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Apartheid put into end.
The election of the Nationalist Party in 1948 that marked the beginning of legalized racism's harshest features called Apartheid. -
Mixed Marriages Act
They law that prohibited marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other race groups in South Africa. -
Population Registration Act
The Population Registration Act was a law in South Africa that divided people into different groups based on their race. This determined where they could live, go to school, and what opportunities they had. -
Sharpeville Massacre
When police opened fire on a peaceful protest against the pass laws, killing 69 people and injuring over 180 others. -
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Rivonia Trial
The Rivonia Trial was a court case where Nelson Mandela and other people fighting against apartheid were accused of trying to sabotage the government. -
Hendrik Verwood Assassinated
On 6 September 1966, after entering the House of Assembly at 2:15pm Verwoerd was assassinated in Cape Town. -
Bantu Homeland Citizenship Act
The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act of 1970 forced all Black South Africans, regardless of where they lived, to be citizens of specific Bantustans based on their ethnic backgrounds, determined by white researchers. -
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Township Uprising
The Township Uprising was when people in South African neighborhoods protested against unfair rules in the 1970s. It started in Soweto in 1976 and got pretty violent. -
Nelson Mandela Released from prison
On 11 February 1990, at 16:14 local time, Nelson Mandela, walked out prison. Spent 27 years behind bars. -
Nelson Mandela becomes president
Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa in 1994 after spending 27 years in prison for his anti-apartheid activism. During his presidency, Mandela promoted reconciliation in a country that had been divided by racial segregation.