South Africa

By baileymjs

  • The National Party wins the election

    The National Party wins the election
    The National Party starts an apartheid

  • The Groups Act

    The Groups Act
    Group Areas Act passed to segregate blacks and whites.

  • Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd assassinated

    Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd assassinated
    developed and applied the policy of apartheid, or separation of the races

  • SharpVille Massacure

    SharpVille Massacure
    69 killed by South African Police

  • South Africa excluded from Olympic Games

    South Africa excluded from Olympic Games
    International pressure against government begins. This happens in the 1960s

  • South Africa Leaves the Common Wealth

    South Africa Leaves the Common Wealth
    Mandela heads a new military wing.

  • Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment.

    Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment.
    He Sabotaged The Apartheid.

  • More than 3 million people forcibly resettled in black 'homelands

    More than 3 million people forcibly resettled in black 'homelands
    Land was set aside for Black People. This happened all in the 70s