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Jan van Ribeeck, small colony
Jan van Riebeeck established a small colony on the Cape of Good Hope as a refreshment station for the Dutch East India Company. -
Britain occupied
The Britain occupied the Cape Colony making Cape Town its military headquarters for the region. -
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The second Boer War
The second Boer War broke out after Britain rejected the Transvaal ultimatum. The ultimatum had demanded that all disputes between the two states be settled by arbitration; that British troops on the borders be withdrawn; and that troops bound for South Africa by ship should not disembaark -
Cape Town, the seat of the Union Parliament
Cape Town became the seat of the Union Parliament thoug the political center of the Union of South Africa Wold remain in Transvaal to the northeast -
ANC
Nativve National Congress founded, later renamed the African National Congress -
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Apartheid
Apartheid is the name of the racial institution that was established in 1948 by the National Party that governed South Africa until 1994. The term, wich literally means "apartness," reflected a violently repressive policy designed to Ensure that whites, who compresed 20% of the nation`s population. -
Nelson Mandela, ANC
ANC leader Nelson Mandela sentenced to life assassinated -
Black Preident
In 1994, Nelson Mandela, at the age of 77, was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president and F W de Klerk became Mandela’s first deputy. Although the ANC gained a majority vote, they formed the Government of National Unity (GNU), headed by the Mandela. -
World Cup
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NDP
At the beginning of 2013, the Government has introduced the National Development Plan (NDP) -2030 as South Africa's long-term socio-economic development plan. This policy was adopted as a cornerstone and blueprint for a future economic and socio-economic development strategy for the country in 2012/13