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Apartheid : (Protests (Soweto Disturbance (More than 700 school children…
Apartheid :
Protests
Soweto Disturbance
More than 700 school children died
Protesting the use of Afrikaans in school
Marches
Political prisoners go on hunger strikes to be released from jail
Defiance Movement
Encouraged people to not cooperate with unjust laws
Over 500 Anti-Apartheid groups
End of Apartheid
Ended after negotiation between de Klerk and the National Party
Opposition from within the South African government
Pressure from other nations
Economic issues
Many banks had withdrew from South Africa
Leaders
Nelson Mandela
Released from prison in 1990
Became ANC President in 1991
Elected President in 1994
First democratic election
New constitution
Equal rights for all
Forbids discrimination
Protects minority rights
Stephen Biko
Cofounder and President of South African Students' Organization
Black consciousness
Black solidarity
Arrested under the Terrorism Act
Died while in jail due to a head injury
Government claimed his death was caused by a hunger strike
Banned
F.W. De Klerk
Elected as president in 1989
Legalized ANC
Repealed apartheid laws
What Is It?
Political and social system of segregation in South Africa from 1948-1994
Racial segregation
Separated South African society into groups based on race
Homelands
Areas were black people were forced to live to prevent them from living in urban areas
White controlled government
Enforcement
55 Apartheid laws passed
Brutually
Increased penalties for protesting against the law
Fines, imprisonment, whippings
World Response
South Africa becomes an outcast
Kicked out of UN
Banned from olympics
Nations impose sanctions
Told companies to no do business with South Africa
