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Year Country Category title
9 May 2024 South Africa Racism The presidency announces assent to hate-crime and hate-speech legislation
9 April 2015 South Africa Racism The University of Cape Town removes the Rhodes statue
9 March 2015 South Africa Racism A protest against the Rhodes statue begins a campus reckoning
16 August 2012 South Africa Racism Police kill 34 striking mineworkers at Marikana
14 October 2009 South Africa Racism Abahlali wins a constitutional challenge to the Slums Act
11 May 2008 South Africa Racism Xenophobic attacks begin in Alexandra and spread
6 October 2005 South Africa Racism Settlement representatives formally establish Abahlali baseMjondolo
19 March 2005 South Africa Racism Kennedy Road residents blockade a road over land and housing
5 July 2002 South Africa Racism The Treatment Action Campaign wins a constitutional health-rights case
8 September 2001 South Africa Racism The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action are adopted
31 August 2001 South Africa Racism The World Conference against Racism opens in Durban
10 December 1998 South Africa Racism The Treatment Action Campaign launches a demand for affordable care
12 October 1998 South Africa Racism The Employment Equity Act receives presidential assent
8 May 1996 South Africa Racism The Constitutional Assembly adopts a new constitutional text
15 April 1996 South Africa Racism The Truth and Reconciliation Commission opens public victim hearings
17 November 1994 South Africa Racism The Restitution of Land Rights Act is signed
10 May 1994 South Africa Racism Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as president
27 April 1994 South Africa Racism South Africans vote in the first national democratic election
18 November 1993 South Africa Racism Negotiators approve an interim constitutional settlement
10 April 1993 South Africa Racism Chris Hani's assassination threatens the democratic transition
7 September 1992 South Africa Racism Ciskei troops fire on the Bisho march for political freedom
17 June 1992 South Africa Racism The Boipatong massacre deepens the crisis over political violence
20 December 1991 South Africa Racism CODESA opens negotiations on a democratic political order
14 September 1991 South Africa Racism The National Peace Accord establishes mechanisms to confront political violence
17 June 1991 South Africa Racism Parliament votes to repeal the Population Registration Act
5 June 1991 South Africa Racism Parliament passes a bill dismantling racial restrictions on land
6 August 1990 South Africa Racism The Pretoria Minute records the ANC's suspension of armed action
4 May 1990 South Africa Racism The Groote Schuur Minute addresses barriers to political negotiations
11 February 1990 South Africa Racism Nelson Mandela leaves prison and calls for continued struggle
2 February 1990 South Africa Racism The bans on the ANC and other liberation organizations are lifted
8 December 1989 South Africa Racism The Conference for a Democratic Future brings movements together
13 September 1989 South Africa Racism A mass peace march in Cape Town challenges apartheid
24 February 1988 South Africa Racism The UDF protests restrictions on anti-apartheid organizations
5 November 1987 South Africa Racism Govan Mbeki is released after more than two decades in prison
9 August 1987 South Africa Racism Black mineworkers begin the Great Mines Strike
12 June 1986 South Africa Racism A nationwide emergency targets anti-apartheid organizing
1 May 1986 South Africa Racism Workers make May Day a mass challenge to apartheid
1 December 1985 South Africa Racism COSATU launches as a united labour force against apartheid
15 July 1985 South Africa Racism A consumer boycott begins in Port Elizabeth
27 June 1985 South Africa Racism Security police abduct and kill the Cradock Four
21 March 1985 South Africa Racism Police fire on a funeral procession near Uitenhage
10 February 1985 South Africa Racism Zindzi Mandela reads her father's rejection of conditional release
3 September 1984 South Africa Racism The Vaal uprising connects rent struggles with political resistance
22 August 1984 South Africa Racism An election boycott challenges the tricameral system
20 August 1983 South Africa Racism The United Democratic Front launches in Mitchells Plain
23 January 1983 South Africa Racism Allan Boesak calls for a united front against apartheid reforms
19 October 1977 South Africa Racism Black Wednesday targets Black Consciousness and independent newspapers
12 September 1977 South Africa Racism Steve Biko dies in police detention
16 June 1976 South Africa Racism Soweto students rise against apartheid education
25 September 1974 South Africa Racism Black Consciousness activists defy a ban on Viva FRELIMO rallies
9 January 1973 South Africa Racism Coronation workers launch a major phase of the Durban strikes
8 July 1972 South Africa Racism The Black People's Convention meets to build broader Black solidarity
1 July 1969 South Africa Racism SASO is inaugurated as an independent Black student organization
12 June 1964 South Africa Racism Eight Rivonia defendants receive life sentences
20 April 1964 South Africa Racism Mandela presents his statement from the dock at Rivonia
16 December 1961 South Africa Racism Umkhonto we Sizwe publicly launches its campaign
29 May 1961 South Africa Racism A stay-at-home campaign challenges the white-minority republic
29 March 1961 South Africa Racism The remaining Treason Trial defendants are acquitted
6 June 1960 South Africa Racism Police attack an iKongo gathering at Ngquza Hill
8 April 1960 South Africa Racism The apartheid government bans the ANC and PAC
30 March 1960 South Africa Racism Philip Kgosana leads a mass march into Cape Town
21 March 1960 South Africa Racism Anti-pass protesters face lethal repression at Sharpeville and Langa
30 May 1959 South Africa Racism The ANC calls for a potato boycott against abusive farm labour
6 April 1959 South Africa Racism Africanist organizers launch the Pan Africanist Congress
7 January 1957 South Africa Racism Alexandra residents boycott buses over a fare increase
5 December 1956 South Africa Racism Mass arrests target the Congress Alliance and lead to the Treason Trial
9 August 1956 South Africa Racism Women march to the Union Buildings against pass laws
26 June 1955 South Africa Racism The Congress of the People adopts the Freedom Charter
5 March 1955 South Africa Racism SACTU is formed to organize workers across racial divisions
9 February 1955 South Africa Racism Police begin forced removals from Sophiatown
17 April 1954 South Africa Racism Women establish FEDSAW across racial divisions
17 October 1952 South Africa Racism The UN expands scrutiny to the whole apartheid system
26 June 1952 South Africa Racism The Defiance Campaign begins organized violations of apartheid laws
6 April 1952 South Africa Racism Protesters challenge official celebrations of colonial settlement
2 December 1950 South Africa Racism The UN identifies apartheid as racial discrimination
26 June 1950 South Africa Racism A day of protest and mourning challenges repression
17 December 1949 South Africa Racism The ANC adopts a Programme of Action for mass struggle
9 March 1947 South Africa Racism The Three Doctors’ Pact commits African and Indian congresses to cooperation
8 December 1946 South Africa Racism The UN adopts its first resolution on discrimination against Indians
12 August 1946 South Africa Racism African mineworkers strike for higher wages
22 June 1946 South Africa Racism India brings discriminatory treatment in South Africa before the UN
13 June 1946 South Africa Racism Indian passive resisters occupy a restricted site in Durban
16 December 1943 South Africa Racism The ANC adopts Africans’ Claims in South Africa
16 December 1935 South Africa Racism The All-African Convention meets against segregation bills
24 May 1921 South Africa Racism Police massacre the Israelite community at Bulhoek
26 June 1914 South Africa Racism The Indian Relief Act grants limited gains after resistance
11 November 1913 South Africa Racism Gandhi receives a prison sentence during mass resistance
6 November 1913 South Africa Racism Workers and families begin the Great March into Transvaal
16 October 1913 South Africa Racism Indian miners’ strike strengthens the satyagraha campaign
19 June 1913 South Africa Racism The Natives Land Act restricts African land access
28 May 1913 South Africa Racism Waaihoek women resolve to refuse residential permits
8 January 1912 South Africa Racism African leaders establish the South African Native National Congress
16 August 1908 South Africa Racism Indian protesters burn registration certificates
11 September 1906 South Africa Racism Johannesburg meeting pledges resistance to registration laws
10 June 1906 South Africa Racism Colonial forces crush resistance at Mome Gorge
22 August 1894 South Africa Racism The Natal Indian Congress organizes against discrimination
22 January 1879 South Africa Racism Zulu forces defeat a British invasion force at Isandlwana