Apartheid By solviman1234 Period: 1948 to 1994 Apartheid start to end 1950 Population classified by race 1960 Seventy black demonstrators killed at Sharpeville. ANC banned. 1964 ANC leader Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment. 1970 More than 3 million people forcibly resettled in black 'homelands'. 1980 More than 600 killed in clashes between black protesters and security forces during uprising which starts in Soweto. 1984 Township revolt, state of emergency. 1988 Faroe Island boycotts South Africa 1989 Township revolt, state of emergency. 1989 FW de Klerk replaces PW Botha as president, meets Mandela. Public facilities desegregated. Many ANC activists freed. 1990 ANC unbanned, Mandela released after 27 years in prison. Namibia becomes independent. 1994 ANC wins first non-racial elections.
