They didnt become a colony
IN 1994
Egypt being the Most northern British colony in Africa and South Africa being the most Southern colony in Africa.
In 1910 Not really, in 1910 South Africa became a Dominion of the British Empire. The legal definition of Dominion as used above is ' A Self-Governing Colony'. So it could be argued that South Africa did not stop being a British Colony until independence in 1931.
The Union of South Africa, came into being on May 31,1910. It was created when the British Colonies Cape Colony, the Natal Colony, the Transvaal Colony and the Orange River Colony merged into one.
the dutch cape colony in South Africa
1967, when the long-established British sea-base of Aden was evacuated by British forces, and became South Yemen.
Namibia/ South West Africa
It is now known as Namibia.
bummyh stuff
1795
Kind of. The first colony in modern-day South Africa was the Cape Colony which was owned by the Dutch. The British took the Dutch territory over in 1806 and colonized the rest of South Africa themselves. South Africa gained partial independence in 1910 and full independence in 1931. They retained close ceremonial and economic ties until 1961.
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