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A history of Apartheid in South Africa
29 ARTICLES
- A brief history of domestic service in South AfricaColonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the…
- Vlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death SquadVlakplaas is the name of an undercover counterinsurgency division of the apartheid police…
- Pass Laws in South AfricaThe Pass Laws was a system used to control the movement of Black, Indian and Coloured…
- Bureau of State Security (BOSS)The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat hamstrung…
- Settler Colonialism and Afrikaner NationalismThe rise of Afrikaner Nationalism like Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly…
- The Black Sash: A History of TransformationThis article was written by Ashley Schumacher and forms part of the SAHO and Southern…
- The History of Separate Development in South AfricaRacial segregation and white supremacy had become central aspects of South African policy…
- The Group Areas Act of 1950The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This …
- Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under ApartheidAbstractThis article traces the major segregation laws in South Africa that acted as…
- Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing…
- Land: dispossession, resistance and restitutionIntroduction The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the Cape with…
- The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)Enforced racial segregation in South Africa began with the arrival of the Dutch and…
- Popular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960 Historians recognise the significance of popular struggles over the past 100 years. But…
- South Africa and the Olympic Games BackgroundWhat is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival…
- The HomelandsThe Bantustans or homelands, established by the Apartheid Government, were areas to which…
- Apartheid - The early 1980sThe early 1980s There was little change in the situation from the late 1970s to the…
- The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960sA turning point in the struggle against apartheid came about in the 1960s. This change…
- Defining the term 'Bantu'The following article is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical…
- South Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990South Africa's racial policy and the UNOSouth Africa and apartheid was placed on the…
- Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959Immorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950 This Act was one of the most controversial…
- South Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important throughout…
- 1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance1984-1990:- The people armedIntroductionNumerous factors characterised the…
- National Party (NP) The first leader of the National Party (NP) became Prime Minister as part of the PACT…
- Transition and negotiation, 1990-1994'Laws do not make a better society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South…
- Apartheid and reactions to itIn 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a…
- Liberation Struggle in South AfricaAlthough Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa…
- Pass laws in South Africa 1800-1994Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and…
- Mass Democratic movements, 1976-1983IntroductionNovember 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in…
- The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966Introduction Sharpeville shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked…