Flage

South Africa

By timetravelingbeaver

  • Settelers

    Settelers
    Dutch settels came to South Africa

  • boers

    boers
    Dutch farmers (called Boers) migrate across land inhabited by Bantu and Khoi peoples

  • slaves

    slaves
    Thet began to export slaves from West Africa, Malayisa, and India.

  • British missionaries

    British missionaries
    criticize the racist practises of the Boers, urge the Boers to treat the Africans more fairly. Boers belief that they are superior to Africans.

  • Diamond mining begins

    Diamond mining begins
    Africans are given the most dangerous jobs, are paid far less than white workers. housed in fenced, patrolled barracks, constant surveillance keep Africans from organizing for better wages and working conditions.

  • land act

    land act
    The South Africa Act takes away all political rights of Africans in three of the country's four states.

  • Native Land Act

    Native Land Act
    Native Lands Act gives 7.3% of the country's land to Africans, who make up 80% of the population. prohibited from owning land outside their region.

  • lost jobs

    lost jobs
    Blacks are fired from jobs which are given to whites

  • formal education,

    formal education,
    fewer than 30% of Africans are receiving any formal education, and whites are earning over five times as much as Africans.

  • Population Registration Act

    Population Registration Act
    law classifies people into three racial groups: white, colored and native.Marriages between races are outlawed in order to maintain racial purity