>>50030439Whites came to the current Western Cape in 2 waves. The Dutch in 1600s and British in 1700s. Back then the only people on that land were Khoisan (now an absolute minority race, kind of like abos in Australia and native Americans in USA)
Bantu blacks were not in this area at all. At this stage, they were in current Zimbabwe right down to Kwazulu Natal
Khoisan people race mixed to form what is now known as coloured people and the pure breeds died of smallpox.
British govt annexed the Cape and abolished slavery in the 1800s. Britain wanted a permanent British state on the African continent so industrialisation was massive. They brought in blacks, malays and indians for mass labour. All these races continued to interbreed, thus coloured numbers increased.
Also in the 1800s, Europeans wanted to expand their territories, so the Dutch moved up north to form their own state (transvaal), where slavery would be legalised. The British moved east only to come into contact with Xhosa blacks, who had been driven south by Zulus. This was the first signs of territorial conflict between blacks and whites.
The Dutch found blacks up north too. These were Sotho people who were driven off and massacred by Zulus (black v black conflict).
The British found out about transvaal and the gold it had, so they moved up north and the Dutch/British war continued. The British won and claimed Transvaal, plus the Cape, plus their new eastern territory.
Eventually afrikaners out numbered British people and mounting pressure led to South Africa being a singular country. Afrikaners did not like it being a British union so the boer wars started. they delcared independence and Afrikaners took over. Apartheid was created in the 40's/50's up until 1994, South Africa was then ceded to black ownership
