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National party comes into power
National Party overran the UP -
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Apartheid
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Prohibition of mixed marriages
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Groups areas act
no-whites were located into reserves, mixed race families are forced to live sperate -
Bantu homelands act
land reserved for black africans, independant nations -
Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo set up South Africa's first black law firm
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abolition of passes and co-ordination of documents act
requires all people to walk around with ID booklets -
Bantu Education Act of 1953, results in black and white children being educated seperately
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20 000 women march to Union buildings in protest
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The PAC is formed in South Africa by Robert Sobukwe, after a schism in the ANC
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Sharpville massacare
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South africa becomes independant
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Nelson Mandela is imprisoned for 5 years
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Revonia trial
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Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison
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district 6 declared a white area
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H. Verwoerd assassinated
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Seweto uprising
High school students led the protest- 176 killed and Hector Peterson shot