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| leaders2leaders1 = <div> [[File:Flag_of_Transvaal_Flag_of_South_Africa_(variantTNO).svg|25px]] [[AlbertDe HertzogVilliers Graaff]] </div>

<div> [[File:Flag RKof OSTthe United States (DoS ECA Color Standard).webpsvg|25px]] [[HansRichard Hüttig]]Nixon </div>

<div> [[File:Flag RKof SUDthe United States (DoS ECA Color Standard).webpsvg|25px]] [[WolfgangWilliam SchenckWestmoreland]] </div>

Following the fall of Britain in the [[World War II|Second World War]], the [[South Africa|Union of South Africa]] found itself in an extremely delicate position, but was able to overcome the hardships of losing the home isles and the monarchy. But the Boers were still dissatisfied with their “oppression” of the governing Anglo minority. The Reich took notice of this, and so, began supplying fascist Boer paramilitaries and supporting Alfred[[Albert Hertzog’sHertzog]]’s National Party, as it quickly became the main opposition against the Anglo United Party.

Now the year is 1962, and the South African Union is in a tenuous situation to say it lightly. A monarchy without a monarch, caught between the monarchist Anglo minority, the German supported Boers and the increasingly radicalizing African National Congress. As the Boers are increasingly pushing for a transition from union to republic, the Anglo United Party government risks their fragile neutrality, as the moment the National Party will inevitably win the elections, they will break South Africa’s neutrality and align the nation with their Einheitspakt benefactors, thereby reducing South Africa to nothing more than a German puppet. On the other hand the ANC’s most radical members have begun pushing more and more for a Pan-African agenda, as those least radical are calling more and more for the removal of the oppressive apartheid and the inclusion of the African majority into elections.

As the player begins the game, they are placed in a difficult position. With the looming threat of the African Reichskommisariats, the Boers and the [[African National Congress|ANC]], the player will have to mediate their support from the [[Einheitspakt]] and their support from the [[OFN]], being careful not to antagonize the Pakt too much by receiving too much American support, forfeiting their ability to trade with the Pakt entierely. The player will also be forced to on decide which faction itthey shall ally itselfthemselves with,. ifThe any2 options here are: the Boers and the ANC. It is highly recommended to the player that they ally yourselfthemselves with the ANC as it will help against the greater threat of the Boers and their German supporters, during the referendum and the war. In the case of the alliance with the ANC, the player will begin a campaign of desegregation of institutions and the inclusion of the African majority into the elections, much to the dismay of HerzogHertzog, who will begin to threaten the government more and more with secession, which will certainly succeedspiral into a German involvement and overtaking of the country.

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The South African or United States player shall find themselves in a desperate position, as it has its backs to the wall against the hordes of the Afrika-Schild. The only chance South Africa has to continue its existence will be the [[United States of America|US]] and the [[OFN]], aswhich they’reare more than willing to support a potentially vital ally in the ever continuing Cold War against the Germans and Japanese, and perhaps maybe even try to remove the German menace from the African continent entirely. From here, US President [[Richard Nixon]] will call an OFN "Summit on the Policing Action in South Africa" and a majority vote for intervention, onputting Januaryinto 17.effect: AndSecurity soResolution 13, which states that the OFN forcewill leddefend bySouth U.S.Africa Generalas Williamif Westmorelandone of their own members. FromWithin heredays, itthe Allied Assistance Act will bepass in the player[[United mostlyStates inof decidingAmerica|United howStates]]' toCongress fightallowing thefor war,further deployments of American and Commonwealth troops, probablyalongside withSecurity difficultyResolution 14, defeatwhich states that General [[William Westmoreland]] is to be named the Boer"Supreme traitorsCommander andof Allied Forces in South Africa", alongside a combined usage of the GermansOFN flag instead of separate national flags. South Africa however will not stand alone.

Whether Ostafrika took the focus “Brudermord“Brüdermord<nowiki>''</nowiki> where Huttig takes over the other Reichskommisariats and will end up plunging Africa into anarchy, including South Africa in this case, starting the 2nd South African war. In the other case, the [[Afrikaner Volkstaat]] will remain a puppet of the Reichskommissars, until inevitably [[Großafrikanisches Reichsstaat|Hüttig's Großafrikanisches Reichsstaat]] collapses to the [[Anti Hüttig Cabal]].

In the case of a pro-German ceasefire, the outcome for South Africa will be the preservation of their independence, at the cost of letting the Boer [[Afrikaner VolksstaatVolkstaat]] be. The territory of [[Bechuanaland]] will be ceded to the Reichskommisariats. [[South Africa]] will be forced to recognise the independence of the Boer government in Bloemfontein, ceding them the land in the north of the country, around the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria, and will join the [[OFN]] as an independent member, as well as the [[Spheres|American Sphere]]. The Boer Volkstaat will become a puppet state of [[ReichskommisariatReichskommissariat Ostafrika]], or the [[Großafrikanischer Reichsstaat|Großafrikanisches Reichsstaat]], if Hüttig has already formed it.

In the case of neither side achieving victory over the other, a ceasefire between both sides will be called with the situation being that of: ''status quo, ante bellum'' meaning, that both sides will restore the status quo, as it was before the Boer uprising. [[South Africa]] will join both the [[OFN]] and the [[American sphere]]Economic Sphere.

In the case of a pro-OFN ceasefire, South Africa will annex all of [[Rhodesia]], southern [[Mozambique]] (up to the Zambezi River), all of [[Namibia]] and a part of south-western [[Angola]] (Lubango). [[South Africa]] will join both the [[OFN]] and the [[American sphere]]Sphere.

Depending on the outcome of the pre-war monarchy referendum, South Africa will in the case of the referendum swinging into the side of the republicans, be called: the Republic of South Africa. If the referendum swings to the side of the monarchy, it will be called: the Union of South Africa, but it will have an empty throne, if the HMMLR wins the British Civil War and wins in the Channel Crisis, South Africa will recognize Elizabeth II as the sovereign of the realm.

=== The ReichskommisariatsReichskommissariats ===

The [[OFN Mandate|OFN Mandates]] will only ariseform should a Total OFN Victory isbe achieved. Depending on the choices either by the player or the AI controlled USA, the Mandates can be combined into a full Central African OFN Mandate (which will collapse) or 3 separate OFN Mandates in the former ReichskommisariatsReichskommissariats, which will have to be managed responsibly to prevent continued anarchy by the various separatist groups wanting independence. The 3 Mandates formed are the [[East African Interim Unity Government]] led by General William Westmoreland, [[the Coalition Government of Angola]] led by General John D. Lavelle and the [[OFN Provisional Government of the Congo|Organisation of Free Nations Provisional Government of the Congo]] led by General Creighton Abrams Jr. These mandates can either lose stability and collapse into civil war if mismanaged by the player, or be successful if managed well. If the player manages the mandates well and keeps their stability over 50%, they will successfully decolonize into several OFN Partner states, which can differ depending on the focuses and actions the mandates took in their focus-trees.