South African Apartheid:
South Africa was colonized by the English and the Dutch in the seventeenth century. But when English domination happened over the Dutch, the Dutch set up new colonies of Orange Frees State and Transvaal. In theses lands there was a discovery of Diamonds in the 1900's. Because of this the English invaded and started what is known as the Boer War. After the independence of England, the strong Afrikaner Nationalist invented apartheid to stabilize there control over social and economic system. The initial meaning to start apartheid was to ensure white dominance while also spreading racial separation. So, in the 60's Africa started the plan of " Grand Apartheid". In 1948 racial discrimination was put into effect. The apartheid affect everyone's social life, from whit and black snot being able to marry. One act in particular strikes itself out from all the others, it is know as "The Population Registration Act", which stated all South African people shall be categorized into groups. The groups included white, black, or colored ( of mixed decent). How you were classified was determined on appearance, social acceptance or decent. The Act stated that you are only of white decent if both of your parents are also of white descent. The Department of Home Affairs were in charge of the classification. If you were unwilling to accept your classification, results would be very harsh. The discriminatory continued, with officials making people of black descent carry around "pass books", containing their finger prints also photo and info on access to non-black areas.(cs-students)
In the year of 1951 an act by the name of the Bantu Authorities Act , created a footing for ethnic government in "homelands", which are African reserves. The homelands were independent states were Africans were assigned to based on their origin. In the homelands, all political rights, including not being able to vote, held by an African were confined to the designated homeland. This was put into play because, the Africans would lose there citizenship in South Africa, and stripping them of any right to be able to be in the South African Parliament. One thing that is very surprising is that people living in these homelands needed a passport to enter South Africa, which could be described as aliens of there own country. (cs-stundents)
When the people tried to repeal these terrible acts the government took action, in 1953 the Public Safety Act and Criminal Law Amendment Act which increased penalties for protesting or supporting the repeal of the law. Penalties included harsh punishments like fines, imprisonment, and whippings. The Africans fought hard to repeal the law, in 1960 a large group of blacks in a place called Sharpeville, refused to carry their passes. The government then responded, lasting 156 days, during that time period it left 69 lives taken and 187 people wounded. Even after such an effort by the blacks, the whites had no intention of of letting the law be repealed. Many died in custody, frequently after terrible acts of torture. Those who were tried for protesting or standing up were put to death, banished, or imprisonment for life, like one of the most memorable people to stand up, Nelson Mandela. (cs-students)
People:
South Africa was colonized by the English and the Dutch in the seventeenth century. But when English domination happened over the Dutch, the Dutch set up new colonies of Orange Frees State and Transvaal. In theses lands there was a discovery of Diamonds in the 1900's. Because of this the English invaded and started what is known as the Boer War. After the independence of England, the strong Afrikaner Nationalist invented apartheid to stabilize there control over social and economic system. The initial meaning to start apartheid was to ensure white dominance while also spreading racial separation. So, in the 60's Africa started the plan of " Grand Apartheid". In 1948 racial discrimination was put into effect. The apartheid affect everyone's social life, from whit and black snot being able to marry. One act in particular strikes itself out from all the others, it is know as "The Population Registration Act", which stated all South African people shall be categorized into groups. The groups included white, black, or colored ( of mixed decent). How you were classified was determined on appearance, social acceptance or decent. The Act stated that you are only of white decent if both of your parents are also of white descent. The Department of Home Affairs were in charge of the classification. If you were unwilling to accept your classification, results would be very harsh. The discriminatory continued, with officials making people of black descent carry around "pass books", containing their finger prints also photo and info on access to non-black areas.(cs-students)
In the year of 1951 an act by the name of the Bantu Authorities Act , created a footing for ethnic government in "homelands", which are African reserves. The homelands were independent states were Africans were assigned to based on their origin. In the homelands, all political rights, including not being able to vote, held by an African were confined to the designated homeland. This was put into play because, the Africans would lose there citizenship in South Africa, and stripping them of any right to be able to be in the South African Parliament. One thing that is very surprising is that people living in these homelands needed a passport to enter South Africa, which could be described as aliens of there own country. (cs-stundents)
When the people tried to repeal these terrible acts the government took action, in 1953 the Public Safety Act and Criminal Law Amendment Act which increased penalties for protesting or supporting the repeal of the law. Penalties included harsh punishments like fines, imprisonment, and whippings. The Africans fought hard to repeal the law, in 1960 a large group of blacks in a place called Sharpeville, refused to carry their passes. The government then responded, lasting 156 days, during that time period it left 69 lives taken and 187 people wounded. Even after such an effort by the blacks, the whites had no intention of of letting the law be repealed. Many died in custody, frequently after terrible acts of torture. Those who were tried for protesting or standing up were put to death, banished, or imprisonment for life, like one of the most memorable people to stand up, Nelson Mandela. (cs-students)
People:
- Nelson Mandela- served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 after standing up to apartheid he was thrown into jail for 27 years and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, but after standing up to apartheid he was thrown into jail for 27 years. Mandela was a courageous and fearless man, for that he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. (nobelprize)
- Mohandas Ghandi- Is most know for establishing his country's freedom through a non-violent revolution. But when he saw the trouble and terrible things happening in Africa. So Ghandi remained in South Africa for 20 years, and suffered imprisonment many times. In 1896 after being beaten by white South Africans, he began to teach a system of passive resistance . He continued to fight for peacefulness in South Africa and is a hero to the many South Africans needing help at the time. (sahistory)