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"Apartheid" is a
Word in Afrikaans, Meaning "Separation" or "Separate" |
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Cecil Rhodes Helped
Establish Apartheid Rule in South Africa |
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Nelson Mandela
Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sabotage and Treason
1964 |
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South African Bishop
Desmond Tutu Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1984 |
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Margaret Thatcher
Did Not Repudiate Apartheid, Even Into the 1980s |
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Apartheid Finally
Dissolves in 1980s |
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Swedish Prime
Minister Olof Palme Speaks Out Against Apartheid, Then Assassinated |
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On 21 February 1986 – a week before he was murdered –
Sweden's prime minister Olof Palme made the keynote address to the
Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid held in Stockholm. In
addressing the hundreds of anti-apartheid sympathizers as well as
leaders and officials from the ANC and the Anti-Apartheid Movement
such as Oliver Tambo, Palme declared: "Apartheid cannot be reformed,
it has to be eliminated."
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Thatcher Declares
ANC a Terrorist Organization (1986???) |
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Thatcher Declares
ANC in Power To Be Insane Idea
1987 |
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Thatcher, in 1987 famously said that anyone who
believed that the ANC would ever form the government of South Africa
was "living in cloud cuckoo land".
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DeKlerk Elected on
Apartheid Platform
1989 |
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Nelson Mandela
Released
February 11, 1990 |
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Nelson Mandela Wins
Nobel Peace Prize
1993 |
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Nelson Mandela President of South Africa
May 10, 1994 - June 14, 1999 |
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