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Apartheid
The Apartheid System begins after the 1948 general election -
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The African National Congress starts the defiance campaign
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The Bantu education act is passed
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Nelson Mandela is arrested for treason
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Seperate homelands are created for the major black groups
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69 people are killed in the Sharpville Massacre
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Nelson mandela once again arrested for treason
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Rhodesia illegally gains independence from Great Britain
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South Africa is expelled from the United Nation
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More than 600 students are killed in the Soweto Massacre
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Steve Biko is killed for being a Anti-Apartheid
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President Frederik Wilhelm de Klerk ends the ban on the ANC
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Nelson Mandela is released from prison
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Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa