwyk

 

Democratic Alliance/ Demokratiese Alliansie/ Inhlangano

South African Party/Suid-Afrikaanse Party/ Iqembu laseNingizimu Afrika

Leaders/Leiers/ Abaholi

                                                             1910 – 19: Louis Botha

 

                                                             1919 – 34: Jan Christiaan Smuts

 

United Party/Verenigde Party/ Iqembu Elibumbene

Leaders/Leiers/ Abaholi

                                                            1934 – 39: James Barry Munnik Hertzog

 

                                                             1939 – 50: Jan Christiaan Smuts

 

                                                             1950 – 56: Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss

 

                                                             1956 – 77: David Pieter de Villiers Graaff

 

New Republic Party/Nuwe Republiek party/ Iqembu elisha leRiphabhulikhi

Leaders/Leiers/ Abaholi

                                                            1977 – 84: Vause Raw

 

                                                            1984 – 87: Bill Sutton

Independent Party/Onafhanklike Party/Iqembu Elizimele

Leaders/Leiers/ Abaholi

                                                             1987 – 89: Denis Worrall

 

Democratic Party/ Demokratiese Party

Leaders/Leiers/ Abaholi

                                                             1989 – 93: Wynand Malan

 

                                                             1994 – 2000: Anthony James Leon

 

Democratic Alliance Leaders/Leiers van die Demokratiese Alliansie/ Abaholi beDemocratic Alliance

                                                            2000 - 07: Anthony James Leon

 

                                                             2007 – 15: Helen Zille

 

                                                              2015 – 19: Mmusi Maimane

 

                                                             2019 -: John Steenhuisen

 

Inkatha Freedom Party/ Inkatha-Vryheidsparty

Leader/Leiers/ Abaholi

                                                             1975 – 2019: Mangosuthu Buthelezi

 

                                                            2019 -: Velenkosini Hlabisa

 

Pan Africanist Congress/Afrikaans/Afrika/Ipani umAfrika

Presidents/Presidente/ Omongameli

                                                             1959 – 63: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe

 

                                                              1962 – 79: Potlako Leballo

 

                                          1979: David Sibeko,Vusumzi Make,Ellias Ntloedibe

 

                                                             1979 – 81: Vusumzi Make

 

                                                             1981 – 85: John Nyathi Pokela

 

                                                            1985 – 86: Johnson Mlambo

 

                                                            1986 – 90: Zephania Lekoane Mothopeng

 

                                                            1990 – 96: Clarence Mlamli Makwetu

 

                                                            1999 – 2003: L. Mokgoba

                                                             2003 – 06: Motsoko Pheko

 

                                                              2006 – 13: Letlapa Mphahlele

 

                                                             2013 – 19: Alton Mphethi

 

                                                             2019 -: Mzwanele Nyhontso

 

                                                                                                                        Province/Provinsie/Isifundazwe

Cape/ Kaap (afrikaans)/Kapa (xhosa)

                                                              2000 a.c – 1652 d.c: Nguni

 

                                                             1652 – 1795: Dutch/Nederlands/IsiDatshi

 

                                                            1795 – 1803: British/Britse

 

                                                             1803 – 06: Dutch/Nederlands/IsiDatshi

 

                                                             1806 – 1910: British/Britse

 

                                                             1910 -: South Africa/Mzantsi Afrika/ Afrika Borwa

 

Governors (english)/Goewerneur (afrikaans)/ Lirhuluneli (zulu)/ Babusi (sotho)

Western Cape Premiers (english)/Wes-Kaap (afrikaans)/ IiNkulumbuso zeNtshona Koloni (xhosa)

                                                            1897 – 1901: Alfred Milner

                                                               1994 – 98: Hernus Kriel

                                                             1901 – 10: Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson

                                                             1998 – 2001: Gerald Morkel

Administrators/Administrateurs/ Abalawuli/ Baokameli

                                                               2001: Cecil Herandien

                                                            1910 – 25: Frederic de Waal

                                                             2001 – 02: Peter Marais

                                                             1926 – 29: Adriaan Paulus Johannes Fourie

                                                              2002: Piet Meyer

                                                             1929 – 39: Johannes Hendrik Conradie

                                                             2002 – 04: Marthinus van Schalkwyk

                                                             1939 – 42: François Allan Joubert

                                                             2004: Leonard Ramatlakane

                                                            1942 – 45: Gideon Brand van Zyl

                                                             2004 – 08: Ebrahim Rasool

                                                             1946: Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh

                                                             2008 – 09: Lynne Brown

                                                              1946 – 51: Johan George Carinus

                                                             2009 – 19: Helen Zille

                                                             1951 – 58: Philippus Jacobus Olivier

                                                             2019 -: Alan Winde

                                                             1958 – 60: Josias Hendrik Otto du Plessis

 

                                                              1960 – 70: Johannes Nicholas Malan

 

                                                              1970 – 75: Andries Heydenrich Vosloo

 

                                                     1975 – 79: Lourens Albertus Petrus Anderson Munnik

 

                                                                1979 – 89: Gene Louw

 

                                                             1989 – 94: Kobus Meiring

 

Eastern Cape Premiers (english)/Oos-Kaap / IiNkulumbuso zaseMpuma Koloni (xhosa)/ Ditonakgolo tsa Kapa Botjhabela (sotho)

 

                                                             1994 – 97: Raymond Mhlaba

 

                                                             1997 – 2004: Makhenkesi Stofile

 

                                                             2004 – 08: Nosimo Balindlela

 

                                                             2008 – 09: Mbulelo Sogoni

 

                                                              2009 – 14: Noxolo Kiviet

 

                                                             2014 – 19: Phumulo Masualle

 

                                                              2019 -: Oscar Mabuyane