The Apartheid By EFM Jan 1, 1948 NP made governing party of SA Jan 1, 1953 The Bantu Education Act is passed Aug 3, 1959 Separate homelands are created for the major black groups. Aug 3, 1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for treason Aug 3, 1974 South Africa is expelled from the United Nations. Feb 2, 1990 President Frederik Willem de Klerk ends the ban on the African National Congress. Feb 11, 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison. Aug 3, 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa.
