South Africa: The Rise and Fall of ApartheidApartheid was an oppressive and brutal system of racial discrimination that captured and appalled world opinion during the latter half of the twentieth century. South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid examines the history of South Africa during this period of apartheid: from 1948 when the Nationalists came to power, through to the collapse of the system in the 1990s.
Also containing a Chronology, Glossary, Who’s Who of leading figures and Guide to Further Reading, this book provides students with the most up-to-date and succinct introduction to the ideology and practice of apartheid in South Africa. |
Contents
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | |
Why apartheid? | |
GROWING CONTRADICTIONS | |
THE COLLAPSE OF APARTHEID | |
PART THREE ASSESSMENT | |
Common terms and phrases
action African National Congress African political African workers anti-apartheid apartheid areas argued arrested banned Bantu began Black Consciousness Boer Bophuthatswana Botha British Broederbond campaign Cape Town cent cities colonial Coloureds Commission Communist constitution Democratic Dutch economic election employers established Eugene de Kock European formed Freedom Charter groups Hertzog homelands Indians industrial Inkatha Johannesburg killed Klerk KwaZulu labour land leaders leadership legislation live majority Malan military mines Mokgatle Natal National Party Nationalist negotiations Nelson Mandela opposition organisations Ossewabrandwag parliament pass laws peace population Port Elizabeth president Pretoria prime minister protest race representatives rural SASO security forces segregation separate Smuts South Africa South African government Soweto Soweto uprising Stephen Biko strikes struggle townships trade unions Transvaal Umkhonto we Sizwe urban Verwoerd violence Vorster vote white supremacy white voters women