Apartheid In Modern South Africa

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Term Paper Title	Apartheid In Modern South Africa
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Apartheid in Modern South Africa

Apartheid in Modern South Africa

     Apartheid is the legal segregation of races promulgated in the Republic
of South Africa. The discovery of gold and diamonds in  South Africa during the
19th century, ultimately lead to racially segregated compounds for mine workers
becoming the fore fathers of apartheid(Kanfer 79). By the 1920s de facto
apartheid was the predominant feature of life in South Africa (79). Apartheid,
fought against for many years, until now was still a main factor in South Africa
life. Today apartheid approaches its final years as political supporters of
anti-apartheid such as President Nelson Mandela continually fights for a
multiracial South Africa. The struggle against racial separatism, apartheid,
still however continues today as there are many people supporting pro-apartheid
movements. The hope for a non-apartheid South Africa, although achieved through
bitter battles and political ploys, has today become a reality.
     The political support of the antiapartheid movement was perhaps seen
greatest in  1991. Written in TIME Magazine by Greenwald, Former President F.W.
de Klerk in February of 1991 opened Parliament with a pledge to legalize the
militantly antiapartheid African National Congress and released A.N.C leader
Nelson Mandela from jail (56). De Klerk also showed his intentions to "bring a
swift end to legally sanctioned racial segregation" (56). "He called on
Parliament to repeal immediately the remaining pillars of discrimination that
dictate where blacks can work and live" (56). De Klerk also asked lawmakers to
discontinue the Group Areas Act which segregated black and white residential
areas and the Land Acts, which prevents blacks from owning land outside of
specially assigned homelands (56). The Population Registration Act which forces
South Africans to register by racial groups for political and economic purposes
was phased out under de Klerk's plans as the act is a major underpin for the
apartheid system (56). Indeed, 1991 was the year of a great step forward for an
antiapartheid South Africa.
     Yet another leap forward for a non-apartheid South Africa was the
election of President Nelson Mandela in ...

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