Located as the most southern land on the African continent South Africa has 2798 kilometres of coast line surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and is home to some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world.
The nation became part of the British colony in 1910 when Britain defeated the Boers in the Anglo-Boer War which was triggered by the findings of gold and diamonds in South Africa. Britain restricted South Africa’s independence, but permitted them as a British Dominion. However white South African’s strived for their own independence of South Africa and in 1948 formed the apartheid.
South Africa, has a past of sheer struggle against racism between white and black people, segregating each race and causing a history of hatred amongst the many races that live there. The most noticeable is the feud between white and black South Africans which was finally quashed in 1990 when the democratic political party came to power- uniting the nation.
South Africa Independence and Segregation
In 1961 South Africa became an independent country and the government decided to put apartheid at the forefront of the nation's parliment and segregate all races within the republic.
The white supremacy group, the national party, formed apartheid 1948, and inhabitants of South Africa were subsequently put into racial groups where removals of black people from residential areas by the national party were forced. Blacks were deprived of citizenship, education and medical care plus other public services due to segregation under the new legislation. The deep cultural divides resulted in major uprisings among the black majority and was met with cruel demonstrations of violence through extreme police force. Blacks were humiliated, beaten and demoralised. International outcry over their trustees in South Africa led to complete isolation of the country from the rest of the world and South African’s were beginning to feel the strangle of international sanction.
The nation became part of the British colony in 1910 when Britain defeated the Boers in the Anglo-Boer War which was triggered by the findings of gold and diamonds in South Africa. Britain restricted South Africa’s independence, but permitted them as a British Dominion. However white South African’s strived for their own independence of South Africa and in 1948 formed the apartheid.
South Africa, has a past of sheer struggle against racism between white and black people, segregating each race and causing a history of hatred amongst the many races that live there. The most noticeable is the feud between white and black South Africans which was finally quashed in 1990 when the democratic political party came to power- uniting the nation.
South Africa Independence and Segregation
In 1961 South Africa became an independent country and the government decided to put apartheid at the forefront of the nation's parliment and segregate all races within the republic.
The white supremacy group, the national party, formed apartheid 1948, and inhabitants of South Africa were subsequently put into racial groups where removals of black people from residential areas by the national party were forced. Blacks were deprived of citizenship, education and medical care plus other public services due to segregation under the new legislation. The deep cultural divides resulted in major uprisings among the black majority and was met with cruel demonstrations of violence through extreme police force. Blacks were humiliated, beaten and demoralised. International outcry over their trustees in South Africa led to complete isolation of the country from the rest of the world and South African’s were beginning to feel the strangle of international sanction.
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