South Africa Self Rule Essay

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Is self-rule worth fighting and dying for in South Africa?

Self-rule is associated to a country that gains the right to rule itself after being colonised, after a monarchy, or a dictatorship. Many countries have gained self-rule from colonizers such as Britain or the Netherlands. Britain had colonies all over the world. Some examples of British colonies are India, Australia, and Canada and many others. Most of these countries won their independence from Britain and now are self-ruled. The country that is going to be researched on how they gained their independence is South Africa, one of Britain’s biggest colonies.

The Europeans that first found South Africa were the Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias. Bartholomeu discovered South Africa 1488 whilst he was trying to find a route to Asia. Vasco de Gama shortly followed and arrived in South Africa in 1497. …show more content…

This man was Nelson Mandela. He spent most of his life helping the ANC (African national Congress) this group fought for the equality among the people of South Africa. He is the nations hero. He was important part of the freedom of the Black Africans. What truly helped Nelson Mandela was the President at that moment who was Frederik de Klerk who passed laws that allowed the right to vote for everyone in South Africa. A large amount of black African voted for Nelson Mandela and he became the first African President ever in South Africa.

South Africa has been through a lot to gets its independence. At first it was forming the country instead of it belonging to either the Dutch East India Company or the British East India Company. Once South Africa became its own country only the white people of the country. Then there was the whole process so that the black Africans could receive their rights. South Africa is now a self-ruling country. They elect there own rulers instead of being ruled by force by someone

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