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Apartheid
Apartheid was a system of forced segregation implemented by the National Party of South Africa. Apartheid was enforced from 1948 until 1994, although remains of the apartheid system still influence South African politics and society today. Questions about apartheid can be found here.
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How do you feel about apartheid?
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.
How apartheid was instituted in South Africa between 1948 and 1960?
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.
Which option lists events during the end of apartheid in the correct order?
1. Foreign Countries
2. Nelson Mandela
3. F.W.
4. ANC
Why was Nelson Mandela important to apartheid?
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.
Why was it decided to bring apartheid to an end in 1990?
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.
What were some of the defining features of the apartheid system?
the official policy of racial seperation and ill tratement of blacks followed by the government of south africa
Wth the end of apartheid what outcome occurred in south Africa?
The white minority ruled South Africa. -apex
What were the main laws of Apartheid?
The main idea of Apartheid was to establish complete racial segregation and to establish a sense of white superiority. Therefore, the large suburbs and central business districts were reserved for whites only. White people had freedom of movement across the country. They had better education, hospitals, transport, malls, cinema and more. They even had reserved benches in parks which would have a sign that read: Europeans only. The Indian, Malay and a few coloureds that passed as non-black had part of the large suburbs reserved for them. They had received normal education. However they did not have freedom of movemement and had to carry a pass with them all the time. They could not use transport, qeues, malls, benches etc that were reserved for Europeans. They did however get their own public transport which was the left over buses which the White transport company would dispose of. In prison, this race group received a slice more bread than blacks. The black people were made to live in townships and informal settlements. They were paid very little. They would mainly walk to work. They were taught vernacular education. Their school syllabus was of a very low standard. They also could not use items reserved for Europeans. They had very little freedom of movement which was stated on their passes. They were forbidden to be in any place except their work town and hometown which was stated on their passes. Failure to present a pass would result in imprisonment. Blacks were tortured in prison.
How would economic sanctions help end apartheid?
economic sanctions would seriously damage the south african economy :) novanet cheeter
What role did F.W. DE klerk play in the end of apartheid?
As several riots had taken place against apartheid, and people in other nations opposed it by boycotting goods produced in South Africa, President F.W. de Klerk ended apartheid because of this.
Did Nelson Mandela fight apartheid in the 1970's?
Obviously, who ever had asked this question is very smart. You could easily find the nswr pm google.
How did the end of apartheid affect the distribution of political power in South Africa?
Apartheid was all about a small group of people, led by supporters of the National Party, denying access to power to a much larger majority. The end of Apartheid was defined by that minority group losing power and the majority, led by supporters of the African national Congress Party, assuming power.
After the end of Apartheid, the power was in the hands of the political leadership of the African National Congress. The ANC at that time was led by Nelson Mandela.
What happend during apartheid?
POLITICAL CONTROL
In South Africa the ruling parliament is elected solely by white voters. Blacks*, who outnumber whites by five to one, are completely disenfranchised.
Under new constitutional proposals for a tricameral parliament, those designated as Coloureds and Indians will be given separate institutions with the whites retaining the monopoly of power. The white chamber will have the largest number of members and will dominate the process of electing a president who will have wide-ranging executive power. The African majority remains totally excluded from this new structure.
LAND
Eighty-seven percent of the land has been designated for whites. Whites determine what small areas within this territory may be occupied by Coloureds, Indians and Africans. The bantustans, which comprise the remaining 13 percent of the land allocated to Africans, are largely barren and poverty stricken. No African may purchase land outside the bantustans.
CITIZENSHIP
The minority government is committed to creating a South Africa with no African citizens. Although citizenship for black South Africans has always been precarious, what restricted rights did exist are being withdrawn. The land allocated to the African majority has been divided into ten isolated and fragmented bantustans or "homelands." Already South Africa has declared four of these bantustans "independent," thus stripping eight million people of their South African citizenship. The intention of the white government is to declare all the bantustans independent, arriving at a time when, by stroke of the white pen, every African will be a foreigner. These pseudostates are recognized by no government on earth except the South African regime.
REMOVALS
The South African Government has embarked on a policy of massive forced resettlement. The number of black South Africans who have been driven from their homes, removed to less desirable locations, is about equal to the entire white population. During the 35 years the present government has been in power, three million Africans, 800,000 Coloureds and 400,000 Indians have been resettled, and two million more Africans will suffer a similar fate.' When people resist removals, their homes are simply knocked down or bulldozed or burned. Leaders who organize to resist these removals face imprisonment and even death.
The South African Government divides the black population into three racial groups: Africans who number about 22 million, Coloureds (mixed race) 2.6 million and Indians 821,000. There are 4.5 million whites.
Millions of Africans are forced to become migrant workers, living away from home and family in single sex barracks-like hostels.
INFLUX CONTROL
The movement of Africans is strictly regimented by
"influx control" which regulates who may enter
*"white" South Africa and under what conditions. The number of Africans allowed to remain in the white areas is determined by the needs of the white-owned economy. Unless Africans meet very rigid residence and employment criteria they can be "endorsed out." Africans who are not employed in the white-owned economy are regarded as "superfluous appendages," i.e. women, children, and old people, and are sent to the bantustans.
Millions of Africans are migrant workers who must leave their homes in the rural bantustans and travel alone to the cities, where they are employed on yearly contract. They are forced by this system to live much of their married life as if they were single, seeing their families for short visits only once a year. It is illegal for an African lacking the required permits of residence and employment to be in an urban area for longer than 72 hours.
PASS LAWS
The rigid system of labor control requires all Africans to carry passbooks which indicate where the individual can legally live and work. They must be kept up-to-date with regular endorsements and are subject on demand to scrutiny by the police. In 1982 more than 200,000 people were arrested under these laws, a twenty-percent increase over 1981
.2 A total of at least 6.1 million people were tried for pass law offences between 1967 and 1980.3
POLITICAL TRIALS AND IMPRISONMENTS
The right to protest against apartheid or to organize for fundamental change is explicitly prohibited by South African law. Under laws including the Public
Who accurately describes apartheid?
It is the separation of races. E.g. Separate living areas, separate bathrooms, ect...
Who were the key Political figures during Apartheid?
Adobe bikila Moise Tshombe Cheif Albert Luthuli Patrice Lumumba Lamine Gueye
Who was the leader of apartheid?
When apartheid ended in 94 it was F.W De Klerk he was the last minority president
Who coined the term apartheid?
The term 'apartheid' was coined in the late 1930s by the South African Bureau for Racial Affairs (SABRA), which called for a policy of 'separate development' of the races. But the architect behind it was Hendrik Vervood.
Which definition is most correct for apartheid?
In South Africa, a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
it happened around 1948 and 1994 in south Africa and all the blacks were treated differently and they weren't aloud to sit on white peoples benches. i don't know how it really happened but that's what happened.
