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A apartheid Starts
Election of the national party -
Killing
70 black demonstrators killed at Sharpeville -
life in prison
ANC leader Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prision. -
Fight
Over 600 people killed in a fight between black protesters and security forces during uprising. -
Agreement
Agreement on interim constitution. -
New constitution
Parliament gets new constitution. -
winner
ANC wins general elections -
host
Durban hosts UN race conference. -
New antibiodic
Constitutional court orders government to provide key anti-Aids drug at all public hospitals. -
Assult
President Mbeki sacks his deputy -
First
South Africa becomes the first African country, -
Presedent
Parliament elects Jacob Zuma as president. -
Hospital
Former president Nelson Mandela, aged 94, admitted to hospital for the fourth time in the past year. -
Party
Ruling ANC party wins a majority in general elections. -
Bomb
Bomb explosions in Soweto.