Imbali yoMzantsi Afrika libali elintsonkothileyo nelineenkalo ezininzi nelithatha amawaka eminyaka. Ilizwe liye labunjwa luluhlu olubanzi lweempembelelo, kuquka neenkcubeko zemveli, Ubukoloniyali baseYurophu, kunye nomzabalazo ochasene nocalucalulo.
Iinkcubeko zemveli zikhona eMzantsi Afrika amawaka eminyaka, kwaye lo mmandla wawulikhaya kwizikumkani ezininzi ezinamandla kunye nobukhosi ngaphambi kokufika kwabaseYurophu ngenkulungwane ye-15.. Ezi nkcubeko zemveli zashiya uphawu kwimbali yelizwe ngobugcisa bazo, ulwimi, kunye nezithethe, ezithe gqolo unanamhla.
Ukufika kwamathanga aseYurophu ngenkulungwane ye-15 kwazisa utshintsho oluphawulekayo eMzantsi Afrika, kuquka nokuqaliswa kobukhoboka kunye nokugxothwa koluntu lwemveli. Ngenkulungwane ye-19, ukufunyanwa kwedayimani negolide kulo mmandla kukhokelele kwixesha lokukhula ngokukhawuleza koqoqosho kodwa nasekuxhatshazweni kobutyebi bendalo kunye nabantu belizwe..
Inkulungwane yama-20 yabona ukukhula okanye ukuvela kwentshukumo echasene nocalucalulo, eyayifuna ukudiliza inkqubo yelizwe yocalucalulo nengcinezelo yobuhlanga. Lo mzabalazo ubukhokelwa ngabantu abaliqela ababalulekileyo, kuquka noNelson Mandela, owayevalelwe 27 iminyaka phambi kokuba akhululwe kwaye anyulwe njengoMzantsi Afrika (SA) umongameli wokuqala omnyama kwi 1994.
Ukususela ekupheleni kocalucalulo, UMzantsi Afrika uqhubekile ukulwa nelifa lembali yawo kunye nemingeni eqhubekayo yendlala, ukungalingani, kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho. Nangona le mingeni yasekuhlaleni, ilizwe lenze umtsi kwinkqubela phambili ebonakalayo kwimimandla efana nezemfundo, ukhathalelo lwempilo, kunye nophuhliso loqoqosho kwaye sihlala sisisizwe esidlamkileyo nesidlamkileyo esinelifa lenkcubeko elityebileyo.