1. #4 - Europe’s Lasting Impact
Unit 7: Africa

2. South Africa
Apartheid

3. Brief History South Africa was a colony of the British Empire.
British entered South Africa in 1795
Received Limited Self-Rule in 1910.
Became independent country within the British Commonwealth in 1931.

4. British Empire

5. Apartheid Movement Apartheid-
A system of racial segregation
Why would a country implement this system?
Maintain Control
Economics
Political
Afrikaner-Dutch So. African ethnic group-descended from Dutch settlers
National Party
Took control after independence
Implemented Apartheid

6. Segregation Legislated
Group Areas Act of 1949 – Segregated residential areas

7. Bantu Authorities Act (1951)
Established Homelands
Separate tribal states were set up just
outside major cities

8. Political Rights Political Rights restricted to a region
Blacks COULD NOT live in White areas
- the majority black population would live here.
Homelands left to govern themselves
You were a citizen of a homeland, not So. Africa

9. Pass Act
Laws required non-whites to carry documents authorizing their presence in restricted areas.
Reason:
To limit contact between the races
denied non-white participation in national government.

10. Homelands

11. Apartheid in Action Population: 4. 5 Million Whites owned 87% of land
Blacks
Population: 4. 5 Million
25% of National Population
Whites owned 87% of land
Included ALL 17 major cities in South Africa 
10 States Created: 9 for blacks and 1 for whites
Population: 19 Million
75% of National Population
Could only live on 13% of land.

12. Loss of Citizenship Black Homelands - 13% of South African land
Divide South Africa into a number of separate states
Each to develop into a separate nation for different ethnic group
4 homelands eventually became independent
Citizens lose South African citizenship
SA gov treated blacks leaving homelands as illegal immigrants
Exceptions
Black Miners allowed to stay in white areas.
Families must relocate

13. More Apartheid Policies
Extension of University Education Act – Forbade non-Europeans to English speaking universities
Separate universities
 Segregation of schools, hospitals, neighborhoods.