topic 2 Flashcards
1960 commonwealth visit
February - MacMillan Winds of Change speech
when was the Sharpevile Massacre
March 1960
arrests after Sharpeville
10,000 arrested including Mandela and other ANC leaders
Unlawful Organisation Act - Date and effect
1960 - PAC and ANC declared ilelgal
when was Verwoerd Shot
1960 April
Referendum to leave the Commonwealth
1960 - 52% vote leave
Nobel Peace Prize
1960 - Luthuli wins
growing Afrikaner prosperity
70% Afrikaners in management jobs 1960 vs 40% in 1948
when did the International boycott of SA goods begin
1960
MK - founded and first action
1961- acts of sabotage on Dingaans Day in December
Sabotage Act - when and effect
1962 - carried out the Death Penalty for acts of sabotage
PAC assault 1962
Paarl - hacked 2 young whites to death
1960s backlash on POQO and MK
62 members of POQO and 7 MK hanged
UN action against apartheid 1962
call for a special committee against apartheid - however many western countries refuse to join
when is Mandela arrested
1962 on return from London - Rivonia Trial begins 1963