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Louis Botha (Afrikaans pronunciation:[ˈlu.iˈbuəta]; 27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919) was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa – the forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war veteran during the Second Boer War, he eventually fought to have South Africa become a British Dominion.
LouisBotha (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈlu.i ˈbuəta]; 27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919) was a South African politician who was the first prime minister...
child, a son named Theunis, was later adopted by the Bothas. His descendants include: LouisBotha (1862–1919), Second Boer War general and first Prime...
There are statues of Gen. LouisBotha in Cape Town, Durban, and Pretoria, all in the country of which he was the first Prime Minister, South Africa. An...
LouisBotha Avenue (part of Johannesburg Metropolitan Route M11) is a major street in Johannesburg, South Africa. Originally part of the main road between...
Annie Botha (née Emmett; 3 July 1864 – 20 May 1937) was a South African civic leader and political hostess. She was the wife of LouisBotha, who served...
Durban International Airport (formerly LouisBotha Airport) was the international airport of Durban from 1951 until 2010, when it was replaced by King...
The LouisBotha government appointed the members of the government in South Africa led by Prime Minister LouisBotha between 31 May 1910 and 3 September...
similar to those of his British counterpart. The first prime minister was LouisBotha, a former Boer general and war hero during the Second Boer War. The position...
the Transvaal Colony government bought the Cullinan and Prime Minister LouisBotha presented it to Edward VII, the British king who reigned over the territory...
guerrilla campaign, becoming known as bittereinders. Led by generals such as LouisBotha, Jan Smuts, Christiaan de Wet, and Koos de la Rey, Boer guerrillas used...
Second Botha Cabinet 2nd Cabinet of the Union of South Africa (since the 1909 South Africa Act) 1915–1920 LouisBotha (c. 1919) Date formed 20 October 1915 (1915-10-20)...
years later an old friend of his, General LouisBotha, became Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. Botha ordered that Dinuzulu be released and transported...
was a younger brother of LouisBotha (1862–1919) and Philip Botha (1851-1901) , but an older brother of Theunis Jacobus Botha (1867-1930), and likewise...
section of Houghton Drive and part of LouisBotha Avenue. Small sections of Upper Houghton lie east of LouisBotha Avenue (bordering Observatory), and west...
Philip Rudolph Botha (30 June 1851 – 6 March 1901) was a Second Boer War general, like his younger brothers Louis (1862-1919), Christiaan (1864–1902) and...
under LouisBotha. Smuts played a leading role in the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, helping shape its constitution. He and Botha established...
Africa shared with the German colony of South-West Africa. Prime Minister LouisBotha informed London that South Africa could defend itself and that the imperial...
a hard core of Boers were willing to remain in the field. De la Rey, LouisBotha and other commanders met near Kroonstad and laid down a new strategy...
military general and the former prime minister of the Transvaal Colony LouisBotha became the first prime minister of the newly established Union of South...
later took part in the Maritz Rebellion of 1914–1915 against General LouisBotha, the then Prime Minister of South Africa, and was executed by firing...
Party (SAP) of General LouisBotha emerged from the elections as the largest party, but did not receive an overall majority. Botha formed a minority government...
1903, three seats in the Transvaal Legislative council were offered to LouisBotha, Jan Smuts and Koos de la Rey, but they turned the British down.: 269 ...
Nations and the United Nations. Smuts was a minister in the government of LouisBotha, from the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 until the outbreak...
besieged in Ladysmith. The Boers under General LouisBotha held the Tugela River against him. Although Botha's men were outnumbered, they were mostly equipped...
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