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In 1652 Jan van Riebeeck arrives, dutch navigator and colonial administer at Table bay. This marked the begining of permanent European settlement in this region. -
Dutch colonist such as the Boers settled in the region of Cape of Good Hope in 1652. They provided fresh food and water for ships going from Europe to Asia. -
Many African smaller groups gradually merged into larger political communities. The process of group formation remained. For example, until the late 1700s, the Zulu were a small group in the east. -
Shaka Zulu, who came to power in 1816, the Zulu conquered a number of other African gruops. Theose who did not surrender had to fight, and some moved as far north as modern-day Zimbabwe. -
British colony of India started to arrive in south Africa in large groups after British abolished slaver thought their empire In 1833. -
Diamonds and gold were discovered in 1869 in Orange Free state and marked a major turning point in south African history. -
De Beers Diamond Mine, ca. 1885
Cecil Rhodes concluded a number of individual diamond mine claims around Kimberley and formed a single company called De Beers Consolidated Mines. -
The Indian population was concentrated in the Natal colony, where, by 1904, they had expanded enough to outnumber the white South Africans in the region. Their economic power swelled at that time, and in coal mines they made up 44.5% of the workforce. -
In 1912 the South African Native National Congress, was founded in order to protest the poor treatment of Black Africans. -
in 1911 An important black South Africans
conversation between Pixley ka Isaka Seme and a black South African lawyer led to the creation of ANC. -
In the 1920s, African nationalists wanted to replace Dutch, which is recognized as one of the country’s official languages, with African Americans. -
Segregation was relieved when the government passed the Representation of Natives Act, the Native Trust and Land Act, and the Native Laws Amendment Act in 1936 and 1937. -
in 1938, on the 100th anniversary of the Afrikaner win against the Zulu at the Battle of Blood River, peaked with the ceremonial laying of the Voortrekker Monument outside of Pretoria. -
On 1948, the Herenigde National Party and the Afrikaner Party allies created apartheid, a system of racial segregation that made sure white minority would rule in South Africa. -
The South African society and the global community have been impacted in many ways. Their society has been impacted heavily by colonization. For example, many outsiders(Europeans) go to South Africa to profit in search of gold and diamonds. This led to whites moving in and taking over land. Also, it impacts the global community cause many critized the harsh treatments and Aparthied. In conclusion, these events have affected south Africa in many ways such as colonization and apartheid.