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1
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1976

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16 June Soweto police fire on children

the uprisings then spread across SA- in response lots of students leave SA to train as guerrillas

2
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1980 Jan

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3 guerrillas shot dead in a bank in Pretoria

a British Sport Council team begins a tour of SA to investigate racial discrimination in sport

3
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1980 March

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campaign launched for the release of Mandela

supported by AZAPO, Natal Indian Congress and SACC

4
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1980 April

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18th - Zimbabwe gains independence

5
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1980 June

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1st - MK strike at Sasol Complex, causing damage estimated at R66 million

6
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1981 Jan

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30st - South African Army raids Mozambique and assassinates 12 ANC members

7
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1982 March

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Mandela, Sisulu and others are transferred to Pollsmoor prison

speculated that this was to remove their influence on the young prisoners on Robben Island

8
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1983 Aug

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20th - UDF formed, containing 3 million members

a powerful force in the internal anti-apartheid struggle

9
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1985 Feb

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Botha offers to free Mandela if he rejects violence as a political weapon

he replied “what freedom am I being offered while the organisation of the people remains banned”

10
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1985

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Stevie Wonder dedicates his Oscar for the song “I just called to say I love you” to Mandela

his music then banned in SA

11
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1988

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Mandela 70th Bday Tribute concert in london

it was a focal point of the external anti-apartheid movement

12
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1989

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President PW Botha suffers a stroke and is replaced by De Klerk

13
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1990 Feb

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2nd - Mandela and other prisoners released

ANC unbanned

14
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1990 May

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4th - negotiations between ANC and government begin