A timeline over south africa

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

Nov 21, 1400

The Dutch came to Cape Town.

Nov 21, 1652

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

Nov 21, 1852

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

Nov 21, 1886

The Boer War. (Dutch settlers fight the British)

Nov 21, 1899

Britain eventually gains control of South Africa.

Nov 21, 1902

South Africa becomes an independent nation,.

Nov 21, 1910

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

Nov 21, 1918

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

Apartheid is introduced.

Nov 21, 1948

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.

Nov 21, 1952

Nelson Mandela is one of its leaders.

In Sharpeville, 67 Africans are killed while protesting Apartheid.

Nov 21, 1960

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

Nov 21, 1962

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

Nov 21, 1990

De Klerk and Mandela gets the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nov 21, 1993

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

Nov 21, 1994

South Africa hosts and wins the World Cup rugby tournament.

Nov 21, 1995

Mandela steps down as President.

Nov 21, 1999

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

Nov 21, 2004

Jacob Zuma precident

Nov 21, 2009

South Africa hosts the World Cup soccer tournament.

Nov 21, 2010