South Africa Timeline

  • Apartheid

    Apartheid
    National Party takes power and policy of apartheid is Accepted
  • Group Areas act

    Group Areas act
    Group Areas Act is set into law separating population by race and separate whites and blacks
  • Sharpeville massacre

    Sharpeville massacre
    ANC is banned because 70 blacks were killed at Sharpeville
  • South Africa Declared Republic

    South Africa Declared Republic
    South Africa leaves and becomes an independent
  • Nelson Mandela Sentenced to life in prison

    Nelson Mandela Sentenced to life in prison
    Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotaging the South Africa government and avoiding a death sentence
  • South Africa Excluded from the olympic games

    South Africa Excluded from the olympic games
    South Africa was excluded from the Olympic games from 1964 to 1988
  • Hendrik Verwoerd Assassinated

    Hendrik Verwoerd Assassinated
    Hendrik Verwoerd was Assassinated in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Africans forced to resettle to "African Homelands"

    Africans forced to resettle to "African Homelands"
    more than 3 million blacks were sent to Bantu with the Bantu Homelands Consitution Act.
  • Soweto Uprising

    Soweto Uprising
    the soweto uprising starts and more than 600 protesters were killed
  • Cape Town Revolt

    Cape Town Revolt
    The residents of Cape Town revolt against the athorities in the longest revolt ever
  • Mandela Freed

    Mandela Freed
    FW de Klerk ends apartheid by releasing Mandela and unbanning ANC
  • UDF's end

    UDF's end
    on August 14, 1991 the UDF held its final meeting in Johannesburg
  • Multi Party Talks

    Multi Party Talks
    92 parties started talking about peace and stuff on this date
  • First non racial election

    First non racial election
    the first non racial election started
  • Nelson Mandela Becomes president

    Nelson Mandela Becomes president