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First establishment (Cape Town)
The dutch established a town in South Africa -
Grand Britan took over the Cape of Good Hope
They took it over to prevent it from falling in to the hands of the Frensch -
Cape Town became Britisch
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Slav tradeart
The slavetrade stopped -
The discovery of diamonds
The discovery of diamonds (1867) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants -
The disovery of gold
Had the same effect as the discovery of diamonds -
The first Boer War begins
[BBC history](www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/boer_wars_01.shtml)A war between dutch settles and British settles -
The second Boer war
[BBC History](www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/boer_wars_01.shtml) -
Apartheid begins
In 1948, the National Party was voted into power and instituted a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races - which favored the white minority at the expense of the black majority. -
Apartheid stoppes
The first multi-racial elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid and ushered in majority rule under an ANC-led government. South Africa since then has struggled to address apartheid-era imbalances in decent housing, education, and health care -
ANC
ANC infighting, which has grown in recent years, came to a head in September 2008 when President Thabo MBEKI resigned, and Kgalema MOTLANTHE, the party's General-Secretary, succeeded him as interim president -
Jacob
Jacob ZUMA became president after the ANC won general elections in April 2009