Africa

Africa: 1946-Present

By kazoo1
  • Witwatersrand

    Witwatersrand

    African mine workers came out on strike.
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    Africa

    African mine workers came out on strike.
  • Madagascar

    Madagascar

    Revolt against the French

  • Apartheid

    Divided country in zones
  • Kenya

    Kenya

    A state of emergency was declared by the British Governor of Kenya as the Mau Mau began an open uprising against British rule. The British arrested hundreds of Kikuyu tribesman-- among them Jomo Kenyatta who went on to become the first Prime Minister of Kenya.

  • Tunisia

    Tunisia becomes independent

  • Sharpeville

    180 black Africans were injured and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on approximately 300 demonstrators at the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal.
  • Belgian Congo

    Belgian Congo

    Belgian Congo becomes independent- Civil War breaks out

  • Congo

    Lumumba murdered in Congo

  • South Africa

    Nelson Mandela jailed in South Africa
  • Kenya

    Kenya

    (2) Kenya becomes independent from Great Britain, Jomo Kenyatta's Kenya African National Union (KANU) party forms the first independent government
  • Nelson Mandela sentenced to prison

    Nelson Mandela sentenced to prison

    ANC leader Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • Telephone Booth Stuffing

    Telephone Booth Stuffing

    Originates in South Africa

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

  • Egypt

    Egypt

    President Gamal Abdel-Nasser Dies, Anwar Sadat becomes president of Egypt

  • More than 600 killed in clashes between black protesters and security forces during uprising which starts in Soweto.

  • Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

    Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Egypt

    Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Sebokeng, Sharpeville, and Boipatong

    7,000 South African Defense Troops and police seal off townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville, and Boipatong.

  • Uitenhage

    Uitenhage massacre: 19 killed when police shot at a funeral procession

  • South Africa

    Four British men are jailed for conspiring to smuggle military component into South Africa

  • South Africa

    State of emergency declared in much of South Africa
  • America lends a hand

    America lends a hand

    United States Congress passed the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act (CAAA).

  • South Africa

    Nelson Mandela released after 25 yrs
  • Afica, Natal

    Afica, Natal

    National State of Emergency is to be lifted with the exception of Natal.

  • De Klerk repeals remaining apartheid laws and international sanctions are lifted in South Africa

  • Peace Prize

    President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize.
  • Weapons Law

    Weapons Law

    Carrying of dangerous weapons made illegal

  • Parliament

    President F.W. de Klerk opens parliament and suggests a referendum in which the vote of each race group be counted separately

  • April - 39 multi-national pharmaceutical companies halt a legal battle to stop South Africa importing generic Aids drugs. The decision is hailed as a victory for the world's poorest countries in their efforts to import cheaper drugs to combat the virus.

  • December - High Court rules that pregnant women must be given Aids drugs to help prevent transmission of the virus to their babies.

    December - High Court rules that pregnant women must be given Aids drugs to help prevent transmission of the virus to their babies.

  • Revolt

    In August 2005, religious, civic groups, and the country’s largest trade union body (Cosatu) formed a coalition to challenge the ANC government’s economic policies.
  • December - South Africa becomes the first African country, and the fifth in the world, to allow same-sex unions.

    December - South Africa becomes the first African country, and the fifth in the world, to allow same-sex unions.