movement
Anc Aligned Actors
Parent: South Africa
Initial entity stub generated from temp/south_africa_20th_century_timeline_starter.csv.
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Events
8 January 1912South African Native National Congress foundedApril 1944ANC Youth League founded12–16 August 1946African Mine Workers' Strike26 June–December 1952Defiance Campaign26 June 1955Freedom Charter adopted1956Women's March against pass laws1960–1976Regionalisation of the conflict1960sSabotage campaigns8 April 1960Banning of liberation organisations9 October 1963–12 June 1964Rivonia Trial1975–1989Cross-border war and regional operations20 August 1983United Democratic Front founded1985COSATU founded1985Rubicon speech and Botha reform impasse21 July 1985–June 1990State of emergency declared1990–1994ANC–IFP political violence1990–1994Negotiated transition2 February 1990Unbanning of political organisations11 February 1990Nelson Mandela released from prison1991–1992CODESA negotiations begin1993Assassination of Chris Hanic. 2000–2004HIV/AIDS treatment struggle and TAC mobilisation20042004 national election2007–2008Polokwane conference and recall of Mbeki2008Load-shedding crisis begins2009Jacob Zuma becomes president2010FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa16 August 2012Marikana massacre2013Death of Nelson Mandela2013Economic Freedom Fighters founded2015–2017Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fallc. 2016–2018State capture crisis intensifies2018Zuma resigns and Ramaphosa becomes president2020–2022COVID-19 pandemic and hard lockdown8–17 July 2021July unrest following Zuma's imprisonment2024ANC loses majority and Government of National Unity formed2024Load-shedding crisis eases