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almost 75000 black miners went on strike
strike was for better pay and working conditions -
the national party was selected and apartheid introduced
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president D F MIlan comes into power
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prohibition of mixed marriages
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the group areas act went into passing
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the bantu homelands act came into passing
land reserved for black africans became independant nations -
the abolition of passes and co ordination act
africans were required to carry information -
the bantu education act
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under the group areas act, sophiatown was demolished
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PAC was formed
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Sharpville Masacre
69 people die while marching to a police station, and on that day ANC and PAC are banned -
South Africa becomes a republic
they left the commonwealth -
Nelson Mandela is Imprisoned
After the rivonia trial, a life sentence for high treason -
District 6
District 6 is declared a white area -
Assasination
Hendrik Verwoerd is assasinated in parlament city, capetown. By Dimitri tsafendas -
Soweto Uprising
A series of highschool student let protesting, 176 people were killed. One of them was Hector Petorson