Exploring Southern Africa

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DO NOW What are Civil Rights?
Is it better to live in Multi-cultural areas or
one where there is just one culture? Explain
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South Africa Apartheid
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Cultures Clash
Afrikaners

• The Dutch set up a trade station near the Cape of
  Good Hope.

• The Europeans who settled in South Africa called
  themselves Afrikaners.
• Eventually, the British took control of most of
  South Africa.

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Cultures Clash

• The British and the Afrikaners fought each other
  for control of South Africa.
• The British also fought with the Zulu tribe.

• The British eventually defeated the Afrikaners
  and Zulus and declared South Africa an
  independent country in 1910.

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The Birth of Apartheid

• They created a system called APARTHEID, which was
  designed to separate South African society into
  groups based on race whites, blacks, Coloreds,
  and Asians.

• The white-controlled government of South Africa
  created laws to keep land and wealth in the hands
  of whites.

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Apartheid Takes Hold
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The Impact of Apartheid

• Blacks were forced to move to poor rural areas
  called HOMELANDS.
• Blacks had to carry identification.
• Separate schools, restaurants, and hospitals were
  created for whites and blacks.

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The Impact of Apartheid
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The Impact of Apartheid

• Blacks could not vote.
• Blacks were kept in low-paying jobs.

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The Struggle to Defeat Apartheid

• After many years of protests from black South
  Africans and pressure from foreign countries,
  APARTHEID was finally ended by President F.W. de
  Klerk.

• In 1994, Nelson Mandela, who had spent 28 years
  in prison for fighting APARTHEID, was elected
  president of South Africa during the countrys
  first multiracial election.

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Issues Facing South Africa Today

• economic inequality (whites still control most of
  wealth)
• fear of change
• HIV/AIDS

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• Unsung HeroesDirections
• You are responsible for completing your clue
  sheet by asking your classmate questions.
• You must also respond to people who are trying to
  figure out who you are.
• You can give only yes or no answers when asked
  about your identity.
• Move around the classroom, read a clue to a
  person, and ask if the clue matches the persons
  identity.
• Each time you identify a person of courage, write
  his or her name in the blank next to the clue on
  your Unsung Heroes Clue Sheet.
• Hand your Clue Sheet to the teacher when you are
  finished.

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Exit Card 1. What were the issues and forms of
repression addressed by activists in South
Africa? 2. How did social injustice activists
from South Africa demonstrate their courage? Name
various ways.