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The apartheid policy implemented by the National Party in South Africa in 1948 was a system of racial segregation and discrimination that enforced white supremacy
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The Mixed Marriages Act was a law enacted during apartheid in South Africa in 1949. It prohibited marriages between people of different races and enforced racial segregation. The act was repealed in 1985 -
The Population Restriction Act of 1950 in South Africa classified residents by race , influencing their rights and restrictions under apartheid laws
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The Sharpeville Massacre occurred in 1960 during apartheid in South Africa. Police fired on peaceful protesters, resulting in numerous deaths and international outrage -
The Rivonia Trial in South Africa in 1963-1964 involved Nelson Mandela and other charged with sabotage and conspiracy
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On 6 September 1966, Verwoerd was assassinated in Cape Town, shortly after entering the House of Assembly at 14:15. A uniformed parliamentary messenger named Dimitri Tsafendas stabbed Verwoerd in the neck and chest four times before being subdued by other members of the Assembly. -
The Bantu Homeland Citizenship Act was a discriminatory law passed during apartheid in South Africa in 1970.It granted citizenship to individuals in designated Bantu homelands and restricted their movement . -
The Township Uprising in South Africa was a protest against the government's decision to enforce Afrikaans in schools
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Nelson Mandela was released from on February 11, 1190 after 27 years of incarceration for his anti-apartheid activism
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Nelson Mandela became the president of South Africa on May 10, 1994 , after the country's first democratic elections