Events
Bantu MigrationJan van Riebeeck, representing the Dutch East India Company, founds the Cape ColonyBritish ArriveShaka Zulu founds and expands the Zulu empireBoers leave Cape Colony in the 'Great Trek' and found the Orange Free State and the Transvaal.British abolish slaveryBritish grant limited self-government to the Transvaal.Gold is discovered in the Transvaal, triggering the gold rush.Treaty of Vereeniging ends the second Anglo-Boer War. The Transvaal and Orange Free State are made self-governing colonies of the British Empire.National Party founded.Land Act introduced to prevent blacks, except those living in Cape Province, from buying land outside reserves.Founding of Afrikaner BroederbondNatives Urban Areas Act authorizes segregation in urban areas.Boers rebel against the British, sparking the first Anglo-Boer War. Conflict ends with a negotiated peace. Transvaal is restored as a republic.Diamonds discovered at Kimberley.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.Native National Congress founded, later renamed the African National Congress (ANC).Natal separates from the Cape Colony.British troops gather on the Transvaal border and ignore an ultimatum to disperse. The second Anglo-Boer War begins.Britain annexed the TransvaalLegislation reserves skilled jobs for whites.Communist Party of South Africa establishedUnsuccessful Jameson Raid against Afrikaner dominance in Transvaal
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