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Racial segregation and the supremacy of whites had been traditionally accepted in South Africa prior to 1948, but in the general election of that year, Daniel F. Malan officially included the policy of apartheid in the Afrikaner Nationalist party platform, bringing his party to power for the first time. Although most whites acquiesced in the policy, there was bitter and sometimes bloody strife over the degree and stringency of its implementation. 2The purpose of apartheid was separation of the races: not only of whites from nonwhites, but also of nonwhites from each other, and, among the Africans (called Bantu in South Africa), of one group from another. In addition to the Africans, who constitute about 75% of the total population, those regarded as nonwhite include those people known in the country as Coloured (people of mixed black, Malayan, and white descent) and Asian (mainly of Indian ancestry) populations. 3Initial emphasis was on restoring the separation of races within the urban areas. A large segment of the Asian and Coloured populations was forced to relocate out of so-called white areas. African townships that had been overtaken by (white) urban sprawl were demolished and their occupants removed to new to
[See Facts On File print edition 1976, p. It segregates communities and relegates the black population to a minor percentage of the nation's land. Countrywide StoppageIn the same year the ANC called on the African and all other oppressed people and democrats of South Africa to join in unity and solidarity on June 26 in a national stoppage of work -- which, for the African, was an act of mass defiance of the law -- to honour the victims of decades of white violence and massacres and to assert their resolve to pursue the struggle for freedom despite brutal repression. [See Facts On File print edition 1960, pp. [See South African Whites Approve New Constitution; Limited Power Sharing Set] June 12, 1986A national state of emergency is imposed following widespread strikes and riots. Freedom Charter AdoptedBut three years later, on June 26 1955, a heroic and epoch-making Congress of the People was convened in the face of intimidation and victimisation by the racist government and its police force. The introduction of the Unlawful Organisations Bill (later renamed the Suppression of Communism Act) was followed by the shooting down of 18 Africans during May Day demonstrations in Johannesburg on May 1, 1950. 5 million Africans were forcibly removed from cities to rural reservations. 171C2] June 13, 1950Group Areas Act is enacted. The Charter is not a socialist manifesto. The following day South Africa recalls it U. It requires all South Africans to register their race with the government. Peace MissionTo understand the value and significance of June 9. The Freedom Charter, adopted on June 9. [See Facts On File print edition 1961, p.
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