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Congress YOuth League Founded
Its foundation in 1944 by Nick Gombart, Ashley Peter Mda and , Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo marked the rise of a new generation of leadership of South Africa's black African population. It developed a manifesto in 1944 and published a program in 1948. sources:wikapedia -
Defiance Campaign
The Defiance Campaign in 1952 was the first large-scale, multi-racial political mobilization against apartheid laws the were under a common leadership More than 8,000 trained volunteers went to jail for “defying unjust laws. -
Sharpeville massacre south africa
Sixty-nine people died on 21 March 1960 when police gunned down unarmed people protesting against apartheid laws. -
the Soweto Uprising
hen high-school students in Soweto started protesting for better education on 16 June 1976, police responded with teargas and live bullets. It is commemorated today by a South African national holiday, Youth day, which honors all the young people who lost their lives in the struggle against Apartheid and Bantu Education. -
Desmond tutt wins noble prize
Desmond TUTU wins the noble peace prize in 1984 The peace prize was given to desmond to support the council of churches. -
Nelson Mandea released from prison
in 1961, he was arrested for treason, and although acquitted he was arrested again in 1962 for illegally leaving the country.Mandela spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the brutal Robben Island Prison. Confined to a small cell without a bed or plumbing, he was forced to do hard labor in a quarry. in 1990 he was released -
Founding of the ANC
The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. sources:wikapedia
