In this lesson, you'll learn about the government policy in South Africa that excluded an entire group of people for almost 50 years. We'll explain...
Key Facts & Information AIM OF APARTHEID Apartheid was a movement for the segregation of races in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s, motivated by a political climate centred on white supremacy. The primary aim of the apartheid was to separate the white people from the black and colour...
South Africa: apartheid hospitals on their way out?Jeanne Spurlock
Apartheid was a policy in South Africa that governed relations between the white minority and nonwhite majority during the 20th century. Formally established in 1948, it sanctioned racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against nonw
for the survival of theAfrikanerpeople inSouth Africaand the promotion of its interests.” Through the Broederbond, Afrikaner men hoped to foster Afrikanercultureand traditions in the face of ill treatment by British South Africans and second-class citizenship. The Broederbond’s silent network...
African National Congress (ANC) is a South African political party and Black nationalist organization founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress. The ANC successfully fought to dismantle the country’s racially discriminatory policy of
Oliver Tambo was the president of the South African black-nationalist African National Congress (ANC) between 1967 and 1991. He spent more than 30 years in exile (1960–90). Tambo was born in a Transkei village of subsistence farmers. He attended Anglica
South Africa - Postapartheid South Africa: Mandela was elected president of the ANC in 1991, succeeding Tambo, who was in poor health and died two years later. Mandela and de Klerk, who both wanted to reach a peaceful solution to South Africa’s problems
Ruth First was a South African activist, scholar, and journalist known for her relentless opposition to South Africa’s discriminatory policy of apartheid.
Apartheid - Resistance, Protest, Activism: Although the government had the power to suppress virtually all criticism of its policies, there was always some opposition to apartheid within South Africa. Black African groups, with the support of some whites