This is a list of years in South Africa.

Before Dutch and British colonisation

  • BCE in Southern Africa
  • Early CE in Southern Africa
  • 13th century
  • 14th century

Dutch and later British colonisation

  • 15th century
  • 16th century

Union of South Africa

Republic of South Africa

Post Apartheid

See also

  • Timelines of cities in South Africa: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria

Bibliography

  • Historical dictionary of South Africa, Christopher Saunders, Nicholas Southey' 2nd Edition, Lanham, Md., London: Scarecrow Press
  • Manual of South African Geography: Forming a Companion to the Map of South Africa to 16° South Latitude.

published in 20th century

;pre-1990s

  • Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, DJ Potgieter, Cape Town: NASOU, 1970
  • Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa, CFJ Muller, 3rd rev., Pretoria Academica, 1981
  • Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa 5th Edition , 1985
  • Who did what in South Africa, Mona De Beer, Craighall, South Africa, AD Donker, 1988

;1990s

  • Who's who in South African politics, Shelagh Gastrow, 3rd Edition, Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1990
  • Who's who in South African politics, Shelagh Gastrow, 4th Edition, Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1992
  • New dictionary of South African biography, edited by E.J. Verwey, Pretoria: HSRC Publishers, 1995
  • ANC's Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 1996
  • Africa Confidential who's who of Southern Africa, edited by Patrick Smith, Oxford, Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1998
  • A-Z of South African Politics: the Essential Handbook, 1999, edited by Phillip Van Niekerk and Barbara Ludman, London, NY: Penguin Books
  • Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, F Wallis, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau, 2000

published in 21st century

  • Atlas of Mutual Heritage
  • Encyclopædia Britannica Online
  • Independent Online
  • Liberation Archive
  • News24