Apartheid in South Africa
Throughout this essay I plan to analyse and discuss how apartheid changed in South Africa between the Sharpville massacre in 1960 and when F.W de Klerk became President of South Africa in 1989. In 1948, Dr Malan won the South African general election and introduced his Apartheid policies. Dr Malan initiated nine apartheid policies between 1949 and 1959. These were the Mixed Marriages Act in 1949, the Immorality Act in 1950, the Population Registration Act in 1950, the Group Areas Act of 1950 and the Suppression of Communism Act, also in 1950. There were also the Native Law Amendment Act
The blacks were very opposed to this unfair treatment, and many protests were held by groups of natives. It meant that there was total segregation of blacks and whites so that the white 'race' would have a far better lifestyle than the blacks. These Acts were made so that the government could 'concentrate' the white race. The Bantu Education Act meant that there were separate schools to prepare natives and whites for their different roles in society. When the bus companies tried to put up fares, these people simply boycotted the buses. When the Africans, Coloureds and Indians were moved out of cities into special reserves in 1950, their travel expenses became more expensive. For example, when women as well as men were ordered to carry passes in 1952, 26,000 women united to peacefully protest outside Government Buildings in Pretoria. Many violent clashes occurred (such as in Evaton where nine people were killed). Order was only resolved by police force. Also, the Separate Amenities Act totally segregated the races. A not so peaceful protest was held in 1955 by the Bus Boycotts. White's schools were far better equipped than those of natives'. The Group Areas Act meant that the whites would have the best quality and largest houses, whilst blacks would be allowed to live in the worst, smallest housing with terrible living conditions. In all public places - such as buses, beaches etc, blacks and whites were separated so that the whites got the best of everything.
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