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(NEW) Afrikaneers agreement.
Only white people could vote and participate in elections. -
South Africa becomes an independent nation.
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Natives Land Act
First steps of racial segregation: natives were prohibited from buying land from the whites and vice versa. -
Nelson Mandela co-founds the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
They call for an anti-discrimination approach based on mass actions such as protests, boycotts and passive resistance -
National Party took power.
It was an all-white government that enforced policies of racial segregation. -
The instauration of "apartheid"
Racial segregation was supported by the laws enacted that year by the National Party -
(NEW) Nelson Mandela organizes a pacific protest that causes his imprisonment.
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Segregation on public spaces
In this year the government begins to implement segregated areas in places such as beaches, buses, hospitals and schools, with the signs "only white people" or "only color people" -
Sharpeville Massacre
Police shoot unarmed peaceful protestors. At least 67 were killed and 180 injured, they were all associated with The African National Congress (ANC), a group opposing Apartheid. -
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People forcibly removed
More than 3.5 million people were forcibly removed from their homes and deposited in the Bantustans, where they were plunged into poverty and hopelessness. -
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Nelson Mandela is imprisoned
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(NEW) South Africa is banned from the Munich Olympics.
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Soweto Uprising
Around 10,000 black children protested against a law that forced them to use both English and Afrikaans in schools. The police used teargas and murdered over 100 protestors. -
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Abolition of "apartheid"
President Frédérik de Klerk, conducted negotiations since 1990 and dismantled the "Apartheid" regime in 1991. -
Mandela is elected president
South Africa holds its first elections in which all races can vote and Mandela is elected president
