| A | B |
| 1910 | britian granted south africa self-rule |
| 1994 | small minorities governed the nation |
| 1948 | the nationalist party came to power in South Africa |
| 1960 | Albert J. Luthuli won the nobel peace prize |
| 1964 | mandela was captured and sentenced to life in prison |
| 1976 | students in soweto protested the use of afrikaans in the public schools |
| 1980 | the US imposed an economic sanction |
| 1989 | South Africas president F.W. de Clerk released all the major groups that opposed apartheid |
| 1990 | economic times went down |
| 1963 | OAU was formed |
| 1991 | all nations except for South Africa had joined |
| 1867 | gold |
| 1884 | diamond |