From Dutch South Africa to Republic of South Africa 1652–1994 (The Story of Three and a HalfCenturies of Imperialism)

Colonization of South Africa began on April 8 1652 when a force of 90 men under the command of Von Reinbeck of the Dutch East India Company occupied the Cape. The Dutch rule lasted of a little less than 150 years. The British army took over when it defeated the Dutch forces in Europe in 1795 and remained till 1993. Thus book is a modest attempt to capture the economic and social history of this region spanning this period of White domination. The book is divided in five parts. Part I discusses in detail the Dutch and the early rule in South Africa. The main socio-economic event of the Dutch Colonization was the introduction of slavery in March 1658. Interestingly the slaves outnumbered with colonist for nearly 100 years resulting in a dominant and overwhelmingly large proportion of the colony's output being contributed by the slaves.