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To start, numerous events occurred due to the imperialism in South Africa. First off, there were many advances in agriculture and mining, because of the imperialism. The mining industry grew enormously, because of the vast amount of gold and diamonds in South Africa (Library of Congress). Because of this growth in the industry, new ways had to be invented to do things in a faster manner. In addition, because of the Imperialism, the Europeans thought of themselves as superior people. The Europeans thought this, because they had better technology, weapons, and could take over the African colonies. They thought they were a better and more dominant race (Wikipedia). Many Europeans and Africans also died, because of the spread of foreign diseases. Diseases like Influenza, Small pox, malaria, mumps, trachoma, etc, affected the South Africans (Library of Congress). They had never faced diseases like this before. To sum up, the effects were to a certain extent political and economic.