South Africa Timeline

  • Apartheid

    Apartheid
    In the three decades to follow until the Apartheid was established, racial segregation and white domination could be seen in all aspects such as land ownership, legal system, distribution of wealth and in the social relations.
  • Whites passing Bills in four decades

    Whites passing Bills in four decades
    The Whites passed various bills in the next four decades.
  • HIstory Background

    HIstory Background
    The “Scramble for Africa” then came in the18th and 19th century where the French, British, Portuguese, Germans, Belgians, Spanish, and Dutch colonized and took control of almost all of the Fifty states which make up the African nation (Woods 15).
  • Rights for Blacks

    Rights for Blacks
    The Union preserved all regulations on black rights and also removed all parliamentary rights for Black people.
  • The four colornies joining

    The four colornies joining
    The four colonies were joined together under the Act of the Union, and the British handed the adminstration of the country over to the White locals.
  • Creating the Laws

    The apartheid was a creation of three hundred and seventeen laws by Dr. D.F. Malan’s nationalist party, which was elected in 1948.
  • The Apartheid Began

    The Apartheid Began
    The Apartheid began in 1948, they sperated Blacks from Whites
  • Just begging the laws

    Just begging the laws
    Apartheid did not receive any international attention when the laws were first created in 1948.
  • The Population Registration Act

    The Population Registration Act
    In 1950, The Population Registration Act required that all the Africans were classified into 3 three groups according to race.
  • The Bantu Authorities Act

    The Bantu Authorities Act
    The Bantu Authorities Act means the Africans couldn't live in cities.
  • Resistance to the Apartheid

    Resistance to the Apartheid
    A large group in Africa in Sharpeville fought back by not carrying their pass-books. The emergencies continued for 156 days, leaving 69 people dead and 190 wounded.
  • Education according to race

    Education according to race
    Until 1981, they seperate the students by race. Whites, Indians, Colored, and Africans.
  • Getting ready to end the Apartheid

    Getting ready to end the Apartheid
    In 1990, the apartheid finally came to an end when president F.W. de Klerk announced a formal end to the apartheid.
  • Repepating Laws

    Repepating Laws
    By 1991, all apartheid laws were repealed.
  • Racism is still going today

    Racism is still going today
    Though racism has not been erased from the lives of many people, South Africa is undergoing great changes even to this day.