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The Dutch East India Company landed the first European settlers on the Cape of Good Hope in 1652.
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Britain took permanent possession over the Cape of Good Hope.
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The Slaves were granted freedom in 1833 and they traveled to the African Territory.
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South Africa was forced out of designated white areas and the Group Area Acts of 1950 and 1986 forced about 1.5 million Afrricans to move from cities to rural townships.
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South Africa joined the Untied Nations in 1945 but still refused to sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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South Africa became a Republic in 1961 and cut their ties with the commonwealth which objected to racism.
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Nelson Mandela wsa put in prison and was sentenced for life because antiapartheid organization was banned.
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After 27 years of imprisonment they got a new president and he was released. Even though he was sentenced to life he was still released.
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De Klerk announced a formal end to Apartheid in 1990.
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One year after the Apartheid ended their laws came to an end with them. South Africa went into a proccess of transition.
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Mandela and De Klerk joined forces and got granted the Nobel Peace Prize.
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A new constitution was approved and adopted in May of 1996. De Klerk and Mandela had helped to create it.
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African National Congress won Africa's National Election
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Africa's National Congress delegates elected Jacob Zuma for president
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After the charges for "intolerable abuse" Zuma was eligable to become president again and he was elected once again in 2009.
