Apartheid Chart in South Africa

Ethnocracy

Political & Voting Rights During: Jailed for protesting Blacks could not vote Asians & Coloureds had limited rights Whites had over ½ voters

Political & Voting Rights After: All South Africans could vote Anyone could run for office ANC (once outlawed) became top political party Blacks made up ¾ voters Mandela & de Klerk

Lines to vote in 1994 election

Job Opportunities During: Black unemployment @ 82% Whites got best jobs & most money Non-whites denied of jobs b/c of race

Job Opportunities After: Black unemployment @ 50% Employment Equity Act Poverty is spread thru out all races Blacks take home over ½ of income

Education During: Blacks not taught math/science Soweto Riot (students) Education During: Blacks not taught math/science Black school poorly built w/ poorly trained & paid teachers 4 million non-whites did not receive schooling

Education After: No more segregation in schools All students taught all subjects Increase in govn’t spending School completion increased for all students

Cities & Housing During: Whites had nice homes in all white neighborhoods Blacks had no electricity/water Cities were white only blacks had to leave cities after work

Cities & Housing After: Mixed neighborhoods Govn’t gave 1.6 million homes to poor Fixing infrastructure in urban slums Slums still exist w/o electricity & water

Healthcare During: Most doctors & hospitals in white areas Rural areas couldn’t find healthcare easily (high IM rate) No sanitation in slums easily spreads disease

Healthcare After: 9/10 doctors are still in urban areas Govn’t built 500 rural clinics Doctors asked to work in rural areas for 1 year Pregnant women & children U6 get free healthcare LE is 43 yrs; 5 mil w/ AIDS/HIV in 2003

Hendrik Verwoerd- “architect of apartheid”