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7 maj 2024 · Apartheid dictated where South Africans, on the basis of their race, could live and work, the type of education they could receive, and whether they could vote. Events in the early 1990s marked the end of legislated apartheid, but the social and economic effects remained deeply entrenched.
20 lis 2020 · The formal end of the apartheid government in South Africa was hard-won. It took decades of activism from both inside and outside the country, as well as international economic pressure, to...
26 kwi 2024 · April 26, 2024. When the apartheid government was toppled in South Africa, ending white minority rule, people around the world shared in the excitement and optimism that a more just society...
17 maj 2022 · Robert Longley. Updated on May 17, 2022. Apartheid, from an Afrikaans word meaning “apart-hood,” refers to a set of laws enacted in South Africa in 1948 intended to ensure the strict racial segregation of South African society and the dominance of the Afrikaans-speaking white minority.
17 kwi 2024 · Thirty years since the end of Apartheid, South Africa still grapples with its legacy. Unequal access to education, unequal pay, segregated communities and massive economic disparities persists, much of it is reinforced by existing institutions and attitudes.
27 kwi 2024 · This marked the official end of apartheid rule, cemented days later when Nelson Mandela was sworn in as the country’s first Black president. Since the arrival of Dutch settlers in the 1600s and...
17 lip 2020 · HISTORY & CULTURE. EXPLAINER. How Nelson Mandela fought apartheid—and why his work is not complete. This activist dedicated his life to dismantling racism—and went from being the world’s most...
