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Act of Union
United under one Government in a legislative union under the Crown of Great Britain and Ireland -
The SAANC is founded
Their goal was to unite Africans and to help them get the right to vote -
ANCYL: Manifesto
The ANC Youth Leagye writes and publishes the manifesto -
NP Wins
The National Party won by propagating the apartheid law. -
National Party
Reunited National Party joined, nstituted Apartheid Laws became such a powerful party that they dominated South African politics until the 1990s -
The Prohibition of Mixed Marraiges/ Immorality Act
Prohibited marriages between "whites" and "non-whites" -
The ANC Youth League Programme of Action was Implemented by the ANC
The ANC Youth League Programme of Action was implemented by the ANC. Nelson Mandela and other young nationalists created the ANC Youth League. It emphasized the rights of African people to self-determination and laid out plans for strikes, boycotts, and civil disobedience. -
Population Registration Act
Whites were privileged while other races were discriminated against based on their skin color. -
Suppresion of Communism Act
designed to arrest this tendency and to suppress the ideas that would lead to the achievement of political power by the Africans. -
Group Areas Act
title of three acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted under the apartheid government of South Africa. The acts assigned racial groups to different residential and business sections in urban areas in a system of urban apartheid. -
Stock Limitations Act
this "was presented by the state as a device for land betterment but its practical significance was the forced removal or slaughter of cattle belonging to african [sic!] reservists." However, they make no explicit mention as to a date for this act. -
May Day Strike (SACP)
The ANC, SACP, ACPO co-ordinate a May Day strike.
The police opened fire on the protesters killing 18_ and wounding 30 people -
Bantu Self Government Act/ Authorites Act
Divided territories designated for blacks into “bantustans” (or “homelands”) based upon 10 tribal groupings. -
Seperate Representation of Voters Act
Introduced in South Africa to enforce racial segregation, -
Pass Laws Act
Required black South Africans over the age of 16 to carry a pass book -
Defiance Campaign of (ANC)
The largest scale non-violent resistance ever seen in South Africa. More than 8,000 people across towns in South Africa went to jail for defying apartheid laws. -
National Day of Protest
The Defiance Campaign was launched on 26 June 1952, the date that became the yearly National Day of Protest and Mourning. The South African police were alerted about the action and were armed and prepared. In major South African cities, people and organizations performed acts of defiance and civil disobedience. -
Bantu Education Act
was a South African segregation law that legislated for several aspects of the apartheid system. Its major provision enforced racially-separate educational facilities. -
The Natives Resettlement Act
permitted the removal of blacks from any area within and next to the magisterial district of Johannesburg by the South African government. -
Seperate Amenites Act
The Act legalized the racial segregation of public premises, vehicles and services. Only public roads and streets were excluded from the Act. -
Publc Safety Act
Empowered government to declare a state of emergency causing an increase of penalties and fines . -
Freedom Charter Campaign (ANC)
United people of all racial origins in a common struggle to end apartheid and to establish a non-racial democratic state. -
Congress of the People
The Congress of the People was held over two days in a field in kiptown ust outside Johannesburg. -
The Womens March
The marchers' aims were to protest the introduction of the Apartheid pass laws for black women in 1952 and the presentation of a petition to the then Prime Minister. -
Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)
On 21 March 1960 the PAC launched a peaceful anti pass campaign across the country. Members were called upon to leave their passes at home, gather at police stations and present themselves for arrest. -
Sharpeville Massacre
There were 249 casualties in total, including 29 children. Many were shot in the back as they fled -
Winds of Change
A film that mentioned the Soviet Union and was made into a song. -
Resolution (UN Resolution)
condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calling on all its members to end economic and military relations with the country -
The RIvonia Trial and Mandelas "I am prepared to die" speech
16 leaders of the African National Congress had been arrested and were in trial and Mandela made a speech to the public stating that he was “prepared to die”. -
Formation of the African Resistance Movement (ARM)
The African Resistance Movement (ARM) was a group made up largely by white students who had been part of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). -
Bombing of Johanessburg Station by Frederick John Harris
On 24 July 1964, Frederick John Harris, a member of ARM, planted a time bomb in the Johannesburg station. One person was killed and 22 were injured. Both ARM and the ANC condemned his action. -
Prime Minister assasinated
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd is stabbed to death by a messenger during a parliamentary meeting in Cape Town. -
South Africa expelled form UN
The United Nations General Assembly on 1974 suspended South Africa from participating in its work, due to international opposition to the policy of apartheid. South Africa was re-admi -
ANC ban is lifted
President F. W. de Klerk today lifted a 30-year ban on the African National Congress, the movement that has been fighting to bring down white minority rule in South Africa, and promised that Nelson Mandela, who has been imprisoned for nearly 28 years, would be freed soon.
