Talk:First Republic (South Africa)

Merge
I'm uncomfortable with the title of this page as the terms or concepts of "first/second/third republic of South Africa" are not in general use, and suggest a particular, narrow view of the country's history. This impression is borne out by the fact that the original author has been banned from Wikipedia for a long series of controversial postings and clashes with other Wikipedia contributors.

I have replaced the pages about the second and third republics with redirects to the main South African history pages. There was nothing new on these pages that is not covered on the mainline pages, so I felt comfortable deleting them.

On this page, I have removed the odd terminology and one-sided interpretations from this page, as well as some repeated information. The rest, relating to the declaration of the Republic of South Africa, is covered on the History of South Africa in the apartheid era page.

The only links to these pages were created by the original author from disambiguation pages like First Republic. I've removed them, since the terminology is not in general use. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zaian (talk • contribs) 23:19, 15 February 2006 (UTC)