1. South Africa
The Success Story

2. South Africa’s Relative Location

3. S. A’s Relative Location
On the Southern tip of Africa
Namibia, Botswana Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique all sit on South Africa’s northern Border

4. Facts about South Africa
Three Capitals
Bloemfontein
Cape Town
Pretoria
capital of the judiciary
legislative capital
is the administrative capital.

5. Facts about South Africa
2/3 population is Black
14% is white - controlled all of the government, high paying industry jobs and 2/3 of the land.
Whites owned the gold and diamond mines

6. When the white came
1600’s Dutch and Germans eventually French and other Europeans set up colonies by 1800’s.
Known as the Afrikaners or Boers
1899 Britain claimed rule over the land and government
1961 South Africa Had claimed its independence from Britain

7. 4 Reasons for S.A Growth from 1950- 1960
New cheap energy source of coal
Had national capital to help invest
Connections to Britain to help supply technology, knowledge and skills to create factories
Black labor that were willing to work for low pay and moved to city limits

8. Whites see a problem
Fearing blacks would claim lands outside of city limits
Government establishes homelands
Homelands= Blacks are forced to live on only 14% of SA’s land

9. Separation of Whites and Blacks
Apartheid- Legal to segregate
Segregate- Separate restrooms, housing neighborhoods, public facilities, schools…
1952 Brown vs BOE Topeka KS.
To separate naturally retards the individual that think they are naturally inferior.

10. Europe and USA React
Going through anti-segregation laws
1996 place economic sanctions on SA and refuse to trade with them.
Cost SA 2 billion a year.
We do make a difference

11. Change for SA
Added Protest by Blacks and loss of GNP many in gov’t realized there must be a change
1989 E.W. de Klerk elected President of S.A

12. Release of Nelson Mandela
One the 1st things de Klerk did was to release Mandela
Pressure by rising violence between blacks and whites
As well as Pressure by Bishop Desmond Tutu

13. Who is Nelson Mandela Leader of the African National Congress ANC
Fought for equal rights between blacks and white
Imprisoned for 27 years for antiapartheid activities
Held same principles of Martin Luther King Jr’s
Peaceful demonstration/ Civil disobedience/ Civil Rights

14. Mandela Makes a different
negotiates with apartheid
All laws that supported Segregation were eventually removed
Africa’s Civil Rights Movement was more successful than United States
Why?

15. Majority (blacks) would take control of the government
1994 SA held its first free elections
Held some violence
Nelson Mandela became SA first black president.
They created new constitution ending segregation in public facilities, schools, housing and food service.

16. 2000 Election Thabo Mbeki elected president
Continues to maintain equality
Fight poverty
Strengthen SA’s economy
Opening doors for the disadvantage

17. Current President Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African politician and the fifth and current President of South Africa since 15 February He followed the resignation of Jacob Zuma, having taken office following a vote of the National Assembly on 15 February 2018.