South African Native National Congress

Ook bekend als: SANNC, ANC

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The South African Native National Congress is founded

📅 8 Januari 1912

Delegates met in Bloemfontein to create a national African organization against racial discrimination and political exclusion. The SANNC was renamed the African National Congress in 1923.

African leaders establish the South African Native National Congress

📅 8 Januari 1912

Delegates founded the SANNC in Bloemfontein to organize African political demands in the new Union. Petitioning and collective representation challenged exclusion from governing institutions. Its...

The Natives Land Act takes effect

📅 19 Juni 1913

The law confined African land purchase and tenancy to designated reserves comprising about seven percent of the country. It accelerated dispossession, labour coercion and rural poverty.

The Natives Land Act restricts African land access

📅 19 Juni 1913

The Union adopted the Natives Land Act, severely restricting African land ownership and tenancy outside scheduled areas, with important regional qualifications. African opposition linked political...