Timeline of South Africa

This is a timeline of the history of the area in present-day South Africa.

Skull of Mrs. Ples
Skull of the Taung Child
Noordkapperpunt stone-walled fish traps
The São Cristóvão and the São Pantaleão of Bartolomeu Dias
Jan van Riebeeck's arrival at the Cape of Good Hope
Castle of Good Hope
Expansion of the Cape Colony
18th century drawing depicting Wolraad Woltemade's rescue of 14 sailors
Depiction of a Griqua outspan expedition.
Auwal Mosque in Bo-Kaap (Malay Quarter) in Cape Town.
The Cape Colony in 1795
The Battle of Blaauwberg
The Zulu King Shaka
This map illustrates the rise of the Zulu Empire under Shaka (1816–1828) in present-day South Africa . The rise of the Zulu Empire under Shaka forced other chiefdoms and clans to flee across a wide area of southern Africa. Clans fleeing the Zulu war zone included the Soshangane , Zwangendaba , Ndebele , Hlubi , Ngwane , and the Mfengu . .
Map of The Great Trek
Weenen massacre
The Battle of Blood River
The Big Hole of Kimberley
The Battle of Majuba Hill.
State President Paul Kruger.
Arrest of Leander Starr Jameson
Second Boer War concentration camp
First Prime Minister of South Africa, Louis Botha.
Second Prime Minister Jan Smuts.
Photograph of Sol Plaatje from his 1915 book Native Life in South Africa
The flag of South Africa from 1928 to 1994.
Apartheid notice board.
Painting of the Sharpeville massacre by Godfrey Rubens.
Albert Luthuli
Human rights activist Nelson Mandela
Mandela votes for the first time in his life, at the Ohlange School , Inanda , Durban.
Flag of South Africa
Second President Thabo Mbeki.
Third President Jacob Zuma.
President Cyril Ramaphosa