1. South Africa
Apartheid

2. British Empire at it’s Height

3. Historical Context for South Africa
South Africa was a colony of the British Empire.
British entered South Africa in 1795
Received Limited Self-Rule in 1910.
Became British Remove last vestiges of colonial rule in 1931.
South Africa passes Union Act in 1934, which officially declares independence.

4. Installation of Apartheid System
A system of racial segregation
Why would did South Africa implement this system?
Maintain Control
Economics
Political
Afrikaner-Dutch South African nationalism
National Party
Took control after independence in 1948
Implemented Apartheid
Many Afrikaeners saw this opportunity

5. Apartheid in Action
Unit 6: Africa

6. The growth of Apartheid
Mixed Marriages Act 1949-Whites and members of other races could not marry
Population Registration Act Races Created (White, Colored, and Black)
Group Areas Act of 1950 – Segregated residential areas

8. South Africa Grows Increasingly Segregated
Opposition was Growing
Bantu Authorities Act (1951)
Established Homelands
Separate tribal states were set up
Political Rights restricted to region
Blacks COULD NOT live in White areas (or interact with each other)
(1959) - the majority black population would be forced to live here.

9. What is a homeland?

10. Impact of the Homelands
Bantu Self Government Act (1959)
Deceptively named.
None of the homelands allowed full democratic participation
Now represented through homelands.
SA Parliament set up puppet regimes for each homeland.
Bantu Self Government Act (1959)
Deceptively named.
None of the homelands allowed full democratic participation
Government eliminated the three white representatives who had been appointed to speak for Africans in Parliament.
Now represented through homelands
South Africa Parliament set up puppet regimes for each homeland.
Wanted Africans to view political destiny as residing in the homelands structure, not in south Africa as a whole.

11. South Africa Grows Increasingly Segregated
Extension of University Education Act – Forbade non-Europeans to English speaking universities
Segregated Universities and public education
 Segregated hospitals

12. Apartheid in Action Population: 19 Million
Whites
Blacks
Population: 19 Million
75% of National Population
Could only live on 13% of land.
Population: 4. 5 Million
25% of National Population
Whites owned 87% of land
Included ALL 17 major cities in South Africa 
10 States Created: 9 for blacks and 1 for whites