Apartheid in South Africa and the Resistance.pdf

The slides focus on the topic of Apartheid in South Africa, the resistance and aftermath

1. APARTHEID
IN SOUTH
AFRICA
BY: Miss
MAKHUBELA
HM

2. WHAT IS APARTHEID?
Apartheid was a system of policies that promoted White
superiority against other races in South Africa. Some of Cronje’s
‘positive’ policies envisaged:
(1) Total separation for Africans; their ‘development along own
lines’, under White trusteeship;
(2) The development of a separate Coloured nation under the
guidance and protection of the Whites;
(3) Repatriation of all Indians, whose slogan ‘Asia for the Asians’
had as its logical corollary, ‘Africa without the Asian’.
(Simons, H.J., 1959. What is Apartheid?. Liberation, 35, pp.12-
17.)
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3. WHAT IS APARTHEID.
•A system of racial segregation from 1948 – 1994 in South Africa.
•It was created by White people to keep political and economic power
within their race.
•It is similar to the segregation in Germany

4. Rise of the National Party: The system of Apartheid was officially
established after the National Party (NP) came to power in the 1948
general election. They campaigned on a platform of apartheid, promising
to secure the dominance of the white Afrikaner population and to
separate the races.
HOW APARTHEID CAME ABOUT

5. HOW DID APARTHEID
COME ABOUT? Continued…
•The Birth of Apartheid
•Apartheid was a system of institutionalized
racial segregation and discrimination that
existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early
1990s. The word “apartheid” means “apartness”
in Afrikaans.
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6. GOVERNMENT ACTIONS & POLICIES TO ENFORCE APARTHEID:
•Introduction of the Natives Land Act of 1913 to gain more land for the
Whites.
•The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages (1949) to forbid marriages between
people of different races.
•Pass Laws Act of 1952 that forced all Blacks and Coloureds (including
other races) to carry a pass everywhere and everytime.
•Native Labour Act of 1953 – this policy prohibited Blacks and
Coloureds from striking against the harsh working conditions that they
were subjected to.

7. APARTHEID IN
SOUTH
•The Apartheid system had instructed
police and the military to guard every
South African to ensure that they carry
a pass and do not use White
designated areas.
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9. •The impact of Apartheid was
profound and long-lasting,
affecting every aspect of South
African society—socially,
economically, politically, and
psychologically. The legacy of
this system continues to shape
the country today.
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10. RESISTANCE TO
APARTHEID
•In order to resist the oppression, manh
blacks form resistance campaigns such
as the Defiance Campaign. In the midst
of the resistance, students in schools
protested against the use of Afrikaans as
a medium of instruction which led to The
Soweto Uprising (1976). The protest
against the oppression led to the brutal
killing hundreds of people, including the
death of Hector Peterson.
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11. SIGNIFICANCE OF
APARTHEID
•Apartheid is a symbol of
resistance and liberation. It
shows the unity that black South
Africans had to form so that they
can resist the oppression to
liberate (free) themselves. The
likes of Nelson Mandela, Walter
Sisulu, Steve Biko, Winnie
Madikizela-Mandela and Oliver
Tambo are key figures in the fight
for freedom.
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12. LEGACY OF
APARTHEID
Apartheid left a legacy of
democracy in South Africa.
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13. THE LEGACY
OF
APARTHEID
•The legacy of apartheid of which they speak is of
undiscovered bodies, of bodies denied a proper
burial. They seek the help of the Commission in
rectifying this state of affairs. What we hear when
we listen to those witnesses is this: apartheid was a
proscription on mourning, specifically of the other.
Can we then not say: apartheid is, at least for those
who remember the worst deeds committed under it,
and who attach to them a particular affect, a
proscription on mourning the other?
(Sanders, M., 2002. Remembering apartheid.
Diacritics, 32(3), pp.60-80.)

14. SOUTH AFRICA AFTER
GAINING DEMOCRACY
•South Africa’s post-apartheid era, beginning
with the first democratic elections in 1994,
has been a period of profound
transformation, hope, and significant
challenges. The country has made
remarkable progress in building a new
democratic society
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15. •References:
Patricia Guzman (2012) Image on slideshare 10, Slideshare, https://www.slideshare.net/guzpat
Greg Sill (2013) Images on slide 14, Slideshare, https://www.slideshare.net/gsill
Sandile Maseko (2019) Image on slide 12, Slideshare, https://www.slideshare.net/SandileMaseko1
Teboho Stekzana Mohoto (2013) Images on slide 8 & 9, Slideshare, https://www.slideshare.net/Stekzana
Veliswa Mzobotshi (2014) Images on slide 11, Slideshare, https://www.slideshare.net/veliswa
Pinky Tsotetsi (accessed on 15 August 2025) Images on slide 5, Slideshare, https://www.slideshare.net/PinkyTsotetsi
Sanders, M., 2002. Remembering apartheid. Diacritics, 32(3), pp.60-80.
Simons, H.J., 1959. What is Apartheid?. Liberation, 35, pp.12-17