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After Kalma’s death in 1922, the reformist-dominated RNP considered the Cape sufficiently developed to exit the period of political tutelage, beginning the first [[multi-party period of the Federacy of the Cape]]. Four major parties contested the 1924 elections: the [[Communist Party of the Cape (1924)|Communist Party]], the [[Kadets (the Cape)|Constitutional Democrats (Kadets)]], the {{wp|fascist|Levantine fascist}} [[Lusophone Worker’s Front]], and the Republican Nationalist Party. The RNP was controversially returned as the majority with a margin of barely one percent - with the months following being permeated with brutal street fighting between Republican, Kadet, Front, and Communist militias. | After Kalma’s death in 1922, the reformist-dominated RNP considered the Cape sufficiently developed to exit the period of political tutelage, beginning the first [[multi-party period of the Federacy of the Cape]]. Four major parties contested the 1924 elections: the [[Communist Party of the Cape (1924)|Communist Party]], the [[Kadets (the Cape)|Constitutional Democrats (Kadets)]], the {{wp|fascist|Levantine fascist}} [[Lusophone Worker’s Front]], and the Republican Nationalist Party. The RNP was controversially returned as the majority with a margin of barely one percent - with the months following being permeated with brutal street fighting between Republican, Kadet, Front, and Communist militias. | ||
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Following [[the Reclamation]], the Cape emerged from the [[Great War]] an authoritarian state. While the [[National Reclamation Government]] and military rule was formally disestablished in 1951, the | Following [[the Reclamation]], the Cape emerged from the [[Great War]] an authoritarian state. While the [[National Reclamation Government]] and military rule was formally disestablished in 1951, the [[party-state provisions to the Fundamental Statutes|one party-state and its provisions to the Fundamental Statutes]] remained. The new government used these statutes to suppress the opposition of all stripes, democrat and communist alike. While these laws were quickly rolled back after the death of Chairman [[Jauman Zhakov]] in 1957, more than 60,000 people had already been imprisoned or executed. | ||
While significant political reforms were made in the 1960s, including the reformation of the party-state system into one more akin to a “mass movement” accountable to the people, the Cape would retain a single-party government. Under this system, the country was industrialized and reconstructed. This “period of good feelings,” as it is known in the Cape, led to rapid economic growth and modernization. For three years between 1969 and 1972, the nation was the fastest growing economy in the world, backed up by emerging state-owned {{wp|megacorporation}}s and demand for Capetian manufactured products. | While significant political reforms were made in the 1960s, including the reformation of the party-state system into one more akin to a “mass movement” accountable to the people, the Cape would retain a single-party government. Under this system, the country was industrialized and reconstructed. This “period of good feelings,” as it is known in the Cape, led to rapid economic growth and modernization. For three years between 1969 and 1972, the nation was the fastest growing economy in the world, backed up by emerging state-owned {{wp|megacorporation}}s and demand for Capetian manufactured products. | ||
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As economic growth slowed in the 1980s, the RNP’s grip on power became more and more unstable. Calls for | As economic growth slowed in the 1980s, the RNP’s grip on power became more and more unstable. Calls for the dissolving of the party-state came from an empowered democratic opposition, and Cape Town was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks committed by a rump Communist insurgency. To combat this, the party appointed the authoritarian [[Viktor Alkrix]] to the Prime Executure in 1989. His heavyhanded May Constitution, which enshrined the temporary provisions as permanent, and the live-broadcasting of the sinking of the reformist mutineers of the [[CN Akevarin]] would lead to a series of major protests on Republic Day of 1992. The [[1992 Republic Day revolution|Republic Day revolution]], as it would be called, was initially crushed by the Cape Armed Forces - although mutineers on the ground soon carried out a coup against Alkrix in favour of the reformist wing of the RNP, restoring the old constitution and beginning democratic reforms. | ||
[[File:Holy shit capetian yeltsin?!.png|thumb|left|220px|The first [[Planoarita politics|''Planoarita'']]-era Prime Executive, Baris Yaltxin, waves the national flag on the eve of the country's first democratic transition of power.]] | [[File:Holy shit capetian yeltsin?!.png|thumb|left|220px|The first [[Planoarita politics|''Planoarita'']]-era Prime Executive, Baris Yaltxin, waves the national flag on the eve of the country's first democratic transition of power.]] | ||