Soulth Africa Timeline

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  • Black voters

    Black voters
    Black voters were removed from the voter rolls

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

    Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
    Jan Christiaan Smuts brought the nation into World War II on the Allied side against Nationalist opposition, and South Africa became a charter member of the United Nations in 1945, but he refused to sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  • Jan Christiaan

    Jan Christiaan
    Jan Christiaan Smuts brought the nation into World War II on the Allied side against Nationalist opposition, and South Africa became a charter member of the United Nations in 1945

  • 70 black protesters were killed

    70 black protesters were killed
    70 black protesters were killed during a peaceful demonstration in Sharpesville.

  • South Africa declared itself a Republic

    South Africa declared itself a Republic
    South Africa declared itself a republic and severed its ties with the Commonwealth, which strongly objected to the country's racist policies.

  • South Africa declared itself a republic

    South Africa declared itself a republic
    South Africa declared itself a republic in 1961 and severed its ties with the Commonwealth, which strongly objected to the country's racist policies.

  • Soweto

    Soweto
    An uprising in the black township of Soweto spread to other black townships and left 600 dead.

  • Africans to move from cities to rural townships,

    Africans to move from cities to rural townships,
    The Group Areas Acts of 1950 and 1986 forced about 1.5 million Africans to move from cities to rural townships, where they lived in abject poverty under repressive laws.

  • P. W. Botha

    P. W. Botha
    Apartheid's grip on South Africa began to give way when F. W. de Klerk replaced P. W. Botha as president.

  • CODESA

    CODESA
    a multiracial forum led by de Klerk and Mandela, the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), began working on a new constitution

  • Nobel Peace Prize

    Nobel Peace Prize
    Mandela and de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

  • The Truth and Reconciliation Commission,

    The Truth and Reconciliation Commission,
    the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, chaired by Desmond Tutu, began hearings regarding human rights violations

  • Thabo Mbeki

    Thabo Mbeki
    The African National Congress won South Africa's general election in a landslide, taking about 70% of the vote, and Thabo Mbeki was sworn in for a second term.

  • African National Committee

    African National Committee
    African National Committee delegates chose Jacob Zuma as their leader, ousting Mbeki, who had been in control of the party for the last ten years.

  • Oscar Pistorius

    Oscar Pistorius
    Olympic runner and national hero Oscar Pistorius was arrested in February 2013 and charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.