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The National Party was elected into parliament and immediatly started the apartheid laws
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Daniel François Malan
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South African People were identified and registered from birth as one of four distinct racial groups: White, Coloured, Bantu (Black African), and other.
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set aside specific communities for each of the races (white, colored (mixed race or Indian), and native (African/black). Mixed race families were forced to live seperatly
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Land reserved for black Africans, became independent nations.
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Requires Africans to carry identification (misleading name).
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established "separate but not necessarily equal" parks, beaches, post offices, and other public places for whites and non-whites.
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Seperate Education for black and white people.
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A large group of blacks in the town of Sharpeville refused to carry their passes. The government declares a state of emergency and responds with fines, imprisonment, and whippings. In all, 69 people die and 187 people are wounded. AND on that day ANC and PAC were banned (offically April)
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Sa Quit the commonwealth
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Nelson Mandela, head of the African National Congress, is improsened After the Revonia Trial for high treason.
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President Verwoerd was assassinated by Dimitri Tsfendas
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People (mostly high school pupils) in Soweto riot and demonstrate against discrimination and instruction in Afrikaans. The police react with gunfire. 176 people killed. Protesters against apartheid link arms in a show of resistance.
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People and governments around the world launch an international campaign to boycott South Africa. Some countries ban the import of South African products, and citizens of many countries pressure major companies to pull out of South Africa.
