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Hallelujah

Posted in Freedom, geskiedenis, Gregorian calendar, Hallelujah, Handel, Independence Day South Africa, music files, music videos, Republic Day South Africa, Republiek Dag, South Africa, South African history, Suid-Afrika, Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 31/05/2008| 4 Comments »


Image: Beautiful South Africa by Tessa Jouhin


Vryheid – Freedom
In the Gregorian calendar, 31st May is the 151st day of the year.

This day is also a very important day in South Africa’s History. The day when South Africa became a Republic.  

republic SA 1961

31 May was a significant day in South African history, being both the day in 1902 on which the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed, ending the Second Anglo-Boer War, and the day in 1910 on which the Union of South Africa came into being, which then came to an end and was re-established as the “Republic of South Africa”.

Enjoy this piece of music by Handel

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