South Africa

By adkinsbms

  • Southern Africa was separated into four territories

  • the four colonies were joined together under the Act of the Union

  • apartheid officially began

  • apartheid was a creation of three hundred and seventeen laws

  • Malan’s nationalist party was elected in 1948

  • the Immorality Act began.

  • required that all Africans were classified into three categories according to race

  • constituted the government’s first step in institutionalizing racial differentiation

  • The Bantu Authorities Act

    I could actually find the date for this

  • The Bantu Authorities Act assigned all Africans to their native land.

  • a large group of Africans in Sharpeville revolted by not carrying around their pass-books

  • the ANC was outlawed

  • Apartide ended

  • Mandela was released fro prison

  • Mandela was elected as the first democratically chosen president of South Africa