Independence in South Africa

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Independence in South Africa

1. What is Apartheid?
2. Give 4 examples of how people were treated under
   Apartheid.
3. What role did F.W. de Klerk play in the end of
   Apartheid?
4. What role did Nelson Mandela play in the end of
   Apartheid?

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APARTHEID

• Apartheid separateness
• Laws to enforce the segregation of the races in
  South Africa
• early 1900s - 1994
• It was created b/c whites were racist, they
  thought blacks were inferior

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Apartheid Homelands
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Sign on Durban beach in English, Afrikaans and
Zulu (1989)
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Forbid the colored population to

• A non white could not vote
• Could not use the same facilities as whites
• Could not travel without permission
• Could not own land (must live on a homeland)

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Non-whites protesting unequal rights
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People of color had to have a pass to leave the
homelands
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NELSON MANDELALet there be work, bread, water
and salt for all.
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NELSON MANDELA

• member of the ANC
• African National Congress (ANC)-
  a political party calling for equal rights for
  non-white Africans (still exists today is the
  ruling party of South Africa
• As an anti-apartheid activist he was imprisoned
  for 27 years

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• 1990
• Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27
  years.

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F.W. deKlerk

• president of South Africa from 1989-1994
• released Nelson Mandela from prison
• ended the laws of apartheid, allowing ALL South
  Africans to have equal rights

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• Mandela de Klerk win the Nobel Peace Prize in
  1993 for their role in the ending of apartheid

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• In 1994 Nelson Mandela became the first black
  president of South Africa.
• Non-white South Africans now have equal rights to
  whites.

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Independence in South Africa

1. What is Apartheid?
2. Give 4 examples of how people were treated under
   Apartheid.
3. What role did F.W. de Klerk play in the end of
   Apartheid?
4. What role did Nelson Mandela play in the end of
   Apartheid?