1. 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

2. 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)

3. Population Registration Act
Grouped every South African into a particular race.
- White
- Black
- Coloured
- Indian/Asian

4. Separate Representation of Voters Act
- strips voting rights from non-whites

5. Group Areas Act
- segregated residential areas
- helps create “townships” ringing urban areas

6. 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.

7. Mixed Marriages Act and Immorality Amendment
- Banned marriages between diff. racial groups

8. Reservation of Separate Amenities Act
- segregates all public facilities

9. Pass Laws - Non-whites had to carry “passbooks”

10. Bantu Education Act
- created a segregated system of education