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The Beginning of Apartheid
Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s. -
ANC starts the defiance campaign
On 26 June 1952 the Defiance Campaign, the most dramatic non-violent act of resistance ever seen in South Africa and the first campaign pursued jointly by all racial groups under the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the Coloured People's Congress. -
the Bantu Education Act is passed
Bantu Education Act, South African law, enacted in 1953 and in effect from January 1, 1954, that governed the education of black South African (called Bantu by the country's government) children. -
the Sharpeville massacre takes place
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Nelson Mandela is arrested for treason
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From when to where did Nelson Mandela spend time in prison in Robben Island
He was arrested and imprisoned in 1962, and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring to overthrow the state following the Rivonia Trial. Mandela served 27 years in prison, split between Robben Island, Pollsmoor prison, and Victor Verster Prison. -
When does South Africa become expelled from the United Nations?
The United Nations General Assembly on 12 November 1974 suspended South Africa from participating in its work, due to international opposition to the policy of apartheid. South Africa was re-admitted to the UN in 1994 following its transition into democracy. -
more than 600 students killed in the Soweto massacre
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When did Zimbabwe gain official independence?
The country gained official independence as Zimbabwe on 18 April 1980. -
president Frederik Willem de Klerk end the ban on the African National Congress
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Nelson Mandela becomes the president of South Africa