topic 3 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Steve Biko Banning order
1973
SASO celebration 1974
overthrow of Portuguese colonial regimes in Mozambique and Angola
Biko arrested
1974
growing liberalism in parliament
1974 elections Progressive Party rise from 1 to 7 MPs
by 1977 this rises to 17
Angola actions
1975 SA invade Angola, impose UNITA
Inkatha freedom party founded
1975 - Chief Buthelezi
Soweto Uprising - date and casualties
1976- Police killed 20, but could have killed up to 1,000 - shocking photo of 13 year old boy dead
4,000 youths flee SA, many recruited by MK
Steve Biko Death
1977
Steve Biko funeral
10,000 attend including foreign ambassadors
UN sanctions after Soweto
1977 - mandatory sanctions of arms sales
Gleneagles agreement
1977 -Commonwealth signs to forbid members from competing against SA in sport
ANC and Vietnam
1978 - ANC leaders visit Vietnam after their ‘success’ against USA
Tricameral Parliament created
1981
Ruth First death
White ANC member killed from a parcel bomb in Mozambique in 1981
Inquest Act
Censorship extended with increased reports of deaths in custody and criticisms of the government 1982
Mandela, Sisulu and others move prisons
Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town 1982 - given better conditions in hope this would divide prisoners
UDF created
1983 575 different organisations combined to coordinate internal opposition to SA
Air Force Bomb
1983, kills 19 and injures 2000
Supermarket bomb
1983 kills 5
NP oppression on Mozambique
1984 - Mozambique sign the Nkomati Accord to stop supporting the Rhodesian opposition group RENAM and close all ANC bases
UDF COSAS signatures campaign
a million signatures campaign 1984
Free Nelson Mandela song
1984
