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The first evidence of pottery and agriculture in South Africa can be found in the period of 350-150 BCE, while metals date back to the 52-252 CE period. [4] The earliest occurrence of cattle farming was in the 5th century CE and the Iron Age reached modern-day Kwa-Zulu Natal around 700 CE.
27 – The Congress of South African Trade Unions holds a one-day nationwide strike over unemployment and poverty. 28 – Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, and Laurent Gbagbo, President of Côte d'Ivoire, hold talks in Pretoria to advance peace in Côte d'Ivoire. July. 4 – A South African Air Force MB-326K Impala Mk II jet crashes just ...
In 2018, South Africa produced 19.3 million tonnes of sugarcane (14th largest producer in the world), 12.5 million tonnes of maize (12th largest producer in the world) 1.9 million tons of grape (11th largest producer in the world), 1.7 million tons of orange (11th largest producer in the world) and 397 thousand tons of pear (7th largest producer in the world).
The Zulus defeat the Ndwandwe in the Ndwandwe–Zulu War.; 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.
This is a list of the heads of state of South Africa from the foundation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 to the present day. From 1910 to 1961 the head of state under the South Africa Act 1909 was the Monarch, who was the same person as the Monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other Dominions/Commonwealth realms.
30 – South Africa and India sign a declaration of intent on co-operation in health and medicine. June. 11 – The Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area is signed into existence. 12–15 – President Thabo Mbeki undertakes a state visit to the United Kingdom. September. 1–8 – Durban hosts the World Conference against Racism ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 January 2025. Head of state and government of South Africa This article is about the position of South African head of state and head of government from 1994. For the position of South African head of state from 1961 to 1994, see State President of South Africa. President of the Republic of South ...
Following the defeat of the Boers in the Second Anglo–Boer War or South African War (1899–1902), the Union of South Africa was created as a self-governing dominion of the British Empire on 31 May 1910 in terms of the South Africa Act 1909, which amalgamated the four previously separate British colonies: Cape Colony, Colony of Natal ...