Apartheid and 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
Summary: All-white National party comes to power in 1948, and Apartheird was their main agenda. A doctrine of white supremacy and separate development. Non whites South Africans could no longer mary outside of their own race, nor could they choose where to live, or travel where they liked. The whites made up 15% of the population yet owned 87% of the land, and the non-whites were forced to live on Bantustans, and they were enforced by the army and police force.
Question:What did the army and police force do to enforce these rules?
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
- Trade 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