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apartheid
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History
10th Grade
07/16/2019

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1948
Definition
creation of Apartheid
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1991
Definition
END OF APARTHEID
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1994
Definition
ELECTION OF MANDELA AS PRESIDENT
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THE RAINBOW NATION
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SOUTH AFRICA 'S NICKNAME because it is a free, multiracial and democratic society
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HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
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MARCH 1960 : protests against the pass laws in Sharpeville. 69 people died; many were wounded
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FREEDOM DAY
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27 APRIL : celebrates freedom and the 1st post -apartheid elections held on 27.04.94.

 

These were non racial national elections

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YOUTH DAY
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THE SOWETO UPRISING: a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South africa that began in June 1976

 

Due to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools

 

YET it is seen as the language of the oppressor !

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AFRIKANERS
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WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN from Dutch, French, German or Scandinavian origin speaking Afrikaans
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HECTOR PIETERSON
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one of the very young victims during the Soweto uprising

her photo by Sam Nzima is very famous
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DEFINITION OF APARTHEID
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A SYSTEM THAT LEGALLY SEPARATED PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SKIN COLOUR
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