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The Begining of the African Union
The African Union was founded in 1945. It had 193 member states. Their four main purposes of United Nations are To keep peace throughout the world. To develop friendly relations among nations, to help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each others rights and freedoms. To be a Centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals. -
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Nelson Mandela
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Who was Steven Biko?
He was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960's and 1970's. -
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Steven Biko
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Apartheid Creation
The apartheid was a creation of three hundred seventeen laws by Dr. D.F. Malan's nationalist party. They were elected in 1948. Apartheid means "apartness" It represents how the blacks and whites were separated. They had different bathrooms drinking fountians, etc. -
Mixed Marriages
The prohibition of mixed marriages act came out in 1949. -
Population Regestration Act
Required that all Africans were classified into three categories. They were black, colored, or white the governments made these arrangments by their habbits, education, apperance, and manner. -
Group areas
The Groups Areas Act, 1950, restricted the entrance of Blacks into the urban, industrial, and agricultural areas, reserving these areas only for the Whites -
Batu Authorites Act
This act assigned all Africans to their native land. This stole power away form the africans, and instead allowed them to vote solely within their homeland. -
The Abolition of Passes and coordination of Documents Act
This act required all Africans to carry a passbook which is similar to a passport. They had to have one of these so that if they were applying for a job they could see their personal information. If they did not obey this rule Africans would be kicked out of the area. -
Sharpeville Massacre
In 1960 the ANC was outlawed. Mandela continued to fight for the rights of people, traveling illegally outiside of South Africa. -
Steven Bikos death
Steven Biko died in police custody. They beat him to death. -
Punishments of Passbooks
A large group of Africans in Sharpeville revolted by not carrying around their passbooks. Because of this the government declared a state of emergency in this region. This emergency carried on for 156 days, leaving 69 people dead, and 190 wounded. -
The End of Apartheid
Apartheid came to an end in 1990 when president F.W. de klerk announced a formal end to Apartheid. By 1991, all apartheid laws were repealed. The sanctions, created by the UN, were repealed as well. South Africa is presently in a process of transition. -
Nelson Mandela for President
Mandela was elected as the first democratically chosen president of South Africa on May 10th 1994. -
Nelson Mandela became president
In 1952 Mandela was elected National Volunteer-in-Chief. His job was to travel around the country, organizing resistence against discrimination -
Nobel Peace Pride for Mandela
Mandela received the Nobel Peace prize on behalf of all the South Africans who suffered to bring peace to the land. -
The death of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela died on December 5, 2013.
