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Apartheid (/ ə ˈ p ɑːr t (h) aɪ t / ə-PART-(h)yte, especially South African English: / ə ˈ p ɑːr t (h) eɪ t / ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpartɦɛit] ⓘ; transl. "separateness", lit. ' aparthood ') was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from ...
Jun 17, 2024 · Apartheid was a policy in South Africa that governed relations between the white minority and nonwhite majority during the 20th century. Formally established in 1948, it sanctioned racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
Oct 7, 2010 · Apartheid, the legal and cultural segregation of the non-white citizens of South Africa, ended in 1994 thanks to activist Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk.
Add to word list. in the past in South Africa, a system under which people of different races were kept separate by law, and white people were given more political rights and educational and other advantages: South Africa finally began to dismantle (= end) apartheid.
May 6, 2016 · Before we can look at the history of the apartheid period it is necessary to understand what apartheid was and how it affected people. What was apartheid? Translated from the Afrikaans meaning 'apartness', apartheid was the ideology supported by the National Party (NP) government and was introduced in South Africa in 1948.
May 9, 2024 · Apartheid was a racist system that treated black people differently to white people. It kept black people separate from white people, in poorer conditions and with less opportunities in life.
Apartheid ( Afrikaans: “apartness”) is the name of the policy that governed relations between the white minority and the nonwhite majority of South Africa during the 20th century.
Nov 20, 2020 · From 1948 through the 1990s, a single word dominated life in South Africa. Apartheid—Afrikaans for “apartness”—kept the country’s majority black population under the thumb of a small ...
apartheid , (Afrikaans: “apartness” or “separateness”) Policy of racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups in South Africa. The term was first used as the name of the official policy of the National Party in 1948, though racial segregation, sanctioned by law, was already widely practiced.
Dec 17, 2023 · Surrey gallery to display Nelson Mandela artwork. Belgravia Gallery in Cranleigh will exhibit signed lithographs by the apartheid activist. Cynthia voted for Nelson Mandela. Now she's abandoning...
