The Republic of South Africa declared on May 31 1961 was only
ever a republic in name alone thus a nominal republic as it maintained
the British Westminster system & turned the post of Governor-General into a
ceremonial State President.
[ The Constitution of the
Republic differed remarkably little from the Union Constitution. The
object of the exercise was to bring about a single political loyalty for
all White South Africans, not a new system. Nationalists hoped that the
English speakers would abandon their dual loyalty once they could no
longer look to Britain as a fatherland. ] From: Page 494. The Afrikaners: biography of a people. By Hermann Buhr Giliomee.
The
notable Boer Patriot Robert van Tonder left the National Party in 1961
over that party's betrayal of the Boer Republics [ & noted that the RSA was a threat to Boer identity ] & started
advocating for the restoration of the Boer Republics as the only measure
to ensure the survival of the Boer people / nation.
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