...The Apartheid in South Africa: An Informative Speech on the effects of Apartheid Victoria Druehl University of Connecticut The Apartheid in South Africa: An Informative Speech on the effects of Apartheid Introduction I. With South Africa being the first country in the world to officially legalize racism, and 30,000 deaths later, you think most people would be informed of such a mass murder that had taken place not many years ago. II. Apartheid, Afrikaans literal meaning of “Separateness or apartness,” was a system of legal, racial segregation laws enforced by the National Party government of South Africa. III. It is important to know what the people of that country have gone through to get to where they are today. IV. I would like to inform everyone on what apartheid is, what laws were implemented and enforced and the effects it had on the country. TRANSITION: In high school history we were taught about Spanish explorers, the Holocaust, the Roman Empire, Napoleon, and Jim Crow laws- but we were never taught about the apartheid in South Africa? Body I. How could we be so clueless to, quite possibly, the most influential event in the lives of many South Africans? A. In 1948, right after WWII, apartheid as an official policy was first introduced. It was an expansion of existing policies combined with a new system of institutionalized racism and white domination. 1. At the time, Whites had complete political control over all other racial groups...
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...Nelson Mandela en la realización de la igualdad racial y la libertad en Sudáfrica Introducción La figura emblemática de Nelson Mandela se coloca hoy como un símbolo perpetuo de la perseverancia en la larga batalla para desmantelar el apartheid. Fue una batalla para la que estaba "dispuesto a morir por " una lucha no sólo contra la dominación blanca , sino también la dominación negro . Sin embargo, como la época del apartheid llegó a su fin , la cruzada de Mandela para una "nación arco iris " democrático miró con desesperación inalcanzable como Sudáfrica se acercó peligrosamente a descender en el caos total . Sin embargo , Mandela , mucho tiempo activista anti- apartheid y líder en el Congreso Nacional Africano (ANC ) , continuó la lucha por su sueño de una nación multicultural. Algunos han expresado la opinión de que, aunque el Congreso Nacional Africano , fue sin duda un papel decisivo en la revolución pacífica y democrática el fin del apartheid , el propio Mandela era más que una figura decorativa para el ANC en su 1994 victoria electoral y en realidad era la de muchos otros líderes ejecutivos de alto nivel que guiaron la ANC a la victoria. Más importante es la creencia de que la destrucción del sistema de apartheid obsoleta e inhumana fue hace mucho tiempo . Mandela , como líder de la ANC , simplemente el beneficiario de este cambio masivo en la actitud que finalmente resultó en la elección del ANC en 1994 Aunque Mandela , sin duda, tuvo un fuerte complemento de...
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...Party gained power in South Africa. It was an all-white European government that immediately began enforcing existing policies of racial segregation under a system of legislation called apartheid, which translates to “apartness”. Under apartheid, non-white South Africans, which were the majority of the population, were forced to live in separate areas from white Europeans, to use separate public facilities, along with limited contact between the two groups. Despite strong and consistent opposition to apartheid, its laws remained in effect for more than 30 years. Racial segregation and white European supremacy had become central aspects of South African policy long before apartheid began with the controversial 1913 Land Act. This marked the beginning of territorial segregation by forcing black Africans to live in reserves and making it illegal for them to work as sharecroppers. Opponents of the Land Act formed the South African National Native Congress, which would later become the African National Congress (ANC). (O'meara, 1977) The Great Depression and World War II brought increasing economic troubles to South Africa which spurred the government to strengthen its policies of racial segregation. In 1948, the Afrikaner National Party won the general election under their slogan, “apartheid”. Their goal was not only to separate South Africa’s white European minority from its non-white majority, but also to separate non-whites from each other. The goal was to divide black...
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...analysis of apartheid on womens lives in s.a Strategists in the National Party invented apartheid as a means to cement their control over the economic and social system. Initially, aim of the apartheid was to maintain white domination while extending racial separation. Starting in the 60's, a plan of ``Grand Apartheid'' was executed, emphasizing territorial separation and police repression. With the enactment of apartheid laws in 1948, racial discrimination was institutionalized. Race laws touched every aspect of social life, including a prohibition of marriage between non-whites and whites, and the sanctioning of ``white-only'' jobs. In 1950, the Population Registration Act required that all South Africans be racially classified into one of three categories: white, black (African), or colored (of mixed decent). The coloured category included major subgroups of Indians and Asians. Classification into these categories was based on appearance, social acceptance, and descent. THE EFFECT OF APARTHEID ON WOMEN IN RURAL AREAS African women in South Africa, being both black and female, suffered a triple oppression. As Africans—which for the most part defines their class position—they had to contend with the restrictive and repressive apartheid legislation, which ensures alien control over all facets of their lives. In addition, as women, they had to contend with the fact that they are regarded as dependants and as inferior to men; as such, they are even further discriminated against...
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...INDHOLDSFORTEGNELSE Indledning 1 Apartheid – Race adskillelse 2 Ny regering – nye regler 3 International storkapital til landet 4 Rhodesia og Syd – vest Afrika – to ømme punkter 4 Hvordan kunne Sydafrika modstå verdenens pres/embargo 7 Nye tider 7 FN’s indflydelse på Sydafrika 8 Nelson Mandela 11 Konklusion 13 Kildeangivelser 15 Bilag 1 16 Bilag 2 17 Indledning Min motivation for at skrive denne opgave, kom ved at jeg fik Mandela skrevet af Nelson Mandela i bog, som gave her til jul. Og den har fanget min interesse, og tidligere har jeg også været grebet af racismen der foregik i USA. Og nu senere er interessen faldet på situationen i Sydafrika. Og nu er vi i det 21. århundrede og der er stadig spor fra apartheiden. I min større skriftlige opgave har jeg derfor valgt at skrive om apartheid. Jeg vil starte med at kort at beskrive og redegøre for hvad apartheiden indebar og hvilke konsekvenser den havde for det sorte folk i Sydafrika. Dernæst vil jeg analysere hvordan omverdenen så på Sydafrikas politiker, herunder det pres FN pålagde Sydafrika, med diverse boykots og sanktioner, både økonomisk og kulturelt. Endeligt vil jeg vurdere Nelson Mandelas rolle og betydning for at, Sydafrika kunne finde tilbage til et Sydafrika hvor race og farve ikke spiller nogen rolle, et Sydafrika der kan modtage internationalt anerkendelse i stedet for internationalt afsky. Slutteligt vil jeg komme med min egen mening om, jeg nu synes det var godt det økonomiske og kulturelle pres FN og omverdenen...
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...de Johannesburgo. Posteriormente se unió al Congreso Nacional Africano (CNA), organización que se oponía a la discriminación y la explotación excesiva de los sudafricanos negros mediante campañas pacíficas. En 1943, fundó la Liga Juvenil y organizó movilizaciones de protesta contra el sistema de segregación racial: el apartheid. El gobierno de los blancos reprimía violentamente a los manifestantes, por lo que en 1961 Mandela fundó una organización llamada “Lanza de la Nación” (Umkhonto we Sizwe) la que luchaba de una forma armada por los ideales de no discriminación e igualdad para todos los ciudadanos. Debido a esto es capturado al siguiente año, sometido a juicio y considerado culpable. Pasó 27 años preso en la isla Robben, frente a Ciudad del Cabo. En los siguientes años sus colaboradores y seguidores continuaron luchando contra el apartheid dentro y fuera de Sudáfrica, por lo que varios gobiernos del mundo empezaron a exigir la libertad de Mandela y la abolición de la segregación racial. Recién en 1990 el presidente Frederik de Klerk finalmente liberó a Nelson Mandela. En los siguientes meses ambos líderes negociaron la eliminación del apartheid, la que quedó derogada oficialmente en 1991. Fueron galardonados con el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1993. En 1994, Mandela fue elegido presidente de Sudáfrica y gobernó hasta 1999. En este periodo se esforzó por reconciliar a los sudafricanos y contribuyó en el cese de varias guerras del continente. Invictus Tal como...
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...Brandon Walden Mrs. Borders English 103-014 24 November 2015 Telling Times This study will examine the 1946 novel Mine Boy, by Peter Abrahams, first giving some information on the author and the background of the book and its historical context, and then exploring the elements of the novel itself, including plot, characterization, style, intended audience, and the contribution the book makes to an understanding of African life and history. A People's Voice: Black South African Writing in the Twentieth Century. Abrahams style is clear and simple. The book is certainly demonstrative of the political, cultural and economic life in South Africa in the 194 s as well as in the 199 s, and in any African country where imperialism and exploitation continue to exist. New York: Collier, 197. Shava, Piniel. With this offer the symbolic alternatives for the poor black as represented by Xuma are clear---he can lose his life and soul to the capitalist system which is epitomized in the mines, or he can become corrupted through the business of helping other poor, miserable blacks to become numb through the use of alcohol, thereby corrupting himself at the same time. The major characters around Xuma in his awakening to this politically radical position are Leah (who has adapted to the corruption spawned by capitalist exploitation by building her own bootlegging business); Ma Plank(who has been worn down by her hard life but who has acquired a deep visceral knowledge of life and death); the...
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...After the introduction of the Apartheid in 1948, the segregation, government corruption, and economic distress in South Africa was far more severe than in the United States. Research Question: What were the specific political and social factors that lead to the declaration of the first Apartheid legislation in 1948 and how did they compare to those in the United States? Research Question Expanded: What economic, political and social factors were present in South Africa and the United States during the 1940s-1960s; what the differences were present in South Africa’s Apartheid protests and the Civil Rights Movement that were happening in North America during 1954-1968. Introduction A. Opening Sentence: Introduce the topic of the paper with the Apartheid and the anti-Apartheid movements, with specific dates, which will guide the...
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...What is apartheid? The word apartheid means ”to keep apart” in Afrikaan, which is the language, that most of the white people in South Africa speaks. Apartheid is a racist ideology, and the goal is to separate the different races, and to give the white people all the power in the society. The apartheid ideology was developed in South Africa for hundreds of years ago, but it wasn’t a part of politics before 1948. In apartheid, you split the population into four groups. The black The colored The white The Asian. And it is your appearance that decides which group you belong to. Where did it exist? Apartheid existed in South Africa from 1948-1994. And in that period, the white people had better conditions than the black, the colored and the Asian. It was especially the black people that were dealing with oppression. Apartheid didn’t only exist in South Africa. It was also introduced in Namibia and Rhodesia, in the same period as in South Africa. But even though South Africa is a democratic state today, there are still a lot of conflicts between the black and white people. Besides that, the black people still got way worse conditions than the white people, even though the two groups have the same rights. Opinions: One person, who was strongly against apartheid, is Nelson Mandela. He wanted a democratic and open society, where everyone lives together in harmony and with equal rights. Nelson Mandela was willing to do whatever he could to carry out his dreams, even...
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...Jim vs. Apartheid Differences amongst people has been in existence for a very long time. The time of segregation of black people in America is proof of this differences. During this time black people have been regarded as second class civilans. The laws that were created during this time had the purpose of restricting black people from achieve anything in life and these laws were called Jim Crow Laws. Those laws were mainly used in the southern and border states of the United States. But segregation did not only happen in the US, it has occurred in countries all over the world, places like South Africa. In South Africa, there was a system of legislation, called apartheid. This system, like the Jim Crow Laws, made racial segregation possible in South Africa, the majority of black people in the country was force to live in poor areas that were different from the minority of whites in the country. These two policies are similar in many ways but have differences as well. To effectively compare and contrast these two systems I will use their access to education, the right to vote, and the effects they had on blacks in both countries. Both policies affected the access to education for black people. There was a separation in which black children and white children had their education in different schools that were strictly for their race. In both countries the black schools did not have the proper funding to supply their students with the right materials while...
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...Apartheid has been identified as a direct cause of mental health issues in South Africa. A case study on the Organization for Appropriate Social Services in South Africa (OASSSA) recognized the group’s greatest achievement as the establishment of the link between apartheid and mental health. OASSSA was a group of progressive, anti-apartheid mental health workers who first came together to discuss the land act because they “felt both angry and disenchanted at…the idea of discussing family dynamics and therapy within a homeland setting which [was] responsible for the break-up of thousands of families” (Hayes 2000, 328). Through their years working against the apartheid regime, OASSSA built a case as to why the social conditions produced by apartheid...
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...Is it fair to prosecute someone for breaking an unjust law? Alan Paton’s Too Late the Phalarope, set in Apartheid South Africa, analyzes this dilemma through the story of Pieter van Vlaanderen, a white South African police lieutenant, who must battle the criticism of a stringent community, his family, and his own perception of morality. As a lieutenant and a star rugby player, Pieter is a well-respected member of his society, yet he begins to have sexual relations with a young, black girl named Stephanie, in direct violation of the Immorality Act of 1927. Pieter is a family man who cheats on his wife, and a police lieutenant who breaks the law. One would think that the reader would have no sympathy for Pieter—in fact, it is quite the opposite. Through Pieter’s “social death,” Paton garners sympathy for Pieter’s tragedy, and ultimately unveils the repressed society as the “tragic figure,” thus conveying a more universal political message. Paton uses this compassion as a vessel to expose and criticize an unjust society, in which an affair of the heart can result in imprisonment. Through displaying Pieter’s inner-turmoil, Paton weaves a portrait of a troubled and alone Pieter who needs support and intimacy to avoid his self-destruction. Sophie, Pieter’s aunt and the story’s narrator, begins the novel saying, “[p]erhaps I could have saved him, with only a word, two words, out of my mouth” (9). Although the reader has no personal connection with either Sophie or Pieter, the...
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...The Long Awaited End to Apartheid Avery Wannamaker Mr. Bharucha CHY4U June 5th, 2015 Tragedy and oppression have dominated much of history. It has led to the suffering of many people, and has seen the domination of one group of people over another. These tragic times are often remembered as the darkest in history because they not only saw humanity at its lowest moral point, but they prevented us from flourishing and progressing as nations and a global community. Just over two decades ago, the social situation in South Africa known as Apartheid was one of the greatest social tyrannies in history. It saw the entire division of a nation long after racial segregation had been abolished in developed countries such as the United States. However, like all things that cause stagnation, an end has to come and in the 1990s the apartheid system saw its last days thanks to the efforts of a number of people and groups. Contrary to popular belief, Nelson Mandela was not the most important influence in bringing an end to Apartheid. Mandela’s work though vital, would have been meaningless without the influences of F.W. de Klerk, the fall of communism, and the African National Congress (ANC). Firstly, Nelson Mandela is then only name associated with the apartheid regime and its end. We often overlook the works of unsung heroes such as F.W. de Klerk, without whom apartheid would not have ended. De Klerk was vital in officially ending apartheid, reinstating the ANC’s role and releasing...
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...to which apartheid was economically unsustainable. The research will be based on sources with reference to the effect international divestments and economic sanctions placed on South Africa, as well as the internal structure of the apartheid system and it’s impact on the South African economy. Apartheid was set up in a way where black labour was used to exploit the resources of the country, which included mineral resources such as diamonds, gold, coal and iron ore; as well as agricultural resources such as fruits, grains and maize. To give legal effect to this exploitation of labour, the apartheid system created a job reservation system to favour the white minority and to subject...
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...Apartheid” an Afrikaner name given to the segregation of blacks from whites during the National Party rule. Although Apartheid initially began in approximately 1948 it was not entirely new for the white minority to have supreme power. However, at that point in time it was not considered to be of such a severe nature that would warrant international concern. Due to the fact that South Africa had taken on an anti-communist stance was probably why they did not face more direct scrutiny. In 1952, when there was a great separation between the Indians, concerns started to arise. This was brought to the matter of the UN from India who considered it to be an in house dilemma and felt that South Africa should handle this concern themselves. From that...
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