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Election of the national party
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70 black demonstrators killed at Sharpeville
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ANC leader Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prision.
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Over 600 people killed in a fight between black protesters and security forces during uprising.
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Agreement on interim constitution.
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Parliament gets new constitution.
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ANC wins general elections
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Durban hosts UN race conference.
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Constitutional court orders government to provide key anti-Aids drug at all public hospitals.
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President Mbeki sacks his deputy
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South Africa becomes the first African country,
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Parliament elects Jacob Zuma as president.
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Former president Nelson Mandela, aged 94, admitted to hospital for the fourth time in the past year.
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Ruling ANC party wins a majority in general elections.
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Bomb explosions in Soweto.
