Timeline of South Africa

Timeline of South Africa


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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 AD Migration of the Bantu peoples into South Africa
700 South African Trade with the Arabs and Phoenicians in ivory, rhino horn, gold, shells and slaves
1480 Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias first European to travel round the southern tip of Africa
 
1497 July 8 - Vasco da Gama set out on expedition to India via Africa stopping at Mombasa, Mozambique, Malindi and Kenya trading centres
 
1652 Jan van Riebeeck, working for the Dutch East India Company, founds the Cape Colony at Table Bay and Dutch settlement of South Africa starts
 
1816 1816 - 1826 Shaka Zulu founds the Zulu empire
1835 1835 - 1840: The Boers leave Cape Colony and found the Orange Free State and the Transvaal
1858 Boers proclaim the Transvaal a republic
1867 Diamonds are discovered at Kimberley
1877 The British and the Boers defeat the Zulus in the Zulu War
1880 1880-81: The Boer War - The Boers rebel against the British
1880s The South African gold rush
1910 Formation of Union of South Africa by former British colonies of the Cape and Natal, and the Boer republics of Transvaal, and Orange Free State
 
1913 Land Act:  Prevented Blacks from purchasing land
1948 Policy of apartheid adopted by the National Party (NP)
1950 Group Areas Act: To segregate black and white people
The African National Congress (ANC) led by Nelson Mandela initiates civil disobedience
 
1961 South Africa declared a republic
1964 Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment
  1970's- 1980's - Civil unrest, sanctions imposed on South Africa, forced resettlement process and Township revolts
 
1990 Nelson Mandela at last released from prison
1991 De Klerk repeals remaining apartheid laws and international sanctions are lifted


Timeline of South Africa

Timeline of South Africa
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