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Apartheid is an Afican word and it means being seperated or apart. It was a system of racial seperation. It was enforced by laws by the national party.
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People had to be identified from birth by their racial group. The racial groups were white, colored, black african, and other. They said that a white had the obvious appearance of being white and is usually not usually called a colored. A bantu is someone who is usually accepted as a member of a aboriginal race. They could also me a member of a tribe of africans. A colored is someone who is not a white or a bantu.
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Black protestors surrounded a police station in Sharpville and the police took open fire on them and killed 69 of them. They called this the Sharpville Massacre.
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The national party had a vote to see weather they should be republic or not. The vote was restricted to whites. It was aproved by 52.29%
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On June 12, 1964 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison for sabatoge and conspiracy to over throw the government. He had to smah rock a rock into gravel everyday. He didn't get very much to eat either. He was realsed on Febuary 11, 1990.
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The Prime Minister was assassinates on September 6, 1966. His name was Hendrik Frensch. His dad was a really religous man.
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They renamed this act to the black states citizenship act. They were trying to make it where whites where the main population of South Africa.
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More than 600 were killed in the Soweto Massacre. It was a clash between black protestors and security.
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Steve Biko was arrested a lot and in 1977 he was arrested and killed while in the hands of the police. He was arrested a lot for his anti apartheid work.
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Nelson Mandela was in prison for 26 years when F. W De Kerk released him.
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On June 17, 1991 De Klerk repealed the apartheid laws. Some of the whites didn't like the idea of it.
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On December 10, 1993 De Klerk and Nelson Mandela were awarded the nobel peace prize. They were awarded it because they were trying to create peace during the apartheid.
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On April 27, 1994 they had their first multiracial election. Of course Nelson Mandela won.
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On May 9, 1994 Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa. He was the first black president.
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Walter Sisulu was an anti- apartheid activist. He was also a member of the African National Congress.
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On April 8, 2009 they dropped Jacob Zumma's criminal charges. He had criminal charges of corruption, fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. The ended up coting for him to be president.
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In the Marikana massacre 34 mine workers(the mine workeres were on strike ) ended up dead. South African police tool open fire on a crowd of mine workers. It killed 34 mine workers and injured 78. Over 250 were arrested. The mine workers wanted to get more money.
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Parliament elected Jacob Zuma as president on May 22, 2013. He was elected unopposed.
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A leader of a South African Tourist group was plotting to kill Nelson Mandela and to over throw the government. A dozen of people were injured and 1 person was killed in the blast.
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On December 5, 2013 Nelson Mandela died. He was 95 years old. He died from Respiratory infection.
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http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/national-party-np
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/nelson-mandela-1/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/nelson-mandela-dies-aged-95-south-africa
http://www.datesandevents.org/places-timelines/38-timeline-of-south-africa.htm
http://countrystudies.us/south-africa/89.htm
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/31/nel
