In 1948- Afrikaners political party(Dutch) National Party won the
elections & established Apartheid!
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Pass laws making it
legal to
discriminate against
blacks.
Separates Africans
into four groups:
Blacks, whites,
coloreds (mixed
and Asians)
Must carry a pass
book- and show
passbook when
entering a nonblack areas
Whites Only
Non- White Train Station
Black Africans & Lack of
Freedoms
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Blacks had practically no rights; could not vote; denied
citizenships
It was illegal for black Africans to protest or meet/ organize
Africans were forbidden to go to white beaches, white
restaurants, ride on white busses.
The National Party pushed for Afrikaans language (Dutch) in
all schools instead of traditional African languages.
Best land had been taken by the Dutch & other White settlers
early in S. African history.
Blacks were now forces into homelands; on the worst land in
the country.
Nelson Mandela
Leading anti- apartheid party, now majority
party in South African government.
World Awareness
…sanctions & boycotts!
Nelson Mandela
& President de
Klerk
In 1990 President Frederik
Willem de Klerk began
negotiations to end
apartheid, culminating in
multi-racial democratic
elections in 1994, which
were won by the African
National Congress under
Nelson Mandela.
Vocabulary Terms
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Afrikaners- Afrikaans speaking decedents of the early Dutch
settlers who arrived in South Africa beginning in 1652.
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Afrikaans- The language of the minority white population of
South Africa and one of the two official languages during
the Nationalist Party Unity.
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Boers- Afrikaans word meaning farmers, these were the first
white settlers from Holland who arrived in South Africa in
1652.
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Bantu- identifies a particular group of people coming from
Central and South Africa. The Nationalist government used
this term in a derogatory way to identify Black Africans.
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