| 7 November 1962 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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Mandela receives a five-year sentence
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| 5 August 1962 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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Mandela is arrested near Howick
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| 11 January 1962 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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Mandela leaves South Africa on an international mission for the liberation movement
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| 16 December 1961 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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Umkhonto we Sizwe begins sabotage campaign against state infrastructure
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| 31 May 1961 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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Republic declared as the ANC stay-at-home concludes
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| 29 May 1961 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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ANC calls a three-day stay-at-home against the proposed white republic
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| 29 March 1961 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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Treason Trial defendants are acquitted after a four-year prosecution
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| 8 April 1960 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Government bans the ANC and Pan Africanist Congress
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| 30 March 1960 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Government declares a state of emergency and detains activists
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| 28 March 1960 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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ANC calls a nationwide stay-at-home after the Sharpeville massacre
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| 21 March 1960 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Police kill protesters at Sharpeville during a PAC-led anti-pass action
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| 6 April 1959 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Africanists form the Pan Africanist Congress
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| 16 April 1958 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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South Africa holds a whites-only general election
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| 1 April 1957 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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PUTCO agrees to restore the previous fare after the bus boycott
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| 7 January 1957 |
South Africa
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African National Congress
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Alexandra commuters organise a bus boycott against a fare increase
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