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
1914–1915Afrikaner or Maritz Rebellion1914–1918South African participation in the First World War20 December 1914Jopie Fourie executed after the Afrikaner Rebellion6 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 founded20 May 1983Church Street bombing in Pretoria21 July 1985–June 1990State of emergency declared14 June 1986Magoo's Bar bombing in Durban1987–1988Battle 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 massacreApril–May 2015Xenophobic attacks and peace marchesSeptember 2019Xenophobic attacks and marches2021–2022Operation Dudula and anti-migrant marches8–17 July 2021July unrest following Zuma's imprisonment