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Union of South Africa

     Union of South Africa 

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Flag of the Union of South Africa
Flag of the Union of South Africa (South African Civil War) 

Common Names: South Africa
Official Name: Union of South Africa
Starting Leader: Marais Viljoen
Ruling Party: Nasionale Partynote  (NP)
Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy
Starting Faction: None


  • Civil War: Resistance to apartheid and crackdowns on the ANC and AWB following the assassination of president F. W. de Klerk can lead to South Africa's collapse into a four-way civil war.

Marais Viljoen

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Full Name: Marais Viljoen
Party: Nasionale Partynote  (NP)
Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy


P. W. Botha

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Full Name: Pieter Willem Botha
Party: Nasionale Partynote  (NP)
Ideology: Military Dictatorshipnote 


South African Civil War

     Spear of the Nation 

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Flag of the Spear of the Nation

Common Names: ANC, MK, Spear of the Nation
Official Name: uMkhonto we Sizwe
Starting Leader: Nelson Mandela
Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalismnote 
Starting Faction: None


Nelson Mandela

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Full Name: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalismnote 


     South African People's Liberation Army 

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Flag of the South African People's Liberation Army

Common Names: SACP, SAPLA
Official Name: South African People's Liberation Army
Starting Leader: Chris Hani
Ideology: Marxism-Leninismnote 
Starting Faction: None


Chris Hani

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Full Name: Chris Hani
Ideology: Marxism-Leninismnote 


     Afrikaner Resistance Movement 

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Flag of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement

Common Names: AWB
Official Name: Afrikaner Resistance Movement
Starting Leader: Eugène Terre'Blanche
Ideology: Neo-Nazismnote 
Starting Faction: None


  • A Nazi by Any Other Name: The Afrikaner Resistance Movement, in spite of it's inocuous name and vague promotion of "Afrikaner Nationalism", is a de facto White Supremacist, Anti-Communist, Far-Right organization dedicated to terrorizing Black Africans and create a white ethnostate in South Africa, with it's sub-ideology being directly called Neo-Nazism. It's flag is in fact directly pulled from the Nazi design, albeit with the swastica swapped by a triskelion symbol.

Eugène Terre'Blanche

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Full Name: Eugène Ney Terre'Blanche
Ideology: Neo-Nazismnote 


  • Beard of Evil: Eugène's portrait shows that he has groomed a quite big, if messy beard. He's also the Neo-Nazi leader of the single nastiest faction in the South African Civil War.

Secessionist Nations

     Republic of Namibia 

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Flag of the Republic of Namibia

Common Names: Namibia
Official Name: Republic of Namibia
Starting Leader: Sam Nujoma
Ruling Party: South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
Starting Faction: None


  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: SWAPO will declare the independence of Namibia from South Africa once the South African Civil War begins.

Sam Nujoma

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Full Name: Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma
Party: South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)


Lesotho and Swaziland

     Kingdom of Lesotho 

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Flag of the Kingdom of Lesotho

Common Names: Lesotho
Official Name: Kingdom of Lesotho
Starting Leader: Moshoeshoe II
Starting Faction: None


Moshoeshoe II

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Full Name: Moshoeshoe II


     Kingdom of Swaziland 

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Flag of the Kingdom of Swaziland

Common Names: Swaziland
Official Name: Kingdom of Swaziland
Starting Leader: National Salvation Council
Starting Faction: None


National Salvation Council

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Official Name: National Salvation Council


Botswana

     Republic of Botswana 

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Flag of the Republic of Botswana

Common Names: Botswana
Official Name: Republic of Botswana
Starting Leader: Seretse Khama
Starting Faction: None


Seretse Khama

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Full Name: Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama


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