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Dutch settle in what is now Cape Town; beginning of their colonization of South Africa
Went there originally on their way to Indonesia
Dutch settle in what is now Cape Town; beginning of their colonization of South Africa
Went there originally on their way to Indonesia |
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British win control of Cape area
Zulus reach Southern Africa. |
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Boers set up two independent republics -- The Orange Free State and the Transvaal
Boers get away from the British
(Boers- Dutch term for farmers)
Zulus reach Southern Africa. |
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| Diamonds were discovered in the Boer republics |
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| Gold was discovered in the Boer Republics |
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| Boer War – British vs. Afrikaners |
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British create the Union of South Africa – Dutch colonies were absorbed by the British
Britain grants them “self rule” |
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| Nationalist Party (dominated by Afrikaners) comes to power; Apartheid is created |
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| Apartheid government begins to make changes – ends pass laws and other “petty apartheid” laws |
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| ban on A.N.C. and other anti-Apartheid groups lifted |
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| Nelson Mandela freed from prison by F.W. de Klerk (then the president of South Africa) |
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| First elections where all South Africans can vote; truly democratic elections; Nelson Mandela elected (beginning of true independence) |
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Afrikaans for “apartness”; a form of segregation; rigid system to separate ‘races’; started in 1948, by the Nationalist Party
White people dominated government; all non-whites denied political rights |
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| Political party that created Apartheid; came to power in 1948 |
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| a.k.a. Tribal Reserves; worst land in the country; not good for farming, poor resources; each one set aside for a different tribal group (Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, etc.); done this way to divide and conquer – keep the black people from having united power; Blacks required to live here unless in townships |
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| Identification booklets that all non-whites must carry at all times (whites are not required to carry them); Blacks caught any time without them could be arrested and sent back to homelands |
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| Outskirts of white cities – slums set aside for black workers only who have jobs in the white city; poor conditions, overcrowded, make-shift homes made from scrap materials |
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| 1960, protesters demonstrate peacefully against apartheid in Sharpeville (township near Johannesburg); more than 60 demonstrators killed when police open fire |
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| African National Congress (ANC) – |
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| Founded as anti-Apartheid movement; today the ruling political party of South Africa; Nelson Mandela a member; was outlawed during Apartheid |
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| 1st Black president of South Africa; imprisoned for 27 years for opposing Apartheid (sentenced for life) |
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Stands for SOuth WEstern TOwnship; on outskirts of Johannesburg
Center of much anti-apartheid activity |
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| Language of the Afrikaners |
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| When countries refuse to trade with another country because of opposition to its policies; many countries imposed economic sanctions on South Africa during Apartheid, trying to convince SA to end its racist rule of the country |
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