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Important historical events

Created by Eskimo14 on Oct 7, 2010

Last updated: 10/07/10 at 04:23 AM

• Independance
  1961

  South Africa becomes an independent republic.

• Apartheid, the law of race
  1948 to 1990

  A policy of ethnic segregation called Apartheid was enforced in 1948 and continued until it was dismantled when president F.W de Klerk became president in 1990 This election brought Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress to power.

• South Africa, a British colony
  1910

  The Boers were defeated by the British, making South Africa a British colony.

• The Boer War
  1899 to 1902

  The Dutch and British fight over control of the control of the land with diamonds and lead gold.

• The dutch (Boers) come to colonize south africa
  1820

  The Dutch (Boers) and the British colonists started to claim land in the northern and eastern of south Africa. This also led to some minor conflicts between the natives and the new European colonists.

• Cape Town
  1806

  In 1806 Cape town became a British colony.