Klerk and Nelson Mandela were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to get rid of racial segregation. The racial segregation was a successful.
He was anti-apartheid (apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa) and later became the first democratically elected president of that country.
Because it was a segregation system aimed at denying the native African people their legal rights - by the minority white immigrants imposing their rule over the country's native population.
His work to end apartheid policies in South Africa
South Africa
On June 16, 1990, South Africa's anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years of incarceration. His release marked a significant turning point in the struggle against apartheid and led to negotiations aimed at dismantling the system of racial segregation in the country. Mandela's freedom was celebrated globally, symbolizing hope for a peaceful transition to democracy in South Africa.
The end of apartheid in South Africa is most closely associated with the 1990s, particularly the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990 and the subsequent negotiations to dismantle the apartheid system. The transition culminated in the first multiracial elections in 1994, which resulted in Mandela becoming the country's first Black president. This period marked a significant shift towards democracy and equality, ending decades of institutionalized racial segregation and oppression.
Yes there was. It is called 'Invictus'. It's about how soccer brought the country together after the apartheid.
MANY people contributed in the struggle for freedom, most notably: The African National Congress (ANC), and their leaders like Nelson Mandela. The United Nations and countries in general - placing strict sanctions on South Africa, making it almost impossible for them to export or import. This affected the economy badly, putting pressure on the government to get rid of the racial-segregation laws in the country. In addition, politicians in government like Helen Suzman, and others like Desmond Tutu fought against Apartheid.
Basically he he made the decision that apartheid needed to be reformed, he dismantled petty apartheid laws and then announced the end of apartheid altogether. He released leaders of the black resistance, including Nelson Mandela. In addition, he signed the Pretoria Minote.
South Africa. Nelson Mandela was imprisoned there for his opposition to apartheid. And was later elected its President.
Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He is best known for his role in ending apartheid and his efforts to promote reconciliation and social justice in South Africa. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for his work towards dismantling institutionalized racism and inequality in his country.
How did all the black Americans manage to get educated in a country swamped by segregation the English word for apartheid? only because segregation sound different than apartheid don't mean that it is different the world don't even know what the word apartheid mean but they blame everything that go wrong in South Africa 30 years after apartheid was ended and I'm sure you don't know what it means and that your country is possibly still swamped with apartheid but only the English version, and I'm sure you don't know that the apartheid law was passed by the British in South Africa when it still was a colony of Brittan and not the Afrikaners but they used the English word segregation that was translated to apartheid in 1946.The white government of South Africa, never denied black people an education, they even build schools and universities for them to get educated in there own languish, but what did they do? they burned down hundreds of schools that was build by the white government with taxes paid by white people only, black people was never taxed by the white government