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In 1948 the aparteid was introduced. Laws legally separate people into diffent racial groups.
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The Group Areas Act passes to separate blacks for whites.
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South Africa Surpreme Court removes coloreds from voting
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Nelson Mandela was the leader of both peaceful protest and armed resistance that was againest the white's, because of that he was sentence life in prison.
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In 1970 more than 3 million people resettled back in black 'homelands'.
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South Africa was removed from United Nations because of the aparteid. They were not aloud back in until 1994 when the apartteid ended.
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Steve Blinko was one of the orginizers of the Soweto protest. He was arrested August 18, 1977. He was beaten and killed by the police.
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In 1990 president F.W. de Klerk announced the end of the aparteid. Mandela was relisted from prison after serving 27 years in prison.
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Only four years after the aparteid ended South African people of all races would be aloud to vote in a national election. The first black president of South Africa was Nelson Mandela.
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After being president of South Africa for 5 years Nelson Mandela. Also Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa. www
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After Nelson Mandela presidency Thabo Mbeki took over as president of South Africa.
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Nelson becamse the first honorary Canadian citizen in 2001 at the age of 83.
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Africa is the first African country to allow same-sex unions and fith in the country.
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In 2009 Jacob Zuma becomes predident.
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South Africa host the football world cup for the first time.
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A member of a white extrimest group was found guilty of making a plan to kill Mandela.
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In 2012 Zuma was re-elected as president.
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Nelson Mandel dies at the age of 95.
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