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Migration
Migration of the Bantu peoples into South Africa -
Nov 21, 700
Trade
South African Trade with the Arabs and Phoenicians in ivory, rhino horn, gold, shells and slaves -
Nov 21, 1400
Establish
Zulu and Xhosa tribes establish large kingdoms -
The first Europeans to settle in South Africa
The dutch establish the port of Cape Town. They are the first Europeans to settle in South Africa. -
The control og Cape Town
The British take control of Cape Town -
Gold
Gold is descovered in Johannesburg and it is making the city rich. -
More control of South Africa.
1899-1902
Dutch settlers fight the British in the Boer War. Britain eventually gains control of South Africa. -
An independed nation
South Africa becomes an independed nation -
Nelson Mandela.
Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Manela is born on July 18 in a small village in South Africa. A teacher later gives him the English name Nelson. -
Apartheid
Apartheid is introduced. Laws legally and physically separate different racial groups. -
Congress
The African National Congress come.
A black civil rights group begins a compaign for Defiance of Unjust Laws as a protest against apartheid. Nelson Mandela is one of the leaders. -
Prostesting apartheid.
In the town Sharpeville, 67 Africans are killed while prostesting Apartheid. -
Mandela is arrested
Mandela is arrested for plotting against the government. Though he stays active politically, he will spend 27 years in prison. -
Soweto
Hundreds of black protesters are killed in an uprising in Soweto. -
Mandela out of prison
President F.W. de Klerk announces the end of apartheid. Mandela is freed from prison after serving 27 years. -
Nobel Prize to Mandela.
De Klerk and Mandela are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -
Nelson Mandela as the President.
South Africa holds it's first elections in which all races can vote. Nelson Mandela is elected President.