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🇿🇦 Union Day in South Africa
Unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Date in South Africa
May 31
Instituted1910
Union Day celebrates the unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964.
Celebrates the union of Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964
How Union Day is observed in South Africa
Historical significance
It marked the unification of South Africa in 1910.
Public life in South Africa
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
Formerly known as
Republic Day
What this holiday commemorates
- 1902 The Treaty of Vereeniging is signed, ending the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. · South Africa
- 1902 The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. · South Africa
- 1910 1910 – The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa. · South Africa
- 1910 The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa. · South Africa
- 1910 The South Africa Act establishes the Union of South Africa. · South Africa
- 1961 South Africa becomes a republic. · South Africa