1950
1950 ff.
1953
1955
CHRONOLOGY
the white conquest of the African population of Southern
Africa
The War between the Whites: Britain conquers the Af-
rikaner republics
Chamber of Mines imports 63,397 Chinese workers
Britain givesparliamentary government to the former re-
publics; only Whites enfranchised
The Cape Colony, Natal, the Transvaal, and the Orange
Free State join to form the Union of South Africa
South African Native National Congress (NNC) founded;
later becomes the African National Congress (ANC)
Natives Land Act limits African landownership to the
reserves; the beginning of a series of segregation laws
As a member of the British Empire, South Africa partici-
pates in World War I
Anglo American Corporation of South Africa founded
Communist party of South Africa founded
White strikers seize control of Johannesburg but are
crushed by government troops
African parliamentary voters placed on a separate roll
South Africa participates in World War II on the Allied
side
70,000 to 100,000 African gold-mine workers strike for
higher wages; troops drive them back to the mines
The Afrikaner National party wins a general election and
begins to apply its policy of apartheid
The Population Registration Act classifiespeople by race;