Question

Write briefly about the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.

Answer 1

Hint:Apartheid refers to the practice of discrimination on the basis of color and race. During the 17 and 18 centuries, the trading companies from Europe occupied colonized South Africa.
Apartheid was the name of a system of racial discrimination in South Africa imposed by white Europeans Colonizers.

Complete Answer:
The struggle against apartheid was begun by the most famous leader Nelson Mandela, who afterward became the symbol of the anti-Apartheid struggle. People stood against this act in the name of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM). White South Africans monopolized control over the state and the economy. Demoralized from the lack of results from their non-violent movement and armed uprising, in the end, a concrete grassroots civil resistance movement with International support and sanctions forced the white government to negotiate.

Policies in the Apartheid system:
I. Strict Segregation: The blacks were debarred from living in white areas. They could work in white areas only if they had allowed them to work there.
II. Ban on the formation of association and protests: Blacks could not form associations or protest against the extreme discriminatory treatment.
III. No voting rights for non-whites: The system of apartheid divided the people and labeled them on the basis of their skin colour. The non-whites did not have voting rights.

Note: In 1994 after a long struggle against apartheid, South Africa finally attained freedom and the new Constitution of South Africa banned apartheid and granted equal rights to all irrespective of race and color. Nelson Mandela was elected as the President of new south Africa in the first free elections by the entire population.