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Do not fill this in! {{Navbox |name = Political history of South Africa |title = Political history of [[South Africa]] |listclass = hlist |nowrapitems = yes |state = {{{state<includeonly>|collapsed</includeonly>}}} |group1 = Defunct [[Polity|polities]] |list1 = * [[Kingdom of Mapungubwe]] ({{circa|1075}}–{{circa|1220}}) * [[Dutch Cape Colony]] (1652–1806) * [[Mthethwa Paramountcy]] ({{circa|1780}}–1817) * [[Ndwandwe|Ndwandwe Kingdom]] ({{circa|1780}}–1819) * [[Cape Colony]] (1795–1910) * [[Zulu Kingdom]] (1816–1897) * [[Natalia Republic]] (1839–1843) * [[Colony of Natal|Natal Colony]] (1843–1910) * [[Orange Free State]] (1854–1902) * [[South African Republic]] (1856–1902) * [[Griqualand East]] (1861–1879) * [[Griqualand West]] (1870–1873) * [[State of Goshen|Goshen]] (1882–1883) * [[Stellaland]] (1882–1885) * [[Nieuwe Republiek]] (1884–1888) * [[Upingtonia]] (1885–1887) * [[Klein Vrystaat]] (1886–1891) * [[Orange River Colony]] (1902–1910) * [[Transvaal Colony]] (1902–1910) * [[Union of South Africa]] (1910–1961) * [[Transkei]] (1976–1994) * [[Bophuthatswana]] (1977–1994) * [[Venda]] (1979–1994) * [[Ciskei]] (1981–1994) |group2 = Events |list2 = {{Navbox|subgroup |group1 = [[Early history of South Africa|Pre-colonial]] |list1 = * [[Bantu expansion|Bantu migrations]] * [[Battle of Salt River]] |group2 = [[History of South Africa (1652–1815)|1652–1815]] |list2 = * [[History of the Cape Colony before 1806#First settlement|Dutch settlement]] * [[Huguenots in South Africa|French Huguenot settlement]] * [[Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars]] * [[Xhosa Wars]] * [[Battle of Muizenberg]] * [[Battle of Blaauwberg]] * [[Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814]] |group3 = [[History of South Africa (1815–1910)|1815–1910]] |list3 = * [[Mfecane]] * [[1820 Settlers]] * [[Great Trek]] * [[Boer Republics]] * [[Transvaal Civil War]] * [[Mineral Revolution]] * [[Witwatersrand Gold Rush]] * [[South African Wars (1879–1915)|South African Wars]] * [[South Africa Act 1909]] ([[National Convention (South Africa)|National Convention]]) |group4 = [[History of South Africa (1910–48)|1910–1948]] |list4 = * [[South West Africa campaign]] * [[Maritz rebellion]] * [[Rand Rebellion]] * [[Great Depression in South Africa|Great Depression]] * [[1946 African Mine Workers' Union strike]] * [[Bantustan|Bantustans]] |group5 = [[Apartheid]] |list5 = * [[1948 South African general election|1948 general election]] * [[Apartheid legislation]] ** [[Pass laws]] * [[Internal resistance to apartheid|Internal resistance]] * [[Coloured-vote constitutional crisis]] * [[Defiance Campaign]] * [[Congress of the People (1955)|Congress of the People]] ** [[Freedom Charter]] * [[Women's March (South Africa)|Women's March 1956]] * [[1957 Alexandra bus boycott]] * [[Sharpeville massacre]] * [[1960 South African republic referendum|1960 republic referendum]] * [[Foreign relations of South Africa during apartheid|International isolation]] ** [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1761|UN Resolution 1761]] ** [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 591|UNSC Resolution 591]] ** [[Academic boycott of South Africa|Academic boycott]] ** [[Disinvestment from South Africa|Disinvestment]] ** [[Constructive engagement]] ** [[Tar Baby Option]] ** [[Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era|Sporting boycott]] *** [[Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics|Olympics]] *** [[Rugby union and apartheid|Rugby union]] * [[Rivonia Trial]] * [[Durban Moment]] * [[South African Border War|Border War]] * [[Israel–South Africa relations#Strategic relations|Israeli alliance]] ** [[Israel–South Africa Agreement]] * [[Mafeje affair]] * [[Soweto uprising|Soweto Uprising]] * [[South Africa and weapons of mass destruction|Weapons of mass destruction]] * [[Project Coast]] * [[Church Street bombing]] * [[1983 South African constitutional referendum|1983 constitutional referendum]] * [[Langa massacre]] * [[Rubicon speech]] * [[Operation Vula]] * [[Dakar Conference]] * [[1987 Transkei coup d'état|Transkei coup d'état]] * [[1990 Ciskei coup d'état|Ciskei coup d'état]] * [[1990 Venda coup d'état|Venda coup d'état]] * [[Third Force (South Africa)|Third Force]] * [[Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa|CODESA]] ** [[Storming of the Kempton Park World Trade Centre]] * [[Bisho massacre]] * [[1992 South African apartheid referendum|1992 apartheid referendum]] * [[Saint James Church massacre]] * [[1994 Bophuthatswana crisis|Bophuthatswana crisis]] * [[Shell House massacre]] |group6 = [[History of South Africa (1994–present)|Post-<br />apartheid]] |list6 = * [[1994 South African general election|1994 general election]] * [[Government of National Unity (South Africa)|Government of National Unity]] * [[Reconstruction and Development Programme]] * [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)|Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] * [[South African Arms Deal|Arms Deal]] * [[Floor crossing (South Africa)|Floor crossing]] * [[2002 Soweto bombings|Soweto bombings]] * [[African Renaissance]] * [[Travelgate (South Africa)|Travelgate]] * [[Xenophobia in South Africa|Xenophobia]] * [[Attack on Kennedy Road]] * [[Blikkiesdorp]] * [[Marikana killings|Marikana massacre]] * [[Western Cape 2012 Farm Workers' strike|2012 Western Cape farm workers' strike]] * [[Nkandla (homestead)|Nkandlagate]] * [[Racism in South Africa|Racism]] * [[2014 South African platinum strike|2014 platinum strike]] * [[Rhodes Must Fall|#RhodesMustFall protests]] * [[FeesMustFall|#FeesMustFall student protests]] * [[Tshwane riots, 2016|Tshwane riots]] * [[2019 service delivery protests]] * [[2019 Johannesburg riots]] * [[COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa|COVID-19 pandemic]] * [[2020 Phala Phala Robbery]] * [[2021 South African unrest|2021 unrest]] * [[Lady R incident|''Lady R'' incident]] }} |group3 = Political culture |list3 = * [[African nationalism]] * [[Afrikaner Calvinism]] * [[Afrikaner nationalism]] * [[Anarchism in South Africa|Anarchism]] * [[Azania]] * ''[[Baasskap]]'' * ''[[Boerehaat]]'' * [[Black Consciousness Movement]] * [[Cape Independence]] * [[Day of the Vow]] * [[Greater South Africa]] * [[Honorary whites]] * ''[[Rooi gevaar]]'' * [[Slavery in South Africa|Slavery]] * ''[[Swart gevaar]]'' * ''[[Uitlander]]'' * ''[[Volkstaat]]'' |group4 = Defunct<br />organisations |list4 = {{Navbox|subgroup |group1 = Civic and political<br />organisations |list1 = * [[Afrikaner Bond]] * [[Afrikaner Broederbond]] * [[Afrikaner Party]] * [[Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party|AITUP]] * [[African Political Organization|APO]] * [[Afrikaner Volksfront|AVF]] * [[Black People's Convention|BPC]] * [[Black Sash]] * [[Boerestaat Party]] * [[Christian Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|CDA]] * [[Ciskei National Independence Party|CNIP]] * [[Cape Town Ecology Group|CTEG]] * [[South African Congress of Democrats|COD]] * [[Congress Alliance]] * [[Conscientious Objector Support Group|COSG]] * [[Conservative Party of South Africa|CP]] * [[Democratic Left Front|DLF]] * [[Dominion Party (South Africa)|Dominion Party]] * [[Democratic Party (South Africa, 1973)|DP (1973–1977)]] * [[Democratic Party (South Africa)|DP (1989–2000)]] * [[Democratic Progressive Party (Transkei)|DPP]] * [[Democratic Socialist Movement (South Africa)|DSM]] * [[End Conscription Campaign|ECC]] * [[Federal Alliance (South Africa)|FA]] * [[Federation of Democrats (South Africa)|FD]] * [[Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners]] * [[Purified National Party|GNP]] * [[Het Volk (political party)|Het Volk]] * [[Herenigde Nasionale Party|HNP (Herenigde)]] * [[Herstigte Nasionale Party|HNP (Herstigte)]] * [[Institute for Democratic Alternatives in South Africa|IDASA]] * [[Independent Democrats|ID]] * [[Independent Party (South Africa)|IP]] * [[International Socialist League (South Africa)|ISL]] * [[Jeugkrag]] * [[Johannesburg Reform Committee]] * [[Labour Party (South Africa)|Labour Party (1910–1958)]] * [[Labour Party (South Africa, 1969)|Labour Party (1969–1994)]] * [[Liberal Party of South Africa|Liberal Party (1953–1968)]] * [[National Action (South Africa)|NA]] * [[National Conservative Party (South Africa)|NCP]] * [[Natal Indian Congress|Natal Indian Congress]] * [[New Labour Party (South Africa)|NLP]] * [[New National Party (South Africa)|NNP]] * [[National Party (South Africa)|NP]] * [[National People's Party (South Africa, 1981)|NPP]] * [[New Republic Party (South Africa)|NRP]] * [[National Union of South African Students|NUSAS]] * [[Occupy South Africa|Occupy]] * [[Orangia Unie]] * [[Vereniging van Oranjewerkers|Oranjewerkers]] * [[Orde Boerevolk]] * [[Progressive ANC Voters Network|PAVN]] * [[Progressive Federal Party|PFP]] * [[Progressive Party (Cape Colony)]] * [[Progressive Party (South Africa)|Progressive Party]] * [[Progressive Reform Party (South Africa)|PRP]] * [[Radio Freedom]] * [[Reform Party (South Africa)|Reform Party]] * [[South African Business Party|SABP]] * [[South African Democratic Convention|SADECO]] * [[South African Indian Congress|SAIC]] * [[South African Students' Organisation|SASO]] * [[South African Youth Congress|SAYCO]] * [[South African Youth Revolutionary Council|SAYRCO]] * [[South African Party (Cape Colony)]] * [[South African Party|South African Party (1911–1934)]] * [[South African Party (Republic of South Africa)|South African Party (1977–1980)]] * [[Transkei National Independence Party|TNIP]] * [[Torch Commando]] * [[Union Federal Party|UFP]] * [[United Party (South Africa)|United Party]] * [[Unionist Party (South Africa)|Unionist Party]] * [[Volksparty]] * [[Workers Party of South Africa|Workers Party]] * [[Workers Organisation for Socialist Action|WOSA]] |group2 = Trade unions and<br />social movements |list2 = * [[Anti-Privatisation Forum|APF]] * [[Black Consciousness Movement|BCM]] * [[Black Trade Union of Transnet Workers|BLATU]] * [[Council of Non-European Trade Unions|CNETU]] * [[Cape Town Stevedoring Workers Union|CTSWU]] * [[Food and Canning Workers' Union|FCWU]] * [[Federation of Non-European Trade Unions|FNETU]] * [[Federation of South African Trade Unions|FOSATU]] * [[Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union|ICU]] * [[Industrial Workers of the World (South Africa)|IWW]] * [[Musicians Union of South Africa|MUSA]] * [[Non-European Unity Movement|NEUM]] * [[National Union of Railway and Harbour Servants|NURHS]] * [[Performing Arts Workers' Equity|PAWE]] * [[South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers Union|SAAPAWU]] * [[South African Congress of Trade Unions|SACTU]] * [[South African Industrial Federation|SAIF]] * [[South African Railways and Harbours Union|SARHU]] * [[South African Trades Union Council|SATUC]] * [[Die Spoorbund]] * [[United Democratic Front (South Africa)|UDF]] * [[Umkosi Wezintaba]] |group3 = Paramilitary and<br />terrorist organisations |list3 = * [[Azanian People's Liberation Army|APLA]] * [[African Resistance Movement|ARM]] * [[Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging|AWB]] * [[Blanke Bevrydingsbeweging|BBB]] * [[Boeremag]] * [[South African Gentile National Socialist Movement|Greyshirts]] * [[Umkhonto we Sizwe|MK]] * [[Ossewabrandwag]] * [[Orde van die Dood]] * [[People Against Gangsterism and Drugs|PAGAD]] * [[South African National Front|SANF]] }} |group5 = Histories of<br />political parties |list5 = * [[History of the African National Congress|African National Congress]] * [[History of the Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]] * [[History of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania|Pan Africanist Congress of Azania]] | below ={{icon|category}} '''[[:Category:Political history of South Africa|Category]]''' }}<noinclude> {{Documentation|content= {{Collapsible option|default=collapsed}} ==See also== * {{tl|Apartheid}} * {{tl|Apartheid legislation in South Africa}} * {{tl|Apartheid legislation navbox}} * {{tl|Campaignbox Great Trek}} * {{tl|Courts of South Africa}} * {{tl|Foreign relations of South Africa}} * {{tl|History of South Africa}} * {{tl|International opposition to Apartheid}} * {{tl|Politics of South Africa}} * 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