南非的历史.ppt

The South Africa’ s history The Ancient History The Colonists’ Invasion and Peoples Struggle The Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach the Cape of Good Hope, arriving in 1488. However, permanent white settlement did not begin until 1652 when the Dutch East India Company established a provisioning station on the Cape. They preempted the ranches and plundered the livestock. Colonial increasing scramble At the 19th century, Europeans found larges of mineral resources in South Africa,so the modern industry focusing on mining was risen and cities were built. South Africas history took a turn with the general election in 1948 in which the white minority voted to power the National Party.? The NP led South Africa to independence from Britain in 1962 and to the development of the policy of apartheid The Struggle against Racial Discrimination The Struggle against Racial Discrimination Ultimately, however, all power remained in white hands. Blacks remained effectively disenfranchised. In 1948, the National Party (NP) won the all-white elections and began passing legislation codifying and enforcing an even stricter policy of white domination and racial separation known as apartheid (separateness). Until,the countrys first nonracial elections were held on April 26-28, 1994, resulting in the installation of Nelson Mandela as President on May 10, 1994. * LOGO Colonial increasing scramble The Colonists’ Invasion The Ancient History The Struggle against Racial Discrimination 1500 years ago 16-18 centuries 19 century 19-20 centuries time history South Africa has a rich and varied history. It discovered the Australopithecine fossils frist. People have inhabited southern Africa for thousands of years. Members of the Khoisan language groups are the oldest surviving inhabitants of the land, but only a few are left in South Africa today ,whose cave paintings and cliff carvings were human original treasures of art. Nelson Mandela *