south Africa history

  • 1652

    1652
    In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck established a small colony on the Cape of Good Hope as a refreshment station for the Dutch East India Company.
  • england takes over cape town

    The British takes over cape town after defeating the dutch.
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    war

    The Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.
  • cape town became the seat of union paralement

    in 1910, cape town became the seat of union parliament though the political center of the union of south Africa would remain in Transvaal t the movement.
  • ANC

    1912-Native National congress founded, later renamed African national congress.
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    Apartheid

    Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s.
  • south africa in 1964

    The 1964 Declaration against Apartheid was unique in introducing an intense critical analysis of the situation in a single country.. ILO action evolved from initial recommendations to an unwilling government to mobilization of opinion against policies of apartheid and the promotion of a policy of isolation of the government of South Africa, until it abolished apartheid in 1994.
  • election of mandela

    During this time, South Africa was re-admitted into the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee lifted its ban on South Africa participating in the Olympic Games. The elections took place on 27 April and Nelson Mandela was sworn in as president on 10 May.
  • world cup

    world cup
    football is fun
  • death of nelson mandela

    death of nelson mandela
    The south Afrucan president nelson mandela died in 2013