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What is another word for Volksraad?

Pronunciation: [vˈɒlksɹɑːd] (IPA)

The word "Volksraad" is a Dutch word that literally translates to "people's council". It was a term used in South Africa during the colonial era to refer to the legislative body of the Boer republics. While the term "Volksraad" was primarily used to refer to the parliament of the Boer republics, there are several synonyms that can be used interchangeably. These include "peoples' assembly", "national assembly", "government assembly", and "legislative council". All of these terms essentially describe a governing body that is responsible for enacting laws and making decisions on behalf of the people that it represents.
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He, if memory does not play me false, represented Pilgrim's Rest in the Transvaal Volksraad.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
Being bound by treaty to support the Transvaal if the latter was unjustly attacked, and holding the conduct of Britain in refusing arbitration and resorting to force without a casus belli to constitute an unjust attack, the Free State Volksraad and burghers, who had done their utmost to avert war, unhesitatingly threw in their lot with the sister Republic.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce
But as the citizens dispersed themselves over the country, this became impossible, so authority, such slight authority as they could be induced to grant, was in each vested in a small elective assembly called the Volksraad or Council of the People.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce

Related words: Afrikaner Volksraad, Volksraad building, Volksraad meeting, Volksraad of 1854, Volksraad of 1997

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