south africa By jdojonathan Period: 100 to Apr 15, 1000 Dutch a dutch word for farmers Apr 17, 1600 THE DUTCH SETTLE IN SOUTH AFRICA Apr 17, 1800 the british first acme to south africa in the eraly 1800 Apr 17, 1902 in 1902 defeat of the afrikaners in the boer war Apr 17, 1910 afrikaner and british territories became the union of south africa. Apr 17, 1912 Black south africans founded the African National Congress in 1912 in hopes of ganing power. Apr 17, 1948 In 1948 the whites set up a sstem of apartheid or "apartness".