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| 1944 | Smuts, Jan Christian |  |
| Johannesburg Africa 20,000 protest against the Pass Laws |
| 1950 | Moroka, James |  |
| The ANC launch "Freedom Day" against racial discrimination |
| 26th June The ANC calls for a National Day of Protest & Mourning |
| 1951 | Malan, Daniel Francois |  |
| July Rejects ANC demands to repeal apartheid legislation |
| July The ANC, the Indian Congress & the Franchise Action Council demonstrate |
| 1952 | Modise, Joe |  |
| 8th Feb Johannesburg Africa Address es a meeting of 500 activists opposed to forced removals from Sophiatown |
| 1959 | Lutuli, Albert |  |
| Dec Durban Africa A conference is held during Durban's anti-pass demonstrations |
| Dec Durban Africa Conference votes to initiate an anti-pass law campaign with a pass bonfire 26th June |
| 1960 | Lutuli, Albert |  |
| 28th Mar Cape Town Africa 50,000 demonstrate against the pass laws in the township of Langa |
| 1975 | Diederichs, Nicholaas |  |
| 27th Dec Cape Town Africa There are 26 deaths after demonstrations |
| 1976 | Vorster, Balthazar Johannes |  |
| 16th June Soweto Africa Demonstrations break out against a government proposal to teach Afrikaans |
| 25th June Soweto Africa Police open fire & 76 students are killed |
| 6th July Soweto Africa The government drops its proposal to teach Afrikaans |
| 1989 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de |  |
| Pretoria Africa Legalizes mass demonstrations for the first time since 1976 |
| 1992 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de |  |
| 7th Sep Bisho Africa Troops open fire on 70,000 ANC demonstrators, 28 are killed |
| 1994 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de |  |
| Pretoria Africa Widespread anti-aprtheid demonstrations |