Lesson 4-A Drink in the Passage III. Apartheid South africa was colonized by the english and Dutch in the 17th century English domination of 4 the dutch descendents( known as Boers or Afrikaners)resulted in the dutch establishing the new colonies of Orange Free State and Transvaal The discovery of diamonds in these lands around 1900 resulted in an English invasion which sparked the Boer War. Following independence from England an uneasy power-sharing between the two groups held sway until the 1940s, when the W E To be continued on the next page.Lesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E III. Apartheid To be continued on the next page. South Africa was colonized by the English and Dutch in the 17th century. English domination of the Dutch descendents (known as Boers or Afrikaners) resulted in the Dutch establishing the new colonies of Orange Free State and Transvaal. The discovery of diamonds in these lands around 1900 resulted in an English invasion which sparked the Boer War. Following independence from England, an uneasy power-sharing between the two groups held sway until the 1940’s, when the