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This is a summary of the 1980's time period of South African history. Contains a timeline of all the most important events, and then elaborates on all those events. Included: Reforms and Repression from the National Party (NP), Response of the UDF and other resistance responses. This summary breaks down the topics in a way that is easy to memorise and also builds understanding of the relevance of the events.

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Timeline:
1912 - ANC formed
1924 - NUSAS formed
1956 - Black Sash formed
1959 - PAC formed
​ Homelands formed
1960 - Sharpeville massacre → organisations banned
1973 - Oil crisis (economic recession followed)
1975 - Inkata formed
1976 - Soweto uprising
​ Transkei made independent
1977 - Hundred+ black activists arrested → Steve Biko murder in detention
​ Bophuthatswana made independent
1978 - P.W Botha becomes prime minister → B.J Vorster resigned (corruption)
​ International apartheid sanctions (growing isolation for SA)
​ - sports, cultural and arms boycotts
1979 - Carlton centre meeting of Sanlam, Volkskas, Rembrandt group encouraged reforms
Black trade unions were legalised
1981 - Ciskei made independent
​ (TBVC states)
1982 - Black Local Authorities act (town councillors, local power/authority)
​ Internal security act
1983 - Republic of South Africa Constitution act (Sep)
White referendum
Tricameral parliament (2 Nov)
UDF formed against tricameral parliament
The National Forum formed
Venda made independent
ECC formed
1984 - Tricameral constitution came into effect
1985 - COSATU formed → politicised trade union
​ Partial state of emergency
​ Botha offered to released Mandela under conditions → secret talks w/ ANC
​ First appearance of vigilanties
​ Kairos document
1986 - Full state of emergency
​ National Education Crisis Committee
1988 - UDF and COSATU banned
1989 - UDF and COSATU became the Mass Democratic Movement (MDM)
​ Botha suffered a stroke
​ F.W De Klerk became president
1990 - Social segregation ended

Stalemate was reached between government and the resistance movement towards the end
of the 1980’s which meant neither could move forward → a compromise was necessary




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