Step 2 - South Africa under Apartheid

29.10.2012

Over our following sessions, which were the most important of our sequence, we spent some time studying South Africa under the Apartheid regime.

First we worked on a few pictures and some figures from the Apartheid era. All of these documents shockingly revealed how segregation ruled everywhere in South Africa and how disproportionately blacks and whites were treated then.

Then we worked on the Freedom Charter and major Apartheid legislation to try and confront the two.

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Here are the pictures and the figures we commented on.

Here are the pictures and the figures we commented on.

African History -- Explore the History of Africa

On the 9th of October 1899, Francis William Reitz, the Zuid Afrikaansche Repulick (ZAR, South African Republic or Transvaal) State Secretary handed an ultimatum to the British Agent Sir William ...

http://africanhistory.about.com

Here is the link to the website the pictures were taken from. There were some other pictures if you want to have a look. It's also worth reading to find out more about the history of South Africa.

Here is the Freedom Charter...

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Apartheid Legislation in South Africa

Apartheid Legislation in South Africa Starting in 1948, the Nationalist Government in South Africa enacted laws to define and enforce segregation. What makes South Africa's apartheid era different ...

http://africanhistory.about.com/library/bl/blsalaws.htm

and the link to a website which explains the Apartheid legislation and its major acts.