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Apartheid
The apartheid started. -
Apartheid is officially put into action
Although many of the segregationist policies dated back to the early decades of the twentieth century, it was the election of the Nationalist Party. -
mixed marriages act
protect" White political and social dominance by preventing a handful of people from blurring the line between White society and everyone else in South Africa -
population registration act
The Population Registration Act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of South Africa be classified and registered in accordance with their racial characteristics as part of the system of apartheid. -
Sharpeville massacre
On March 21, 1960, police officers in a Black township in South Africa opened fire on a group of people peacefully protesting oppressive laws. Sixty‐nine protestors were killed. -
Rivonia Trial
The trial took place in Pretoria at the Palace of Justice and the Old Synagogue and led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela. -
prime minister Hendrick Verwood assassinated
On 6 September 1966, Verwoerd was assassinated in Cape Town, shortly after entering the House of Assembly at 14:15. A uniformed parliamentary messenger named Dimitri Tsafendas stabbed Verwoerd in the neck and chest four times before being subdued by other members of the Assembly. -
bantu homeland citizenship act
the 1970 Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act ruled that all Blacks would assume the nationality of one of the homelands, even if they had never set foot in it -
The township uprising
Sometimes known as the township revolt and driven both by local grievances and by opposition to apartheid, the uprising lasted two years and affected most regions of the country. -
Nelson Mandela gets released from prison
South African Black activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity. -
Nelson Mandela becomes president
The presidency of Nelson Mandela began on 10 May 1994, when Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist