Republic of Six United South African States (Auralia).html)

State Presidents of the Republic of South Africa to the North of the Vaal River; or the Transvaal Republic

1852-1863: Francois Uys †

1852: Republic constituted under the Union of New Utrecht
1852: Ran unopposed
1856: Ran unopposed
1860: Ran unopposed

-unifies various republics north of the vaal into one govt which incorporates transorange migrants, secures recognition from cape govt
-four constituent states being New Utrecht, Bantjesburg [Johannesburg], Uysburg, and Zuid-Nassau
-constitution based on Union of Utrecht, with capital at New Utrecht

1863-1868: Victor Beyers

1864: Ran unopposed

-modernizing, to scandal of very traditionalist nation
-faced with war with Bapedi in 1865 over cattle disputes, no support from people
-resulting in many defeats
-escalates more with Zulu war
-results in total peace treaty acceding to demands
-though this leaves most of country intact, sight of farmers fleeing back into territory scares many

1868-1877: Stephanus Grobler [resigned]

1868 def. Victor Beyers
1872 def.
1876 def.
1876: Constitutional amendment, formation of Witwatersrand municipal government

-with France's Wars > Franco-Portuguese War (1871-2)), France gets Lourenco Marques
-and its banks immediately sign infrastructure deals with the Transvaal government
-results in infrastructure being constructed to connect country to French network over that of the British network
-discovery of gold in Witwatersrand in 1869
-with California gold rush having slowed down in this era, causes sudden migration from around the world of uitlanders
-incl. Australians, Americans, Brits, Natalians, but most astonishingly is Chinese and Catholics
-connects country heavily to Laurent Marc which they go through
-and fuckton of people from Port Natal go through it
-with some even walking through Zulu Empire
-rising crisis over uitlanders, their enfranchisement
-naturalization laws extended to exclude them
-by 1875, uitlanders outnumber burghers
-form Reform Committee to advocate reform of government
-seeing writing on wall, formation of municipal government as compromise bill
-however, this fails to extinguish agitation, and Reform Committee quickly dominates the municipal council
-and States-General votes him out as viewed as failure

1877-1879: Cornelis van Rensburg [resigned]

1877: Elected by States-General
1878: Witwatersrand municipal government declares the Union of New Utrecht abrogated, constitutes Uitlander Army

-elected on a more hardcore and uncompromising stance towards Uitlanders
-with new uncompromising States-General elected, he is able to pass through such a policy
-attempt to dissolve municipal government goes badly
-instead Reform Committee section of government illegally assembles and declares revolution
-with war going badly, forced to resign

1879-1882: Piet Smit

1879: Elected by States-General
1882: Peace of New Utrecht, Transvaal Constitutional Convention held

-military man who prosecutes war
-deflects against charge towards New Utrecht in 1880
-however, slow approach of front is something even he sees and he moves the capital
-eventually, decides to come to terms
-agrees to constitutional convention which signs a constitution granting
-wide-range autonomy for lands - New Utrecht, Witwatersrand, Uysburg, and Zuid-Nassau
-and also near-equal representation in upper house (with each land having 2-4 councillors)
-though bittereinders refuse to accept this and choose to flee westwards rather than surrender

State Presidents of the Republic of Four United South African Provinces; or the Transvaal Republic

1882-1897: Joseph Turner (Reform Committee)

1882 def. Piet Smit (Transvaal First)
1886 def.
1890 def.
1894 def. Paul Grobler (Burgher's Alliance)

-Witwatersrand's man and leader of the Reform Committee
-which launched the rebellion in the first place
-gets a massive amount of money from commercial interests from British Isles banks
-with Laurent Marc awash in settlers thanks to gold rush France finally decides to deal with agitation for union
-in 1897 France makes agreement with Transvaal for union in return for broad land grants and naval basing rights

State Presidents of the Republic of Five United South African Provinces; or Auralia

1897-1898: Joseph Turner (Reform Committee)

1898-1910: Willem Rudolph Fouche (Reform Committee)

1898 def. Paul Grobler (Burgher's Alliance)
1902 def.
1906 def.

1910-1918: Francis F. Robinson (Reform Committee)

1910 def.
1914 def.

-sees Recessions > Panic of 1911 cook up
-results in economic crash, albeit slower than elsewhere
-economic crash especially connected with Laurent Marc and Witwatersrand initially, which ironically results in economy in three Dutch states being stronger than ever before
-helps to hollow out the Reform Committee
-opposition increasingly unifies as a result

1918-1922: Hendrik van Tonder (People's Party)

1918 def.

1922-1925: (National Reform) †

1922 def.

1925-1926: (National Reform)

1926-1930: Andrew H. Law (Labor)

1926 def.

-product of series of white supremacist labor strikes
-tenure sees a colossal economic decline
-due to the absence of African labor
-also attempt to strip Halfbreeds of their vote
-this causes a truly colossal backlash because they are often viewed as white
-and also long-term sees Halfbreeds alienated from system and elements start to build coalitions with African classes
-and these ultimately causes the party to lose much of its steam

1930-1950: William Harrington (National Reform)

1930 def. Andrew H. Law (Labor)
1934 def.
1938 def.
1942 def.
1946 def.

-with the British Empire in a slump seeks to
-talk emerges of expanding Wits' relatively expansive electoral franchise to the rest of the nation
-but nothing done
-and following Cape Republic formation issue is bunked entirely

1950-1958: Pieter van der Kemp (Constitutional)

1950 def.
1954 def.

-sees rising public outcry for African suffrage
-attempts to resolve this by creating a "native" assembly with some jurisdiction
-eligibility for this determined by passing literacy tests
-as well as to expand suffrage somewhat to Wits levels
-does not succeed and helps kick off more protests
-and members "native" assembly protest their status

1958-1962: Hendrik Coetzee (Party of Order)

1958 def. Pieter van der Kemp (Constitutional)

-attempts to block and end attempts at racial liberalization
-fails as blocked in legislature and backfires hard

1962-1963: Joseph R. Beckett (Constitutional) †

1962 def.

-electorate expands a little further
-collapses "native" electorate into general electorate
-but is then faced with military coup as this is considered an attempt to "destroy" white people
-ensuing 1963 military putsch sees assassination and martyrdom of Beckett

1963-1968: Willem F. Herzog (Constitutional)

1966: ran unopposed

-defeats military putsch with national rising, also states all rally behind him
-but faced with grueling terrorism crisis with military elements going out about it
-in the end bittereinders crushed
-in its wake Herzog ratifies into law universal suffrage
-in what is essentially a fait accompli due to weakened position
-also he's something of a liberalizer
-also after threats to overthrow New Delft which is viewed as pro-putsch it annexes it

Presidents of the Republic of Six United South African Provinces; or Auralia

1968-1970: Willem F. Herzog (Constitutional)

-however defeated by huge margin in next election

1970-1982: Oliver O'Neill (Auralian National Association)

1970 def. Willem F. Herzog (Constitutional)
1974 def.
1978 def.

-first nonwhite president
-a "Halfbreed" coming from a family of mixed-race Irish-Zulu extraction
-elected by weirdly huge landslide as a result of issues with housing and social inequality
-enacts a series of cooperativist policies
-the lynchpin of which is land redistribution
-comes along with a wave of nationalizations of all kinds

1982-1990: Shadrach Naidoo (Constitutional)

1982 def.
1986 def.

-descended from Indian indentured laborers
-a Christian, to reassure people that not too much is changing
-and made leader of the Constitutionalists as part of ploy to attract more nonwhite votes
-enacts land value taxes
-as part of land redistribution