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The History of Colonisation is briefly

Dutch rule in the cape colony 1652 - 1795

British occupation 1795 - 1803

Return to Dutch rule 1803 - 1806

Second British occupation 1806- 1910

South Africa was, until 1910, made up of 4 countries:

Cape Colony

Independent Boer South African Republic (Transvaal Republic) 1852-1901

Independent Boer Orange Free State Republic 1848-1901

Natal Colony (British) 1856-1910

In 1910 these were all incorporated in the Union of South Africa under British rule until 1961 when the Republic of South Africa was proclaimed.

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