How Did The National Party Affect The People Of South Africa?
when the National Party was elected to power in 1948. The National was an all white group that inforced its racist policies on the people of South Africa mostly affecting the black people there. Some of the policies that the party introduced were Black People had to live in different areas and use different public facilities than the whites of South Africa. Also the two groups were not allowed to marry one another or have sexual relations. The National Party Population Registration Act of 1950 that classified all South Africans by race. The three races were Bantu (Black Africans), Coloured (Mixed Race), and White. Later a category was added which was Asian (Indian and Pakistani). These policies and laws would cause non-white South Africans to be removed from their homes that were in white only
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The Government would then sell those homes and land to whites ("Apartheid").
This segregation of Whites and Non-Whites was known as the Apartheid. The Apartheid stayed in effect for around fifty years but throughout the whole period it was opposed by many. The African National Congress (ANC) was one of the largest opposers to the Apartheid trying to gain more rights for the Black South Africans. In 1952 ANC organized a meeting in which those who attended burned their pass books. The meeting was then broken up by the Government and 150 people were arrested and charged with high treason. One of the most influential members of the ANC was a man by the name of Nelson Mandela.
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Nelson Mandela was born in in Mveso, Transkei, South Africa and was the first person in his family to receive and education. During his schooling he took a special interest in African history and how it was
peaceful before the white man came. In 1939 Nelson enrolled at the University College of Fort Hare. Mandela was later expelled for boycotting the Student Representative Council. When he returned home he was informed that a married had been arranged for him by the village chief who was then his adopted father. He then ran away to Johannesburg where he took a variety of jobs. He then enrolled at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg to study law. Mandela then became involved in the anti-Apartheid movement and joined the ANC. The ANC adopted Mandela’s policies of non-violent boycotts. Mandela then directed non-violent, and peaceful boycotts of the National Party’s policies. Mandela was eventually arrested for leading a national workers strike. He was originally sentenced to five years in prison but two years later was brought back to trial and sentenced to life imprisonment for political offenses. While in prison Mandela received a bachelor's degree in Law. Also during Mandela's imprisonment Frederik Willem de Klerk became president freeing Mandela due to outside pressures. He also unbanned the ANC. In 1991 Mandela was elected president of the ANC and worked with president de Klerk to have multiracial elections because by this point the Apartheid had been dissolved and Mandela and de Klerk had jointly been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work. On April 27, 1994 South Africa had it’s first democratic elections and Mandela was elected as the nation’s first black president. Mandela died in 2013 at the age of 95 (“Nelson Mandela").
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The South African Apartheid was a clash of cultures for several reasons including the the segregation of the whites and non-whites, and the tensions between the National Party and the ANC. The segregation of the races was a clash of cultures because the cultures of whites and non-whites clashed during the Apartheid through the whites along the National not allowing non-whites to live in certain areas, use white public facilities, and to have interracial marriages. The National Party and the ANC were a clash of cultures because they both had very different ideas of what South Africa should be like. This lead to the arrest of many of the ANC members and some violence between the two groups. The ANC and non-whites eventually came out on top of the clash by earning the same rights as white South Africans and the election of the first black South African president Nelson Mandela.
areas.
The Government would then sell those homes and land to whites ("Apartheid").
This segregation of Whites and Non-Whites was known as the Apartheid. The Apartheid stayed in effect for around fifty years but throughout the whole period it was opposed by many. The African National Congress (ANC) was one of the largest opposers to the Apartheid trying to gain more rights for the Black South Africans. In 1952 ANC organized a meeting in which those who attended burned their pass books. The meeting was then broken up by the Government and 150 people were arrested and charged with high treason. One of the most influential members of the ANC was a man by the name of Nelson Mandela.
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Nelson Mandela was born in in Mveso, Transkei, South Africa and was the first person in his family to receive and education. During his schooling he took a special interest in African history and how it was
peaceful before the white man came. In 1939 Nelson enrolled at the University College of Fort Hare. Mandela was later expelled for boycotting the Student Representative Council. When he returned home he was informed that a married had been arranged for him by the village chief who was then his adopted father. He then ran away to Johannesburg where he took a variety of jobs. He then enrolled at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg to study law. Mandela then became involved in the anti-Apartheid movement and joined the ANC. The ANC adopted Mandela’s policies of non-violent boycotts. Mandela then directed non-violent, and peaceful boycotts of the National Party’s policies. Mandela was eventually arrested for leading a national workers strike. He was originally sentenced to five years in prison but two years later was brought back to trial and sentenced to life imprisonment for political offenses. While in prison Mandela received a bachelor's degree in Law. Also during Mandela's imprisonment Frederik Willem de Klerk became president freeing Mandela due to outside pressures. He also unbanned the ANC. In 1991 Mandela was elected president of the ANC and worked with president de Klerk to have multiracial elections because by this point the Apartheid had been dissolved and Mandela and de Klerk had jointly been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work. On April 27, 1994 South Africa had it’s first democratic elections and Mandela was elected as the nation’s first black president. Mandela died in 2013 at the age of 95 (“Nelson Mandela").
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The South African Apartheid was a clash of cultures for several reasons including the the segregation of the whites and non-whites, and the tensions between the National Party and the ANC. The segregation of the races was a clash of cultures because the cultures of whites and non-whites clashed during the Apartheid through the whites along the National not allowing non-whites to live in certain areas, use white public facilities, and to have interracial marriages. The National Party and the ANC were a clash of cultures because they both had very different ideas of what South Africa should be like. This lead to the arrest of many of the ANC members and some violence between the two groups. The ANC and non-whites eventually came out on top of the clash by earning the same rights as white South Africans and the election of the first black South African president Nelson Mandela.