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Modern South African History
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The United Nations created these rights to protects us from the atrocities from World War 2
There's a total of 30 rights (12 shown)
All people have the right to travel freely in their own country. They should also have the right to leave their own country and return to it.
Adult men and women have the right to marry. Men and women are entitled to equalrights in marriage.
All people have the right to own property.
All people should be equal to the law and have a right to fair trail.
All people have the right to freedom of thought religion and to worship in freedom.
No one should suffer torture or inhumane punishment. No one should be put in prison without a trail.
All people have the right to take part in the government of the country.
Slavery and the slave trade should be banned in all forms
All people have the right to work and to equal pay for equal work.
All people have the right to life and liberty.
Education should be free and compulsory.
All human beings, regardless of race, colour, sex or religion, are born free and have the same rights.
Racism
Human evolution and our common ancestry
Over 4M yrs, hominid brains grew and eventually became humans.
All humans 100 000 yrs ago originated in sub-Saharan Africa and then spread over the globe. There's no race gene so racism in based on false ideas.
The remains of hominids (human like creatures) were discovered and have lived in South Africa and East Africa 5M yrs ago. Found in Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa and is a World Heritage site. (Cradle of Humankind)
The National Party and Apartheid
Racial Segregation Before
National Party
Hendrik Verwoerd
Laws
The Suppression of Communism Act 1950 - It banned Communism and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA).
Anyone opposed to apartheid could be labeled as a communist and imprisoned without a trail.
The Group Areas Act of 1950 - Different residential areas for different races to live in were marked out.
This law allowed the government to declare areas for Whites only and remove Blacks
The Population Registration act of 1950 - Every South African citizen had to be classified according to their race.
It was based of physical appearance and many people were put through humiliating tests to determine their race.
In some cases, members of the same family were classified into different racial groups.
The Natives Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents Act of 1952 - abolished passes and replaced them with reference books (Dom pass).
All black people in urban areas had to carry a reference book and present it on demand at any time.
This meant women now also had to carry passes.
The Immorality Amendment Act 1950 - banned sexual relations between whites and other racial groups.
The police actively enforced this law, spying on suspects, raiding peoples' homes and arrestiing thousands.
The Separate Amenities Act of 1953 - All public facilities were made White or Non-white
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949 - made it illegal for people of different races to marry each other.
The Bantu Education act of 1953 - placed all South African schools under the Department of Native Affairs.
Instructions were given in the home language in junior schools and at a more senior level, in English and Afrikaans.
The syllabus was different and inferior to other races as Africans could only be manual labourers.
The Bantu Self-Government Act of 1959 - established 8 Homeland territories based on African ethnic groups with a Commissioner General appointed to liaise with the government and guide the territory towards self-government.