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Apartheid officaial began
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Riots break out over apartheid in Johannesburg
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in the town of Sharpeville 67 Africans are killed protesting apartheid
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South Africa becomes repuplic and leaves the Commonwealth
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Nelson Mandela is arrested for plotting against the goverment of South Africa. He will spend 27 years in prison for it
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black Africans are forced out of their homes and into other places to live
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South African armed forces are in Angola
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More than 600 black protesters clashed with police in Soweto
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four bombs explode in Soth Africa's only nuclular powere station in Johannesburg
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president F.W. de Klerk announces the end of apartheid, and so Nelson Mandela is freed from prison.
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De Klerk and Mandela are both awarded the Nobel peace Prize.
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For the frist time South Africa holds an election where all races can vote and Nelson Madella becomes president
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South Africans new constitution was approved
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Nelson Mandella steps down from being president.
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Jacob Zuma is elected president
