Timeline Of SA History

Question 1

1948

Answer 1

Intro to formal apartheid

Question 2

1950s

Answer 2

Passive resistance, defiance campaign, freedom charter

Question 3

1960’s

Answer 3

Sharpeville, banning of ANC and PAC, formation of armed wings, increase in police brutality

Question 4

1964

Answer 4

Rivonia trial- Mandela imprisoned and ANC leaders flee
Silent 60s
- gap in leadership
- constant police brutality crushed further resistance
- african people feel hopeless

Question 5

1976

Answer 5

Soweto uprising focuses world attention on SA

Question 6

1980s

Answer 6

Led by P.W. Bothe

Question 7

What did Bothe do in his time leading

Answer 7

Justified apartheid as a fight against communism
Total onslaught must be met with total strategy
Tried to calm overseas by introducing reforms, but increasing repression.