South Africa

By Emanuell :D
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    South Africa

  • Gold Rush

    Gold is discovered in the Transvaal, triggering the gold rush.

  • Boers rebels

    Boers rebel against the British, sparking the first Anglo-Boer War. Conflict ends with a negotiated peace. Transvaal is restored as a republic.

  • Sovereign South Africa

    The Union of South Africa parliament enacts the Status of the Union Act, which declares the country to be "a sovereign independent state". The move followed on from Britain's passing of the Statute of Westminster in 1931, which removed the last vestiges of British legal authority over South Africa.

  • People Classified by Race

    Population classified by race. Group Areas Act passed to segregate blacks and whites. Communist Party banned. ANC responds with campaign of civil disobedience, led by Nelson Mandela.

  • ANC Banned

    Seventy black demonstrators killed at Sharpeville. ANC banned.

  • ANC wins Non-Racial Elections

    April - ANC wins first non-racial elections. Mandela becomes president, Government of National Unity formed, Commonwealth membership restored, remaining sanctions lifted. South Africa takes seat in UN General Assembly after 20-year absence.