Apartheid in South Africa

Apartheid didn’t die in South Africa The murder of 34 miners by the South African police, most of them shot in the back, puts paid to the illusion of post-apartheid democracy and illuminates the new, worldwide apartheid of which South Africa is both a historic and contemporary model. In 1894, long before the infamous Afrikaans word foretold “separate development” for the majority people of South Africa, an Englishman, Cecil John Rhodes, oversaw the Glen Grey Act in what was then the Cape Colony. This was designed to force blacks from agriculture into an army of cheap labour, principally for the mining of newly discovered gold and other precious minerals. As a result of this social Darwinism, Rhodes’s De Beers companyquickly developed into a world monopoly, making him fabulously rich. In keeping with liberalism in Britain and the United States, he was celebrated as a philanthropist supporting high-minded causes. Today, the Rhodes scholarship at Oxford University is prized among liberal elites. Transmission line Lesser evil

All About South Africa Jun 08, 2010 Seeing as the 2010 FIFA World Cup happened in South Africa, we thought it’d be cool to learn a bit more about the beautiful country, which has definitely been through its fair share of tough times. South African Kids Of all the countries on the continent of Africa, South Africa’s the most diverse in terms of its territory. Map of South Africa Early History South Africa is a beautiful country. A couple hundred years later, when gold was discovered in South Africa by the British, wars broke out between different European settlers who wanted to gain control of the country for themselves. Apartheid Apartheid in South Africa In 1948, Apartheid was introduced to South Africa: a set of laws that legally and physically separated different racial groups from each other. Nelson Mandela In 1918, a boy named Rolihlala Mandela was born in South Africa. Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela Freed Nelson Mandela continues to support a variety of causes, particularly the fight against HIV-Aids. Safari Lion

Effects of Apartheid on the Status of Women in South Africa Effects of Apartheid on the Status of Women in South Africa 15 July 1980 At the core of South Africa`s system of apartheid lies the need for a cheap and constant supply of labour in order to ensure the continued exploitation of, and profit from, the country`s great mineral wealth. The population figures for South Africa give some indication of the extent of this inequality. Two of the most far-reaching aspects of apartheid are the system of migrant labour and the establishment of bantustans, or reserves, for blacks, based on the premise that Africans can live in a white urban or rural area only in order to sell their labour. Because it is impossible to live off the land, which is generally non arable, and because of heavy taxation, African men have been forced to seek work in the white areas. Every African, male or female, must carry a "pass" from the age of 16. The list of inequities suffered by black South Africans is a lengthy one. The reserves or bantustans The men suffer too.

Mandela in the Movies: 10 Films About Apartheid A few weeks ago, the first black President of the United States saw a movie about the first black President of South Africa. Aside from that White House screening for Barack Obama, only four theaters are currently showing Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which goes into wider release on Christmas Day. So viewers curious to see how the movies have portrayed Nelson Mandela — the lawyer, outlaw and convict who compelled the Boer government to give equal rights to its black majority — must forage through Netflix or Amazon.com for older films. Perhaps no other historical figure could have seen his screen self played so favorably, and by such distinguished actors: Sidney Poitier, Morgan Freeman, Danny Glover, Terrence Howard, Idris Elba, Dennis Haysbert and, in a supporting role in the 2009 Endgame, Clarke Peters. In that TV movie, the main role, a member of the African National Congress negotiating Mandela’s release, is taken by Chiwetel Ejiofor, the star of 12 Years a Slave. Invictus, 2009

APARTHEID - ARTICLES, VIDEOS, PICTURES & FACTS In 1976, when thousands of black children in Soweto, a black township outside Johannesburg, demonstrated against the Afrikaans language requirement for black African students, the police opened fire with tear gas and bullets. The protests and government crackdowns that followed, combined with a national economic recession, drew more international attention to South Africa and shattered all illusions that apartheid had brought peace or prosperity to the nation. The United Nations General Assembly had denounced apartheid in 1973, and in 1976 the UN Security Council voted to impose a mandatory embargo on the sale of arms to South Africa. Under pressure from the international community, the National Party government of Pieter Botha sought to institute some reforms, including abolition of the pass laws and the ban on interracial sex and marriage.

American civil rights movement American civil rights movement, March on WashingtonUPI/Bettmann/Corbismass protest movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern United States that came to national prominence during the mid-1950s. This movement had its roots in the centuries-long efforts of African slaves and their descendants to resist racial oppression and abolish the institution of slavery. Although American slaves were emancipated as a result of the Civil War and were then granted basic civil rights through the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution, struggles to secure federal protection of these rights continued during the next century. Abolitionism to Jim Crow Declaration of IndependenceNational Archives, Washington, D.C.American history has been marked by persistent and determined efforts to expand the scope and inclusiveness of civil rights. As the United States expanded its boundaries, Native American peoples resisted conquest and absorption. U.S.

Planet Schule - Wissenspool | Apartheid | Hintergrund | Hintergrund | Reports in English: Teens in South Africa The first black president of South Africa; (Rechte: dpa) Over the course of the 1980s, the South African government faced increasing domestic and external pressures. The end to the system of apartheid was unstoppable. However, the reforms of president Pieter Willem Botha, who came to power after the Soweto uprising and remained in office until 1989, were not very far reaching. By the mid 1980s, the charismatic leader of the black population, Nelson Mandela, had already been imprisoned for more than 20 years. After the first free elections for all South Africans, on May 10th, 1994, Nelson Mandela became the state’s first black president.

South African town accused of keeping apartheid alive The South African community of Kleinfontein is accused of keeping apartheid's ideals aliveApartheid was a policy of systematic racial discriminationA Kleinfontein spokeswoman says it is a "cultural community" for Afrikaaners onlyIts residents are accused of using culture and heritage to discriminate against black people (CNN) -- More than two decades after the death of the systematic racial discrimination policy of apartheid, a community living southeast of South Africa's capital Pretoria is being accused of trying to keep its racist ideals alive. White men clad in military uniforms stamped with an old South African flag guard the gates of the controversial settlement known as Kleinfontein. All the signs within its boundaries are written in Afrikaans, the language that developed out of the Dutch dialect spoken by early colonizers and which is spoken by the town's 1,000 white inhabitants. "I was just sick of crime," she says. Anti-apartheid activist supports women

The History of Apartheid in South Africa South Africa (see map) 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. South Africa was colonized by the English and Dutch in the seventeenth century. English domination of the Dutch descendents (known as Boers or Afrikaners) resulted in the Dutch establishing the new colonies of Orange Free State and Transvaal. With the enactment of apartheid laws in 1948, racial discrimination was institutionalized. In 1951, the Bantu Authorities Act established a basis for ethnic government in African reserves, known as ``homelands.'' The penalties imposed on political protest, even non-violent protest, were severe. Where to go from here: Next

SOUTH AFRICA - KEY EVENTS TIMELINE A chronology of key events: 4th century - Migrants from the north settle, joining the indigenous San and Khoikhoi people. 1480s - Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias is the first European to travel round the southern tip of Africa. 1497 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama lands on Natal coast. 1652 - Jan van Riebeeck, representing the Dutch East India Company, founds the Cape Colony at Table Bay. 1795 - British forces seize Cape Colony from the Netherlands. 1816-1826 - Shaka Zulu founds and expands the Zulu empire, creates a formidable fighting force. 1835-1840 - Boers leave Cape Colony in the 'Great Trek' and found the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. 1852 - British grant limited self-government to the Transvaal. 1856 - Natal separates from the Cape Colony. Late 1850s - Boers proclaim the Transvaal a republic. 1860-1911 - Arrival of thousands of labourers and traders from India, forebears of the majority of South Africa's current Indian population. 1867 - Diamonds discovered at Kimberley.

APARTHEID TIMELIME APARTHEID TIMELINE Use with the handout "Introduction to Apartheid", used in Section B of the lesson on Racial Discrimination Directions for teacher: · Cut the timeline into strips as indicated by the dotted lines. · Divide students into groups and give each group one strip. Selection 1 (Note: The term "Africans" is used to refer to black Africans.) · 1651: Dutch settlers arrive in South Africa. · 1700s: Riding on horseback and covered wagons, Dutch farmers (called Boers) migrate across land inhabited by Bantu and Khoi peoples. · 1810s: British missionaries arrive and criticize the racist practises of the Boers. · 1867: Diamond mining begins in South Africa. Selection 2 (Note: The term "Africans" is used to refer to black Africans.) · 1908: A constitutional convention is held to establish South African independence from Britain. · 1910: The South Africa Act takes away all political rights of Africans in three of the country's four states. · 1912: The African National Congress is formed.

Apartheid impacts are still felt in South Africa | RICH ELFERS - Enumclaw Courier-Herald Crime and violence are notoriously high in South Africa. If you drive around just about anywhere you will see high walls with barbed or concertina wire encircling nearly every middle- or upper-class home. Often, broken glass or metal spikes stick out of the tops of these walls to discourage thieves from climbing over. As I saw these and other safety precautions during my recent trip to South Africa, it caused me to ponder why the crime rate is so high there. I came to the conclusion that the effects of injustice take a long time to heal. Part of the reason for the high crime is the residual anger at the injustice perpetrated by the whites against the blacks during the time of apartheid. Eighteen years have passed since the end of apartheid in 1994. It seems that the rebellion against apartheid created a deep distrust and disrespect of government and its leaders, no matter what their color. This is an example of the residual effects of apartheid. There have been improvements, though.