1894-1918 History of Southern Africa Independence









Swaziland 1918-1968



The Union of South Africa requested repeatedly that Swaziland was incorporated; the British Colonial office refused every time. Many Swazis worked in the gold mines of the Witwatersrand.
In 1921, the European Advisory Council was established as a political forum in which the white settlers were represented. It was dissolved in 1960. In 1950, the Swaziland Native Administration Proclamation was proclaimed. Political parties emerged in the early 1960es : the Sw. Progressive Party 1960, the Sw. Democratic Party 1962. On March 1st 1962, the equality of the races was proclaimed. In 1963, limited self-government was introduced, in 1966 the monarchy restored. A constitutional assembly in 1963 failed to agree on a constitution, so a constitution was octroyed by the British administration in 1964; it was replaced by a new constitution in 1967. On Sept. 6th 1968, the Kingdom of Swaziland was released into independence.






EXTERNAL
FILES
History of Swaziland from Infoplease
DOCUMENTS Flag of the High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland, from FOTW
REFERENCE Chapter 28 : Medicine Murder in Basutoland, pp.568-584, in : John Gunther, Inside Africa, NY : Harper & Bros. (1953) 1955 [G]
Deutsche Botschaft, Pretoria : Swaziland vor der Unabhängigkeit (German Embassy, Pretoria : Swaziland prior to Independence), manuscript Juli 1968, in German
Zdenek Cervenka et al., Botswana - Lesotho - Swaziland, Bonn : Deutsche Afrika-Gesellschaft, 1974, in German
Article : British South African Protectorates, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1944 p.130, 1945 p.128, 1946 pp.150-151, 1947 p.153, 1948 p.142, 1949 pp.125-126, 1950 p.130, 1951 pp.125-126, 1952 p.124 [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1953 pp.124-125 (on events in 1952) [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1954 p.125 (on events in 1953) [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1955 p.184 (on events in 1954) [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1956 p.123 (on events in 1955) [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1957 p.183 (on events in 1956) [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1958 p.121 (on events in 1957) [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1959 p.122 (on events in 1958) [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1960 p.123 (on events in 1959) [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1961 p.122 (on events in 1960) [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1962 p.109-110 (on events in 1961) [G]
Article British South African Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1963 p.224 (on events in 1962) [G]
Article Commonwealth of Nations, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1964 pp.268-269 (on events in 1963) [G]
Article Colonies and Other Dependencies, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1965 p.252 (on events of 1964) [G]
Article Colonies and Other Dependencies, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1966 p.203 (on events of 1965) [G]
Article Colonies and Other Dependencies, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1967 p.219 (on events of 1966) [G]
Article Protected States, Condominiums and Trust Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1968 p.650 (on events of 1967) [G]
Article : Swaziland, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1919 pp.205-207, 1924 pp.214-216, 1925 pp.219-220, 1926 pp.223-224, 1928 pp.221-222, 1929 pp.222-224, 1932 pp.226-227, 1937 pp.246-247, 1943 pp.239-241 [G]
Article : Swaziland, in : Americana Annual (on events of 1956) [G]
Article : Swaziland, in : Americana Annual 1927 p.812, 1928 p.742, 1930 p.732, 1931 p.723, 1932 p.677, 1933 p.729, 1934 pp.560-561, 1935 p.680, 1936 p.690, 1937 pp.662, 664, 1938 p.658, 1939 pp.720-721, 1940 p.737, 1943 pp.687-688, 1944 pp.663-664, 1945 p.680, 1946 p.702, 1947 pp.685-686, 1957 p.759 [G]
Article : British South African Territories : Swaziland, in : Americana Annual 1961 p.97, 1962 pp.95-96, 1963 pp.103-104, 1964 pp.103-104 [G]
Article : Commonwealth of Nations, in : Americana Annual 1965 pp.183-185 [G]



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