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1 South Africa Early South Africa – descendants
South Africa is a country blessed with an abundance of natural resources including fertile farmlands and unique mineral resources. South African mines are world leaders in the production of diamonds and gold as well as strategic metals such as platinum. The climate is mild, reportedly resembling the San Francisco bay area weather more than anywhere in the world. Early South Africa – descendants of various Bantu-speaking peoples Dutch settlers – Afrikaners 1652 British Colony – until Apartheid system established 1948

2 Apartheid: South Africa

3 Apartheid- separateness or apart-ness in Afrikaans
A system of racial segregation that operated in South Africa from

4 Apartheid Laws 1950- Amendment to the Immortality Act: criminal offense for a white person to have sexual relations with a person of a different race 1950- The Population Registration Act: All citizens register as black, white or coloured 1950- Suppression of Communism Act: split S. Africa into different areas according to racial groups. 1951- Bantu Authorities Act: Separate gov’t structures for black people. 1951- Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act: Allowed gov’t to demolish black slums

5 Apartheid Laws Cont.... 1953- Reservation of Separate Amenities: Prohibited people of different races from using the public facilites such as restrooms, drinking fountain etc. 1953- Bantu Education Act: all black schooling under gov’t control 1956- Mines and Work Act: racial discrimination in employment 1958- Promotion of Black Self- Gov’t Act: blacks could vote in territorial governments in homelands 1959- Bantu Investment Corp.: Create jobs in homeland 1959- Extension of University Educ. Act: separate universities for blacks, coloureds and Indians

6 Apartheid Laws Cont.... 1967- Physical Planning and Utilization of Resources Act: stop industrial development in white cities and redirect to homeland border areas. 1970- Black Homeland Citizenship Act: Changed status of inhabitants of homelands so that they were no longer citizens of S. Africa.

7 Day to Day Life Under Apartheid
Non-whites were not allowed to run businesses in white areas Only blacks with a pass could enter white areas. Families had to be left behind. Police vans roamed white areas to round up illegal blacks Black areas rarely had plumbing or electricity Black student’s education cost the state 1/10 of a white child’s Ambulances, bridges, cinemas, cinema parking spaces, maternity wards, parks, cross walks, public toilets, taxis churches, hotels, beaches swimming pools and libraries were all segregated.

8 Homelands and Forced Removal
Goal: blacks would no longer be citizens of S. Africa, but rather be apart of independent homelands 87% of land was reserved for whites, coloureds and Indians. 13% of the land was divided up into ten homelands for 60% of the population. 1960's-1980's: resettlement forced blacks to move to designated group areas million+ forced to move

9 Classification Officials would administer tests to determine who was categorized as coloured or black, or coloured or white. Different members of the same family found themselves in different race groups.

10 International Criticism
UN Security Council Voluntary Embargo- 1963 Apartheid was condemned by the UN in 1973: International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid UN Security Council Mandatory Embargo- 1974: Aimed to isolate S. Africa S. African sports teams were banned from international events By 1980, S. Africa was the only African country with a white government and constituion discriminating against the majority of its citizens

11 Resistance Sharpeville Massacre- 1959: A crowd of ANC mebers went to the local police department singing and offering themselves up for arrest for not carrying pass books. A group of 300 police opened fire on the unarmed crowd killing 69 and injuring Most victims were shot in the back. Nelson Mandela- ANC leader- sentenced to life inprison for terrorism with 7 others in 1964. Steve Biko- South africa’s Black Consciousness Mov’t. Arrested and beaten by police until he went into a coma, he died 3 days later.

12 Adapt or Die 1984- some reforms were introduced
1985- S. African gov’t declared state of emergency 1990- lift bans and restrictions, released Mandela : appartheid abolished 1992: last whites only vote in S. Africa 1993: Constituion w/ freedom of speech, religion and prohibiting discrimintation 1994: first all races vote in S. Africa- Mandela wins presidency

13 Nelson Mandela

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