AmandaCalitz — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1902 The Treaty of Vereeniging ended the Second Boer War, bringing the Boer republics under British control.
HistoryOn this day — May 31 in African history
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AmandaCalitz — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1902 South Africa's new constitution took effect, transforming the country into the Republic of South Africa, which remained outside the Commonwealth until 1994.
PoliticsThe Bicesse Accords were formally signed in Lisbon, laying out a UN-supervised transition to multi-party democracy in Angola.
Politics
Zenman — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1945 Laurent Gbagbo, who served as President of Cote d'Ivoire, was born.
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1918 Lloyd Quarterman, one of the few African-American scientists to work on the Manhattan Project, was born.
Science
Hill123 — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1989 C.L.R. James, the Trinidadian historian and Pan-Africanist whose writing shaped anti-colonial thought, died.
Death