Early settlers from about 1000 BC to AD 1500
Settlers from out of Africa
Migrations within South Africa
The decline of the African chiefdoms and the rural areas
The Two Anglo-Boer Wars, 1880-1881 and 1899-1902
Union, the rise of nationalisms, resistance movements, World War I (1914-1918), and the PACT government (1924-1929)
New political parties, the rise of the Afrikaners, World War II (1939-1945) and the 1948 elections
The years 1999-2008 and 2009-2016
Prospects and challenges.
