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Represents the Dutch East India Company and founded the Cape Colony at Table Bay.

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Thousands of labourers from India come to South Africa, these settlers are responsible for the current population of Indians in the country.

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The British defeat the Zulu tribe in Natal

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NNC founded to further advance the social and economic status of Africans. Later renamed the ANC (African National Congress)

This event was particularly significant, as it later helped desegregate South Africa once it rose to power.

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Prevents black people outside of the Cape province from buying land from reserves.

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Founded and intended to further white Afrikaners' causes in South Africa

This event was particularly significant, as it was here where ideas of apartheid were born and later became South Africa's largest policy.

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Instrumental in furthering apartheid causes in South Africa

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Declares South Africa as a sovereign independent state after the last vestiges of British legal authority of South Africa were removed.

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Adopted when the National Party takes power in the country.

This event is particularly significant as it is when this topic started, and when groups became clearly, legally marginalised.

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Population classified by race, blacks and whites separated, the Communist Party gets banned, with ANC responding with a campaign of civil disobedience led by Nelson Mandela.

This event is significant in the timeline as it is when roles are given out, and speech is censored so as not to bash apartheid. It is also when Nelson Mandela starts rising to power and begins roles as a leader in the ANC.

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International pressure against governments leads to South Africa being excluded from the Olympics.

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5,000-7,000 protesters gather at Sharpeville to protest growing apartheid laws. The police massacred 69 and injured hundreds. The ANC party is then made illegal; this leads to an outbreak of violence on both sides.

This event impacts the story of apartheid because it is the turning point in ANC's strategy. From henceforth, both sides resort to violence to prove their points.

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South Africa leaves the Commonwealth after being declared a republic. ANC launches sabotage campaign with Mandela leading the military wing.

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Nelson Mandela, now ANC leader, sentenced to life in prison.

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Prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd assassinated.

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Three million blacks forcibly resettled in black "homelands"

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Over 600 blacks killed in altercation between protesters and security forces during an uprising started in Soweto.

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Major protest, violence, and boycotts against apartheid leading to a state of emergency declared by South Africa's government.

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F.W. de Klerk becomes president, meets Mandela, public facilities desegregated, and many ANC activists were freed.

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Nelson Mandela is released from prison after twenty seven years and the ANC is unbanned.

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De Klerk removes final apartheid laws, start of multi-party talks, and international sanctions are lifted.

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An interim constitution is agreed upon until deciding upon a permanent one.

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1994- ANC WINS FIRST NON-RADICAL ELECTIONS ⭐️

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1994- ANC WINS FIRST NON-RADICAL ELECTIONS ⭐️

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The Government of National Unity is formed, Mandela becomes president, Commonwealth membership is restored, and final sanctions are lifted. South Africa takes a chair in the UN General Assembly after being a no-show for 20 years.

The ANC's rise to power was a significant event in ending apartheid, as they were the opposing force to the National Party, which had originally proposed the discriminatory policy.

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1996- TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION 

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1996- TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION 

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu begins hearings on human rights crimes committed by former government and liberation movements during apartheid era.

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The Parliament adopts the new constitution. The National Party withdraws from the coalition.

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1998- APARTHEID: A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

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1998- APARTHEID: A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission report brands apartheid a crime against humanity and finds the ANC accountable for human rights abuses.