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6 maj 2016 · Translated from the Afrikaans meaning 'apartness', apartheid was the ideology supported by the National Party (NP) government and was introduced in South Africa in 1948. Apartheid called for the separate development of the different racial groups in South Africa.
- National Party
Most Afrikaners were against South African participation in...
- Apartheid and Reactions to It
*South Africa and the United Nations Organization *South...
- Right to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
Labour formations in South Africa were seen as an extension...
- Black Consciousness Movement
On 12 September 1977, the Black Consciousness leader Steve...
- Popular Struggles in The Early Years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
This feature examines the causes of popular protests that...
- South Africa and The Olympic Games
During South Africa’s absence the standard of international...
- Second World War
Hertzog preferred that South Africa remain neutral in World...
- Aam
World opposition to Apartheid. Enforced racial segregation...
- National Party
Introduction. The continuing existence of long-distances between South African townships and cities signals the distortedness and fragmentation of the country’s spatial planning (Jacobs et al., 2019) ..
7 maj 2024 · Apartheid was a policy in South Africa that governed relations between the white minority and nonwhite majority during the 20th century. Formally established in 1948, it sanctioned racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
This chapter meticulously traces the historical evolution of the pluri-legal system in South Africa. It begins with the colonial period, traverses the era of ‘segregation’ spanning from 1910 to 1945, transitions through the apartheid epoch from 1945 to 1992, and extends into the democratic transition and present times.
17 maj 2017 · The first is the demographic dimension. Some 40 per cent of the South African urban population reside in a township the size of a city. Soweto has more than 1.3 million inhabitants, Botshabelo over half a million, and there are another 20 townships each with a population between 100,000 and 150,000 inhabitants.
1 mar 2018 · It is estimated that between 1960 and 1983 approximately 1.1 million people were removed from White rural areas to the reserves that were then re-constituted as ethnic 'homelands' by the apartheid regime. The process of re-engineering the role and function of the reserves and the traditional African leadership was a central feature of apartheid.
8 cze 2020 · This chapter provides a wide-ranging overview of the extant historical literature and latest research on Apartheid South Africa. After assessing the contributions of scholars to debates about the origins and purposes of apartheid, the chapter focuses analytical attention on the paradoxical nature and legacies of the apartheid state.
