Apartheid

APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA.

By Gilles_T

  • End of World War II

    End of World War II

  • Beginnig of Apartheid in South Africa.

    Beginnig of Apartheid in South Africa.

  • Prohibition of mixed marriages.

    Prohibition of mixed marriages.

  • Population Registration Act

    Population Registration Act
    It required that each person be classified according to his racial caracteristics.

  • Nelson Mandela sentence to life emprisonment

    Nelson Mandela sentence to life emprisonment
    After having seen as a potential treat for the system, Nelson Mandela has been sentenced to life enprisonment.

  • Soweto tragedy.

    Soweto tragedy.
    Soweto Uprising against the imposition of the use of Afrikaans in black schools. The police fired on a student demonstration. Begins a long series of strikes and demonstrations that are more than 1,000 dead in a few months.

  • Death of Steven Biko while in detention

    Death of Steven Biko while in detention

  • Realese of Nelson Mandela.

    Realese of Nelson Mandela.
    Nelson Mandela, who, 26 years earlier, was sentenced to life enprisonment, got released.

  • Complete Abolition of the Apartheid Law

    Complete Abolition of the Apartheid Law

  • Total abolition of Apartheid

    Total abolition of Apartheid

  • First multiracial election

  • Hinauguration of Nelson Mandela elected by a large majority at the head of the state.

    Hinauguration of Nelson Mandela elected by a large majority at the head of the state.