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the Dutch settlement at Table Bay (Cape Town)
The Dutch settled in southern Africa in the mid- 17th century -
Cape Town becomes a British colony
After one hundred and fifty years later from the Dutch settlement, the English arrive and Cape Town became a British colony -
The Anglo-Boer war
In 1899 deposits of gold and diamonds were discovered and a terrible war broke out between Boers and English -
Whites governement
At the beginning of the 20th century, the whites ruled the country and their supremacy was reinforced by a brutal system called Apartheid -
Blacks protests against apartheid
In 1980s the blacks started to protest violently against apartheid -
The end of racial segregation
In the 1990s the government ended the system of racial segregation. After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela, the leader of the black opposition, was freed -
Election of Mandela as president
In 1994 Nelson Mandela became the first black president of the "Rainbow Country", as multiracial South Africa is now called
