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nelson mandela
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walter sisulu
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evelyn mase mandelas wife
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end of WWII
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African mine workers are paid twelve times less than their white counterparts and are forced to do the most dangerous jobs
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Policy of apartheid (separateness) adopted when National Party (NP) takes power.
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population classified by race
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This misleadingly-named law requires all Africans to carry identification booklets with their names, addresses, fingerprints, and other information.
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bunch of blacks refused to carry their passes and the government ordered whippings
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Resistance to apartheid increases. Organizing by churches and workers increases. Whites join blacks in the demonstrations.
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People and governments around the world launch an international campaign to boycott (not do business with) South Africa
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Hundreds of thousands of Africans who are banned from white-controlled areas ignore the laws and pour into forbidden regions in search of work.
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- ANC wins first non-racial elections
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Nelson Mandela, the African resistance leader who had been jailed for 27 years, is elected President.
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Parliament elects Jacob Zuma as president.Economy goes into recession for first time in 17 years.
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Nelson Mandela dies, aged 95.
