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The Dutch settled in southern Africa in the mid- 17th century
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After one hundred and fifty years later from the Dutch settlement, the English arrive and Cape Town became a British colony
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In 1899 deposits of gold and diamonds were discovered and a terrible war broke out between Boers and English
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At the beginning of the 20th century, the whites ruled the country and their supremacy was reinforced by a brutal system called Apartheid
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In 1980s the blacks started to protest violently against apartheid
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In the 1990s the government ended the system of racial segregation. After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela, the leader of the black opposition, was freed
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In 1994 Nelson Mandela became the first black president of the "Rainbow Country", as multiracial South Africa is now called
