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Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1856-1979
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- United Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-19941946 22 June, The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of…
- The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966Introduction Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked…
- Mass Democratic movements, 1976-1983IntroductionNovember 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in…
- Pass laws in South Africa 1800-1994Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and…
- Liberation Struggle in South AfricaAlthough Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa…
- Apartheid and reactions to itIn 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a…
- Transition and negotiation, 1990-1994'Laws do not make a better society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South…
- National Party (NP) The first leader of the National Party (NP) became Prime Minister as part of the PACT…
- 1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance1984-1990:- The people armedIntroductionNumerous factors characterised the…
- South Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important throughout…
- Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959Immorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950 This Act was one of the most controversial…
- South Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990South Africa's racial policy and the UNOSouth Africa and apartheid was placed on the…
- uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African…
- African National Congress (ANC)The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in…
- African nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with…
- Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10Scanned in copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view…
- State policies and social protest, 1924-1939One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation…