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South Africa
Background (1948-1994)
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The white people that arrived first were from Netherlands, Germany and Sweden . Then Great Britain arrived and they called themselves boers or afrikaners
In the 1899 a conflict (second boer war) between the decendants of the people from netherlands and the British .In 1902 Britain won
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Apartheid laws
These were made after Daniel Malan's party (national party) won the 1948 election, he believd in white superiority over black people
He divided the South Africans in different racial groups: white (afrikaners or white people), coloureds (mixed and asian people) and natives (black people)
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PAC AND ANC
ANC before sharpeville
white government began passing laws against black people back in 1910, many black people decided to come together to oppose these steps
Those who established the ANC believed strongly in trying to use non-violent methods to fight apartheid
After Dr Daniel Malan’s National Party came to power in 1948 and began building a new country based on apartheid, black people were extremely worried about their future.
PAC
The PAC was established by former members of the ANC who did not agree with some of the
organisation’s policies.
They believed that its members collaborated too much with white people, and were under Communist influence
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British commonwralth
By 1970, most African countries had gained independence from the European countries which had ruled them
South Africa became a republic with a President, and became completely independent of Britain
F.W De Klerk
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In December 1989, Mandela and de Klerk met. Although Mandela was still in prison, he asked
de Klerk to lift the ban on the ANC.
In February 1990, de Klerk told the South
African Parliament that:
he would lift the ban on the ANC, the PAC and 30 other organisations; from then on, being a
member of the ANC would not be against the law
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newspapers would have the right to report on events, without being censored
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On 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster prison
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