Anti-aperthied

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  • The birth of the South African Native National Congress.[S.A.N.N.C]

    The birth of the South African Native National Congress.[S.A.N.N.C]

    A meeting of chiefs, churchmen and lawyers at the Waaihoek methodist church in Bloemfontein on 8 January heralds the birth of the South African Native National Congress.
  • 80% of land to white people, who make up less than 20% of the population.

    80% of land to white people, who make up less than 20% of the population.

    Natives Land Act unreasonably gives 80% of land to white people, who make up less than 20% of the population. It helps secure cheap labour for white-owned mines.
  • The SANNC is renamed the African National Congress (ANC).

    The SANNC is renamed the African National Congress (ANC).

  • found leaders including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo.

    found leaders including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo.

    ANC youth league found with leaders including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo.
  • ANC launches defiance campaign. Mandela is arrested.

    ANC launches defiance campaign. Mandela is arrested.

  • Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown.

    Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown.

    Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown. It declares "that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all the people … The people shall govern!"
  • Mandela is arrested and joins 155 others on trial for treason.

    Mandela is arrested and joins 155 others on trial for treason.

    Mandela is arrested and joins 155 others on trial for treason. The trial lasts four-and-a-half years.
  • Police open fire on an unarmed crowd at a PAC demonstration

    Police open fire on an unarmed crowd at a PAC demonstration

    Police open fire on an unarmed crowd at a PAC demonstration against pass laws in Sharpeville, killing 69. A state of emergency is declared and the ANC and PAC are banned. The ANC president chief, Albert Luthuli, becomes the first African to win the Nobel peace prize.
  • ANC launches armed struggle with Mandela as commander-in-chief of its military wing,

    ANC launches armed struggle with Mandela as commander-in-chief of its military wing,

    ANC launches armed struggle with Mandela as commander-in-chief of its military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), which means "Spear of the Nation". In 18 months MK carries out 200 acts of sabotage.
  • Mandela is arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for incitement and leaving the country illegally.

    Mandela is arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for incitement and leaving the country illegally.

  • Police raid the secret headquarters of MK at Liliesleaf farm in Rivonia, arresting the leadership.

    Police raid the secret headquarters of MK at Liliesleaf farm in Rivonia, arresting the leadership.

  • MK leaders, including Mandela, are sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia trial.

    MK leaders, including Mandela, are sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia trial.

    MK leaders, including Mandela, are sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia trial. Mandela tells the court: "I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
  • Student uprising in Soweto leaves about 600 dead.

    Student uprising in Soweto leaves about 600 dead.

  • Ban lifted on the ANC and Mandela released, on 11 February, after 27 years in prison.

    Ban lifted on the ANC and Mandela released, on 11 February, after 27 years in prison.

  • Mandela and FW De Klerk, the last apartheid president, are jointly awarded the Nobel peace prize.t

    Mandela and FW De Klerk, the last apartheid president, are jointly awarded the Nobel peace prize.t

  • ANC wins South Africa's first democratic elections, making Mandela the country's first black president.

    ANC wins South Africa's first democratic elections, making Mandela the country's first black president.

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