What is South African Republic?
{{Infobox Former Country |conventional_long_name = South African Republic |native_name = ''Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek'' |common_name = South African Republic |life_span = 1856–1877<br>1881–1902 |year_start = 1856 |year_end = 1902 |date_start = 27 June |date_end = 31 May |p1 = Klein Vrystaat |flag_p1 = Flag of Transvaal.svg |p2 = Nieuwe Republiek |flag_p2 = Flag of Nieuwe Republiek.svg |s1 = Transvaal Colony |flag_s1 = Flag of the Transvaal Colony 1904–1910.svg |image_flag = Flag of Transvaal.svg |image_coat = Colony of the Transvaal.png |national_anthem = [[Transvaalse Volkslied]] |common_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]] |religion = Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk |image_map = LocationZARca1890.svg |image_map_caption = Location of the South African Republic, circa 1890. |capital = [[Pretoria]] {{coord|25|43|S|28|14|E|}} |government_type = Republic |title_leader = [[President of the South African Republic|President]] |leader1 = Marthinus Wessel Pretorius |year_leader1 = 1857–1863 |leader2 = Paul Kruger |year_leader2 = 1883–1902 |leader3 = [[Schalk Willem Burger]] (acting) |year_leader3 = 1900–1902 |event_start = |event_end = [[Treaty of Vereeniging]] |event1 = British annexation |date_event1 = 1877–1881 |event2 = [[Second Boer War]] |date_event2 = 11 October 1899 |currency = [[South African Republic pond]] |today = {{flag|South Africa}} }} The '''South African Republic''' (Dutch: ''Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek'', ZAR), often informally called the '''Transvaal Republic''', was a sovereign state in southern [[Africa]] ruled by the [[Afrikaner]]s. It was defeated by the UK and its colonies, the [[British Cape Colony]] and the [[Colony of Natal]] in the [[Second Boer War]] and became the British colony of [[Transvaal]]. {{hist-stub}} [[Category:Former countries in Africa]] [[Category:History of South Africa]] [[Category:1856 establishments]] [[Category:1850s establishments in Africa]] [[Category:1900s disestablishments in Africa]]