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South Africa History

By Victorng7
  • European colonization
    Mar 9, 1487

    European colonization

    Europeans first arrive South Africa in 1487.
  • First european settlement

    First european settlement

    The dutch settle in South Africa in 1652, in the Cape of Good Hope.
  • ANC founded

    ANC founded

    ANC was founded in 1912 in Bloemfontein, with the objetive of defending the black peoples' rights
  • Apartheid begins

    Apartheid begins

    The National Party installed the Apartheid in 1948, which was a system of racial segregation
  • Nelson Mandela sentenced

    Nelson Mandela sentenced

    Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment accused for violence and communism
  • Nelson Mandela released from prison

    Nelson Mandela released from prison

    South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk freed Nelson Mandela
  • Nelson Mandela became president

    Nelson Mandela became president

    In this date, the black people first used his right of sufragge and ANC won the elections. This was the beginning of the end of the Apartheid