Timeline Of South Africa
 

Timeline of South Africa

Timeline of South Africa
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The Zulus. Khoi, San, and Xhosa
The Dutch East India Company
The Policy of apartheid and Nelson Mandela
Apartheid laws and international sanctions lifted
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   3000BC - 1000BC: Evidence of migration of people from Somalia and Ethiopia
The Zulus, who belong to the Nguni-speaking peoples, constitute the majority of the population. Other tribes include the Khoi, San, and Xhosa		 
     
  400 ADMigration of the Bantu peoples into South Africa 
     
  700South African Trade with the Arabs and Phoenicians in ivory, rhino horn, gold, shells and slaves 
     
  1480Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias first European to travel round the southern tip of Africa 
     
  1497July 8 - Vasco da Gama set out on expedition to India via Africa stopping at Mombasa, Mozambique, Malindi and Kenya trading centres 
     
  1652Jan van Riebeeck, working for the Dutch East India Company, founds the Cape Colony at Table Bay and Dutch settlement of South Africa starts 
     
  18161816 - 1826 Shaka Zulu founds the Zulu empire 
     
  18351835 - 1840: The Boers leave Cape Colony and found the Orange Free State and the Transvaal 
     
  1858Boers proclaim the Transvaal a republic 
     
  1867Diamonds are discovered at Kimberley 
     
  1877The British and the Boers defeat the Zulus in the Zulu War 
     
  18801880-81: The Boer War - The Boers rebel against the British 
     
  1880sThe South African gold rush 
     
  1910Formation of Union of South Africa by former British colonies of the Cape and Natal, and the Boer republics of Transvaal, and Orange Free State 
     
  1913Land Act:  Prevented Blacks from purchasing land 
     
  1948Policy of apartheid adopted by the National Party (NP) 
     
  1950Group Areas Act: To segregate black and white people
The African National Congress (ANC) led by Nelson Mandela initiates civil disobedience		 
     
  1961South Africa declared a republic 
     
  1964Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment 
     
   1970's- 1980's - Civil unrest, sanctions imposed on South Africa, forced resettlement process and Township revolts 
     
  1990Nelson Mandela at last released from prison 
     
  1991De Klerk repeals remaining apartheid laws and international sanctions are lifted  
     
Timeline of South Africa

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