Starlight in the Ring
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1952: Natives Pass Laws Act 67
1953: Bantu Education Act 47
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act 49
1959: University Education Act 45
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act 46
1960: Sharpeville uprisings and massacre. ANC banned.
International pressure against government starts. South Africa excluded from Olympics Games.
1961: South Africa leaves the Commonwealth.
1966: Prime Minister and Apartheid architect Dr Hendrik Verwoerd assassinated.
1970: Bantu Homeland Citizens Act
Betty’s South African citizenship renounced automatically.
1976: Students protest against Afrikaans language being used as the medium of instruction. Soweto uprising.
1989: FW de Klerk becomes president.
Public facilities open to all races. ANC unbanned.
Nelson Mandela freed from prison after 27 years.
1991: President de Klerk repeals remaining apartheid laws.
International sanction against South Africa lifted.
1994: Non-racial elections.
ANC wins the elections. Nelson Mandela becomes president.
South Africa rejoins the Commonwealth and the United Nations.
1996: Process to reconcile the former political enemies start.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission start hearings on human rights crimes committed during the Apartheid era.
1998: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report presented to the government.
Apartheid declared a crime against humanity.
2013: Dec. 5, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela died peacefully at the age of 95, having led his beloved country from European rule under Apartheid to the Rainbow Nation that it is today.
About the Author
H. N. Quinnen is a successful British Politician, who grew up in South Africa. She was a school-teacher when she realised that despite her achievements, she wanted to affect change in people’s lives on a bigger scale. Through public speaking, she empowers and motivates people, focusing strongly on individual achievement. This is her debut novel. She lives in England with her family.
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