Umlando weNingizimu Afrika ungaphezu kweminyaka eyizi-100,000 — kusuka kubantu basemandulo, ukukoloniza kweDashi neBhrithani, ubandlululo, kuya eNingizimu Afrika yanamuhla yentando yeningi.
Abantu Bomdabu (100,000 BC - 1652)
San (Bushmen) — usiko olusakhona kakhulu eAfrika, abazingeli-bahlanganisi. Khoekhoe abelusi. Abantu BamaBantu (Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho) bafudukela eningizimu nge-1000 BC beletha insimbi nezolimo.
I-Cape Colony YamaDashi (1652-1806)
UJan van Riebeeck wasungula iCape Town ngo-1652 yeDutch East India Company. AmaBhuru (abalimi) ahlala. Izigqila zalethwa zivela eAfrika, eNdiya, e-Indonesia. AmaKhoekhoe abulawa yizifo nokuphucwa.
I-British Cape neGreat Trek (1806-1880)
IBhrithani yathatha iCape ngo-1806. Ubugqila baphelisa ngo-1834. AmaBhuru azonda umbuso waseBhrithani, athatha iGreat Trek 1835-1840 — abantu abayizi-12,000 baya enyakatho, basungula iOrange Free State neTransvaal.
Amadayimane, Igolide, Izimpi zamaBhuru (1867-1902)
Amadayimane atholakala eKimberley ngo-1867. Igolide latholakala eWitwatersrand ngo-1886 — i-gold rush. Izimpi zaseNgilandi-namaBhuru 1880-1881, 1899-1902 — iBhrithani yawina, yasebenzisa amakamu ezivivinyo. IUnion of South Africa ngo-1910.
Ubandlululo (1948-1994)
INational Party yawina ngo-1948 — yaqalisa ubandlululo. Ukuhlukaniswa ngokwesizwe, imithetho yamaphasi, ukususwa ngenkani. I-African National Congress (ANC) ukumelana. Isibhicongo saseSharpeville ngo-1960 — abayi-69 babulawa. Ukuvukela kweSoweto ngo-1976. UNelson Mandela waboshwa 1962-1990 (iminyaka engama-27).
INingizimu Afrika Yentando Yeningi (1994-namuhla)
Ukhetho lokuqala olukhululekile ngomhlaka-27 Aprili 1994 — uMandela waba ngumongameli wokuqala omnyama. IKhomishini Yeqiniso Nokubuyisana. UMbeki, Zuma, Ramaphosa abamongameli. Abantu abayizigidi ezingama-60. Izilimi ezisemthethweni eziyi-11. Izinselelo zezomnotho, kodwa umnotho omkhulu kakhulu eAfrika neNigeria.