South Africa History

By Niclas.no

  • First settelers in South Africa

    The first serious effort to establish a settlement comes in 1652, with the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck and ninety employees of the Dutch East India Company.

  • British military expedition

    The Invasion of the Cape Colony was a British military expedition launched in 1795 against the Dutch Cape Colony
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    The Second Boer War

    The Second Boer War was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.

  • Came town became seat of the union

    In 1910 cape town became the seat of the union Parliament though the political center of the Union of South Africa would remiain in Transvaal to the NorthEast
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    Apartheid

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

  • Nelson Mandela in prison

    In 1964 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison for his role in protesting the National Party

  • Chanfe in government and election of Nelson Mandela

    South Africa since 1994 transitioned from the system of apartheid to one of majority rule. The election of 1994 resulted in a change in government with the African National Congress (ANC) coming to power. Nelson Mandela was elected as president of South Afric

  • Worl Cup

    In 2010 south africa hosted the FIFA world cup 2010.

  • Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela died in 2013