What was Apartheid? System of government from 1948 to @1990. Afrikaans word meaning separation/separateness white minority ruled black majority did not have many rights. Origins in European colonialism and imperialism in Africa
1948: APARTHEID ESTABLISHED 1948: the National Party (a white, Afrikaner party) was voted into power Party creates a system to separate white and black populations Called apartheid (separateness) http://www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/images/signboard-from-the-apartheid-era-apartheid.jpg
Population Registration Act Grouped every South African into a particular race. - White - Black - Coloured - Indian/Asian
Separate Representation of Voters Act - strips voting rights from non-whites
Group Areas Act - segregated residential areas - helps create “townships” ringing urban areas
Bantu Authorities Act Divided black pop. into Bantustans (“homelands”) 10 ethnic groups assigned a “homeland that were declared independent of the South African gov’t.
Mixed Marriages Act and Immorality Amendment - Banned marriages between diff. racial groups
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act - segregates all public facilities
Pass Laws - Non-whites had to carry “passbooks”
Bantu Education Act - created a segregated system of education