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A timeline over south africa

By theo!
  • Nov 21, 1400

    Zulu and Xhosa tribes establish large kingdoms in the South Africa region.

  • The Dutch came to Cape Town.

    The Dutch establish the port of Cape Town. They are the first Europeans to settle in South Africa!

  • The british take the control of cape town in south africa

  • The goldmines is discovered in Johannesburg, and makes the city rich.

  • The Boer War. (Dutch settlers fight the British)

  • Britain eventually gains control of South Africa.

  • South Africa becomes an independent nation,.

  • Nelson Mandela is born on July 18 in a small village in South Africa.

    Real name (Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela) A teacher later gives him the English name Nelson.
  • Apartheid is introduced.

    Apartheid is introduced.

    Laws legally and physically separate different racial groups.

  • The ANC The African National Congress, a black civil rights group, begins a Campaign for Defiance of Unjust Laws as a protest against apartheid.

    Nelson Mandela is one of its leaders.

  • In Sharpeville, 67 Africans are killed while protesting Apartheid.

  • Mandela is arrested for plotting against the government. Though he stays active politically, he will spend 27 years in prison.

  • President F.W. de Klerk announces the end of apartheid. Mandela is freed from prison after serving 27 years.

  • De Klerk and Mandela gets the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • First elections in which all races can vote. Nelson Mandela is elected President.

  • South Africa hosts and wins the World Cup rugby tournament.

  • Mandela steps down as President.

  • ANC wins a landslide election, with almost 70% of the votes. Thabo Mbeki begins his second term as president.

  • Jacob Zuma precident

  • South Africa hosts the World Cup soccer tournament.