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population registration act
All people had to register the racial characteristic's to the government and they were classified as that. -
Sharpeville Massacre
In the Sharpeville Massacre the police fired at a black crowd wounding 250 people and killing lots. -
Rivonia Trial
The rivonia trial was in pretoria at the palace of justice and the old synagogue and caused Nelson Mandela to be in prison. -
prime minister Hendrik Verwood is assasinated
tsafendas drew a knife from his belt and stabbed Verwood 4 times -
mixed marriages act
the mixed marriage act was to protect the whit political and social dominance, it was forbidder for white people to marry anyone from another racial grouping -
Bantu homeland citizens ship act
The Bantu homeland citizens ship act was where that all black people would have to be set to a certain homeland even if they have never set foot there -
township uprising
there was a township revolt and driven both by local grievances and by opposition to apartheid, the uprising lasted two years. -
Nelson Mandela Released from prison
Nelson mandela was sentenced to life in prison in 1962. He spent 27 hard years of his life in there until he was relised by a white man in 1990 -
apartheid put into action by national party
The government decided to input the law of economic and social separation of the races intended to maintain and extend political and economic control of South Africa by the White minority. -
nelson mandala becomes president
Nelson Mandela was leading the African national congress after spending 27 years in prison. He was the first black president.