PoliticalLegal & treatiesCulturalSpace
- 1910Independence31 May 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); 22 August 1934 (Status of the Union Act); 31 May 1961 (republic declared); 27 April 1994 (majority rule)CIA World Factbook
- 1995Ratified CEDAW (women’s rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1995Ratified the Convention on the Rights of the ChildUN Treaty Collection
- 1998Ratified the Genocide ConventionUN Treaty Collection
- 1998Ratified the ICCPR (civil & political rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1999First UNESCO World Heritage siteiSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National ParkUNESCO World Heritage
- 1999First space object launchedSunsat-OSCAR-35GCAT
- 2000Joined the ICC (Rome Statute)UN Treaty Collection
- 2016Ratified the Paris Climate AgreementUN Treaty Collection
- 2022Most recent space launchGCAT
- 2024Most recent legislative election2024-05-29IPU Parline
- 2024Most recent World Heritage inscriptionThe Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South AfricaUNESCO World Heritage
