2. Objective Analyze how the system of Apartheid impacted the nation of South Africa

3. Early Influence Dutch East India Company (1652) – profit seeking, slave labor, whites ordered blacks to carry ID cards 1806 Great Britain captures colony 1867 Diamonds discovered 1886 Gold deposits discovered 1910 Independence

4. System of Apartheid 1948 Apartheid= segregation Allowed the S. African gov. (Afrikaners) to dominate black population Written law that blacks were inferior…public places restricted to whites only (parks, beaches, bathrooms) Separate & unequal education contributed to large gap in $$$

5. International community aware/outraged w/ the inequality African National Congress (ANC) –protesting for equality (1912) –Wanted = education, land & work opportunities, security & equality 1962 Nelson Mandela jailed for 25 years while people continued to protest

6. End of Apartheid-1994 1980s: The international community increases economic and political pressure –trade restrictions 1990 Nelson Mandela released from prison 1994 South Africa’s first ever all-race election –Mandela wins

7. Democracy Today Bill of Rights – guarantees basic freedoms Public health & education facilities being desegregated