apartheid & south african human rights violations
- All-white National Party comes to power in 1948
-Apartheid (separate or apart) was their main agenda
-A doctrine of white supremacy and separate development
-Non-whites South Africans could no longer:
-Marry outside of their own race
-Choose where to live
-Travel where they liked
-The whites made up 15% of the population yet owned 87% of the land
-Non-whites were forced to live on Bantustans
-Enforced by the army and police force
-Apartheid (separate or apart) was their main agenda
-A doctrine of white supremacy and separate development
-Non-whites South Africans could no longer:
-Marry outside of their own race
-Choose where to live
-Travel where they liked
-The whites made up 15% of the population yet owned 87% of the land
-Non-whites were forced to live on Bantustans
-Enforced by the army and police force
the end of apartheid: 1980s and 1990s
- 1978 Prime Minister P.W. Botha made reforms
-Blacks could marry whom they pleased, mix in certain places and join unions
-External reasons:
-1985 Canadian P.M. Brian Mulroney urged the Americans to impose limited sanctions
-Botha responded by restricting freedom of foreign press
-British Commonwealth called for sanctions but G.B. did not join they were pretty hollow threats.
-Internal reasons:
-Resistance movement began calling for a revolution
-Trad unions had won the right to bargain and began protesting apartheid
-The economy imploded
-The Dutch Reformed Church began to oppose apartheid
-1990 Mandela released from prison
-1994 democratic election with all races voting takes place
-Blacks could marry whom they pleased, mix in certain places and join unions
-External reasons:
-1985 Canadian P.M. Brian Mulroney urged the Americans to impose limited sanctions
-Botha responded by restricting freedom of foreign press
-British Commonwealth called for sanctions but G.B. did not join they were pretty hollow threats.
-Internal reasons:
-Resistance movement began calling for a revolution
-Trad unions had won the right to bargain and began protesting apartheid
-The economy imploded
-The Dutch Reformed Church began to oppose apartheid
-1990 Mandela released from prison
-1994 democratic election with all races voting takes place