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Dutch founded the Cape Town Colony
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Cape town came under British control
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Boers established two independent states and followed a policy of aparthied
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The discovery of diamonds attracted prospectors and settlers from the United States, Australia, and Eastern Europe
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George Harrison, an Australian prospector discovered gold in Witwatersrand Main Reef
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The British colony became the union of South Africa
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Aparthied became the offcial policy of South Africa under the rule of the Afrikaner Nationalist Party
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The United States and Great Britan agreed to impose economic sanctions
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Willem De Klerk, a white South African who opposed aparthied laws became president
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A new constitution gave adults the right to vote
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Nelson Mandela was elected president, served one five- year term and retired.
