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South Africa's political party, National Party, was founded. http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/national-party-np
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All British legal authority over South Africa was removed. https://www.britannica.com/event/Statute-of-Westminster
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The Union of South Africa Parliament declares the country to be an independent state.
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The Bantu Education Act was a segregation law that enforced racial separation of educational facilities as part of the apartheid system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu_Education_Act,_1953
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The South African government bans ANC (African National Congress), a national liberation movement that unites African people and stands for a united, non-racial, non-sexist and democratic society. The ban lasted three decades (1960-1990). http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/african-national-congress-timeline-1960-1969
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South Africa leaves the Commonwealth and is declared a Republic. White voters were held to decide if South Africa should be a Republic. 52% were in favor. http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/south-africa-withdraws-commonwealth
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Nelson Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for treason at the Rivonia Trial https://www.sutori.com/item/untitled-c1c1-47ed
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South African Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, was assassinated by Dimitri Tsafendas, a parliamentary messenger. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/architect-of-apartheid-assassinated
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Over 600 people are killed in the Soweto uprising as black protesters and security forces clash. The uprising was led by black school children as a result of the Bantu Education Act. https://www.moafrikatours.com/soweto/
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After spending 27 years in prison, Mandela was released due to F.W. de Klerk, the South African president, dismantled the apartheid,lifted the ban on the ANC, and ordered the release of Nelson Mandela. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nelson-mandela-released-from-prison
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Nine bombs exploded in South Africa's Soweto. The President, at the time, Thabo Mbeki, blamed the explosions on white right-wing extremists, saying they were plotting to overthrow his majority-rule government. The police arrested 14 people accused of being involved in a white extremists plan to attack the government. http://www.newprophecy.net/2002page.htm
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The policies of the National Party include the apartheid and the promotion of Afrikaner culture. The National Party disbanded. http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/national-party-np
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Jacob Zuma was elected president. https://www.biography.com/people/jacob-zuma-262727
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Many South Africans believed foreigners were the reason for the country's high crime rates. Anti-immigrant attacks break out and leave several people dead. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/world/africa/immigrant-protests-south-africa.html
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President Zuma limits farm size and bans foreign farmland ownership as an attempt to redistribute land to black farmers.
