movement
Security Institutions
Parent: South African Government
Initial entity stub generated from temp/south_africa_20th_century_timeline_starter.csv.
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Events
1914–1918South African participation in the First World War6 September 1939South Africa enters the Second World War8 May 1945Second World War ends1950Immorality Amendment Act1952Pass-law system tightened1960sSabotage campaigns21 March 1960Sharpeville massacre26 August 1966South African Border / Bush War begins1975–1989Cross-border war and regional operations1976Soweto uprising and aftermath12 September 1977Death of Steve Biko in detention1983End Conscription Campaign founded21 July 1985–June 1990State of emergency declared1987–1988Battle of Cuito Cuanavale1989South African Border / Bush War ends1990–1994Train, hostel and township violence1993End Conscription Campaign ends1994Formation of the South African National Defence Force1994–1999Continued KwaZulu-Natal political violence11–26 May 2008Xenophobic violence16 August 2012Marikana massacre8–17 July 2021July unrest following Zuma's imprisonment