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Dutch East India Company landed with the first Euopean settlers on the Cape of Good Hope.
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Boers (or Afrikaans) settlers tried to establish an independeant
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Britain took permanent possession of the Cape Colony.
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The discovery of Diamonds in South Africa.
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War broke out between the British and the Boers
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The Boers were defeated.
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The establishment of the African National Congress.
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The Union of South Africa was created.
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Black voters were remover from the voters' roll.
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South Africa became a charter member of the United Nations.
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White Supremacist National Party comes to power.
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Group Areas Acts forced 1.5 million Africans to move from cities to rural townships.
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70 black protesters were killed during peaceful demonstration.
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South Africa declared itself a republic.
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The leader of the antiapartheid organization, Nelson Mandela, was sentenced to life in prison.
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Nelson Mandela was released from prison.
