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NP made governing party of SA
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The Bantu Education Act is passed
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Separate homelands are created for the major black groups.
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Nelson Mandela arrested for treason
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South Africa is expelled from the United Nations.
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President Frederik Willem de Klerk ends the ban on the African National Congress.
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Nelson Mandela is released from prison.
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Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa.