In the year 1961 South Africa became an Independent Republic
Following the defeat of the Boers in the Anglo–Boer or South African War, the Union of South Africa was established on May 31, 1910, as a self-governing dominion of the British Empire under the South Africa Act 1909, which merged the four previously separate British colonies: Cape Colony, Colony of Natal, Transvaal Colony, and Orange River Colony. Following the passage of the Status of the Union Act in 1934, the country became a fully autonomous nation state inside the British Empire. The monarchy ended on May 31, 1961, and was replaced by a republic as a result of a 1960 vote that legitimised the country becoming the Republic of South Africa.
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