White or black. (there was brown too, for those between white and brown, so that the Indians can get accommodated. As you may guess, whites were at the top, the brown ppl at the middle, and black ppl at the bottom. This explains why blacks in South Africa tend to hate Indians b/c they received better treatment (comparatively) than the blacks. For some reason, they still seem to adore whites( this bit is my opinion).

Most South Africa's mainly blacks were not aloud to vote and so there was no democracy in South Africa

The anti apartheid movement changed the apartheid system and in return lead the country towards a democracy

The term Apartheid was introduced during the 1948 as part of the election campaign by DF Malan's Herenigde Nasionale Party(HNP - 'Reunited National Party'). But racial segregation had been in force for many decades in South Africa. In hindsight, there is something of an inevitability in the way the country developed its extreme policies. When the Union of South Africa was formed on 31 May 1910, Afrikaner Nationalists were given a relatively free hand to reorganize the country's franchise according to existing standards of the now-incorporated Boer republics, the Zuid Afrikaansche Repulick (ZAR - South African Republic or Transvaal) and Orange Free State. Non-Whites in the Cape Colony had some representation, but this would prove to be short-lived.

South Africa until 1994

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Are there not dictionaries and thesauri online? Or an old fashioned paper copy somewhere on an ignored and dusty shelf?

Because he belonged to the group that was strongly disadvantaged by this system.

Apartheid set whites and blacks apart in society, strongly benefitting the whites (in giving them all the real and legal power) and strongly obstructing life and blocking chances for wealth, power and success for blacks.

And Nelson happened to be born black in South Africa. So there you have a strong personal motive to fight Apartheid.

On top of that , Apartheid did not meet his own moral criteria of how a humane society should be (as it didn't meet the moral criteria of thousands, millions of other people around the globe anymore in the 70ies, 80ies seen the worldwide protests and embargos).

Nelson Mandela Apartheid had begun to end from the year 1990 under the rule of President FW de Klerk. However Apartheid was officially over in 1994 and the first democratically elected president of the country in 1994 was President Nelson Mandela.

In America between the black and white people

Before South Africa became a republic in 1961, it was known as the Union of South Africa. In what year was this union founded?

1910. South Africa gained partial indepence from Great Britain in 1934, but power was only granted to the whites. This led to apartheid.

What is the definition of apartheid?

a system or practice that separates people according to race or color. The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group is called genocide.

The whites in South Africa during apartheid were a minority group.

t. There were way more whites than blacks, but later more than 80% of the land in South Africa was set aside for this minority.

Which of these classified the people as Bantu, Colored, White, or Asian?

The Population Registration Act. The whites were a minority group, but they were in charge. Much of the land was set aside for them later.

More than 80% of South Africa's land was set aside for the whites.

t. This doesn't make sense to me, because there were so many people of other descent, and not many whites. The other 20% were homelands set aside for other ethnicities.

Which of these gave South Africa separate sections for each ethnicity?

The Group Areas Act. Other races were forbidden to live, work, or own land in a different ethnic group's area.

Which of these established ten self-governing territories for different black ethnic groups?

The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act. These territories were called "homelands". All black South Africans, regardless of where they lived, were made citizens of the homelands, and they weren't allowed to take part in the governing of South Africa.

According to which of these, all non-whites had to carry a pass that proved their permission to be in white areas?

The Pass Law. These racist beliefs were law, and any criticisms of these laws were suppressed.

Who was Nelson Mandela?

South Africa's first black president. Nelson Mandela believed in democracy, equality, and learning for all South Africans, so he led the African National Congress, a black liberation group that opposed the South African government and the apartheid. These actions put him in prison, and almost thirty years later he was released and became a national celebrity.

F. W. de Klerk was the first black president of South Africa.

f. Mr. Mandela and F. W. Klerk (S. Africa's last white president) succeeded in combining their efforts to end the apartheid and switch to a peaceful non-racial democracy in South Africa. He changed much of the public's view on racism, and White South Africa backed down to let world pressure and internal violence take charge in 1990 by getting rid of most of the apartheid laws.

it has harmed we society u didnt noee

because blacks and whites were separated

in your face

The practice of providing separate amenities, segregation and discrimination was already well entrenched before 1948 by the British colonialists. The Nationalist government made the segregation more extensive and more demoralising, and gave it the name Apartheid, to promote their view that there should be separate development between white and non-white races.

1. Foreign Countries

2. Nelson Mandela

3. F.W.

4. ANC

He was imprisoned for over a decade for leading revolts against apartheid.

When he was released, people elected him as their new leader. This is significant because he became the first South African president. Basically, he contributed to the overthrow of apartheid.

The Apartheid system was seen as an unjust system and economic decline was beginning due to sanctions being placed on the country.

It wasn't really THAT bad. At least in ideals. The biggest part was non-Whites didn't have great living conditions compared to Whites. Although, now days overall living conditions for many people is not any better so... go figure.

Some say. "Beacause it separated people of diffrent races and gave them diffrent rights. "

While the above answer is partially correct, people were divided but each received there own country (like Lesotho and Swaziland). In these countries (homelands) the different groups were suppose to function as independent states and govern themselves. What was so wrong with it, I cannot find? Please let me know.