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===The Uneasy Union ===
The Union of South Africa, was established in 1910, uniteduniting four previously separate African colonies under British rule. However, this unification masked deep racial divisions. Black South Africans, the overwhelming majority, were excluded from political power and subjected to discriminatory laws by the White minority. The African National Congress (ANC), founded in 1912, emerged as the primary voice of Black opposition.
===Afrikaner Nationalism on the Rise===
=== Second World War ===
withWith Britain declaring war on Germany in 1939, South Africa, like the rest of the Dominions followed, despite attempts by then Prime Minister JBM Hertzog to declare neutrality. South African forces would fight against the Afrika Korps and Italian forces in East Africa, as well as against the Japanese invasion of India. allAll thisof the South African efforts in these theatres would prove to be for nought however, as the war would end in aan GermanAzis victory, shattering the Commonwealth. As part of the peace deal signed with the victors, South Africa would lose Namibia to Germany, and would move troops into the former British colonies of Swaziland, Lesotho and parts of Bechuanaland before German forces could do so.
=== Struggle and Disorder ===
To avoid alienating either Washington or Germania, the South African government declared the South African throne vacant upon the death of George VI in 1952. inIn 1956, Anglo politician De Villiers Graaf was chosen to lead the United Party, leading it to victory in the 1960 election. since then has maintained a policy of opposing both the Boers and the African National Congress.
despiteDespite being offered OFN membership multiple times, South Africa maintained a policy of isolation and neutrality, primarily out of fear of invoking the wrath of the Germania and the Boers in South African Society.
As of 1962, The Union is in strife, with tensions with the Boers at a all time high along with the African National Congress demanding equal rights for the Black majority.
South Africa remains neutral, neither a part of neither the OFN nor the Enheitspakt. The Player will get to work with the Boers and suppress the African National Congress or to end racial discrimination of Black Africans and enlist the support of the ANC.
When the German Civil War begans, South Africa too will collapse into a civil war with the Boer led African Volksstaat, The African National Congress will secede from the Union too if the player does not work with them. Amidst the civil war the Reichskommisariats to the north will form the Afrika-Schild and invade South Africa in support of the Boers , causing a direct intervention by the OFN and kickstarting the South African War.
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