TRC Final Report
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Volume 3
Chapter 1 Subsection 7
■ APPENDIX National Chronology This chronology focuses primarily on the mandate period of the Commission, while referring to some significant events which helped shape the years 1960 to 1994. It includes events that are essentially of national significance, and a limited number of events that are of regional significance. In selecting these entries from more detailed regional chronologies, which form part of the Commission's records in the National Archives, an attempt is made to capture the unfolding drama of the South African conflict. The chronology should be consulted in relation to the chapter on Historical Context as well as volumes 2 and 3, which address national and regional events in narrative form. | 1899 | The South African War between Britain and the Boer Republics ends with British victory in 1902. | | 1910 | Union of South Africa comes into being. | | 1912 | South African Native National Congress or SANNC (later African National Congress or ANC) is founded. | | 1913 | The Natives’ Land Act prescribes that no African person be allowed to own land | | outside designated reserves (approximately 7% of the land is allocated for African | | people, subsequently increased in 1936 to 13%). | | 1914 | National Party is founded. | | 1916 | Native Affairs Administration Bill confirms segregation. | | 1918 | Formation of Afrikaner Broederbond. | | 1919 | Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) is founded by Clements Kadalie. | | 1920 | The Native Affairs Act creates separate administrative structures for people in African reserves. South Africa is granted a League of Nations mandate over South West Africa. | | 1921 | Members of the Israelites, an African religious sect, are gunned down by police at Bulhoek in the Eastern Cape. | | 1922 | The Bondelswarts rebellion crushed in South West Africa. The Rand revolt begins. 214 lives are lost as the strike is crushed. | | 1923 | The Natives (Urban Areas) Act extends segregation to towns. SANNC becomes the African National Congress (ANC). | | 1925 | Afrikaans is adopted as an official language. | | 1935 | All-African Convention is founded. | | 1936 | The Cape African franchise is abolished. | | 1941 | The African Mineworkers’ Union is formed. | | 1943 | ANC Youth League is formed. |
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