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Dutch colony
The Dutch India Company landed the first European settlers on the Cape of Good Hope, launching a colony (Known as Boers or Afrikaners, speaking a dutch dialect best known as Afrikaans) -
Englishmen arrives
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Britain took permanent possession, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, bringing in 5,000 settlers.
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Freeing of slaves
Anglicization of government and the freeing of slaves drove about 12,000 Afrikaners to make the “great trek” north and east into African tribal territory, where they established the republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. -
The Inevitable War
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Defeat of the Boers
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Establishment of the Union of South Africa
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South Africa becomes member of the UN
South Africa becomes member of the UN, but wouldn’t sign the declaration of human rights -
Apartheid
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South Africa becomes a republic
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An uprising in the black township of Soweto spread to other black townships and left 600 dead.
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CODESA
A multiracial forum led by de Klerk and Mandela, the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), began working on a new constitution -
An interim constitution was passed, which dismantled apartheid and provided for a multiracial democracy with majority rule
An interim constitution was passed, which dismantled apartheid and provided for a multiracial democracy with majority rule -
Mandela becomes president
The country's first multiracial election resulted in a massive victory for Mandela and his ANC -
Hearings regarding humans rights
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, chaired by Desmond Tutu, began hearings regarding human rights violations between 1960 and 1993 -
Mbeki president and leader of ANC
Mandela retires. On June 2, Thabo Mbeki, the pragmatic deputy president and leader of the ANC, was elected president in a landslide, having already assumed many of Mandela's governing responsibilities. -
Zuma as leader
African National Committee delegates chose Jacob Zuma as their leader, ousting Mbeki. Corruption charges against Zuma -
Thabo Mbeki elected as president - was sworn 2nd term
April 15, the African National Congress won South Africa's general election in a landslide, taking about 70% of the votes, and Thabo Mbeki was sworn in for a second term. -
WC in South Africa for the first time in Africa
