South Africa By 2022mcouto 1806 Incorporation of the British Empire 1833 Abolition of slavery 1910 Act of Union 1912 Formation of the African National Congress 1913 Land Act 1934 Removal of the last vestiges of British legal authority over South Africa - "a sovereign independent state" 1948 Election into power of National Party and the inception of Apartheid program 1986 Repeal of the pass laws 1994 First universal suffrage election under a transitional democracy (Nelson Mandela) 1996 Adoption of final constitution