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Elections
The National Party was elected into parliament and immediatly started the apartheid laws -
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Apartheid
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Prime Minister of South Africa
Daniel François Malan -
Prohibitation of mixed marriage Act
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The Population Registration Act
South African People were identified and registered from birth as one of four distinct racial groups: White, Coloured, Bantu (Black African), and other. -
The Group Areas Act
set aside specific communities for each of the races (white, colored (mixed race or Indian), and native (African/black). Mixed race families were forced to live seperatly -
The Bantu Homelands act
Land reserved for black Africans, became independent nations. -
Abolition of passes and Co-ordination of Documents Act
Requires Africans to carry identification (misleading name). -
The Reservation of Separate Amenities Act
established "separate but not necessarily equal" parks, beaches, post offices, and other public places for whites and non-whites. -
Bantu Education Act
Seperate Education for black and white people. -
20 000 Women prostest against the Passlaws
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Sharpville Massacre & Banning of ANC and PAC
A large group of blacks in the town of Sharpeville refused to carry their passes. The government declares a state of emergency and responds with fines, imprisonment, and whippings. In all, 69 people die and 187 people are wounded. AND on that day ANC and PAC were banned (offically April) -
SA became a Repuplic
Sa Quit the commonwealth -
Madiba Jailed!
Nelson Mandela, head of the African National Congress, is improsened After the Revonia Trial for high treason. -
District 6 declared as a white area
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Hendrik Verwoerd was assassinated in Cape Town
President Verwoerd was assassinated by Dimitri Tsfendas -
The Soweto uprising
People (mostly high school pupils) in Soweto riot and demonstrate against discrimination and instruction in Afrikaans. The police react with gunfire. 176 people killed. Protesters against apartheid link arms in a show of resistance. -
International Apartheid boycott
People and governments around the world launch an international campaign to boycott South Africa. Some countries ban the import of South African products, and citizens of many countries pressure major companies to pull out of South Africa.
