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Zulu and Xhosa tribes establish large kingdoms in the South Africa region.
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Sir Francis Drake rounds the Cape, thinking he had been around the entire globe, then tells the king. Centuries later the Europeans settel there.
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The settlement of Europeans in Africa.
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After the Voortrekkers had failed to negotiate with the Zulus the secession of land had went through numorus assaults they gathered at the Ncome River for a decisive battle. Boers under the command of Andries Pretorius defeated more than 10,000 Zulu warriors.
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Six month war ending in british coquring the zulu, the most powerdul and memorable tribe in South Africa, The british wanted the zulu tribe to mine dimonds for them.
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Dividing up africa. The Europeans did lots of damage when they divided up and mixed ethnic and cultural boundries.
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Gold is discovered in Johannesburg, the city is now rich.
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In 1994 South Africa gained thier independence with the help of their new president Nelson Mandela
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Apartheid was made to separate black and white South Africans, to oppress, dominate and control blacks, and in the same breath to enrich white South Africans at the expense of the oppressed black people
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Till today there is no cure for HIV, nearly 26 million people are livnig with HIV/ AIDS.
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South Africa holds its first elections in which all races can vote. Nelson Mandela is elected President.
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When South africa elected F.W. de Klerk as president, he started them on a peacful resolution and the government ended the apartheid.