Apartheid in South Africa

Title: Apartheid in South Africa
Category: Literature / English | Words: 840 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

Apartheid in South Africa

Apartheid in South Africa Introduction: Apartheid is the policy of racial separation formerly followed in South Africa. The word “apartheid” means “separateness” in the Afrikaans language. It also describes the rigid racial division imposed by the governing white minority on the black (African, Colored, and Indian) population in South Africa. An agreement was reached in November 1993 pledging an end to apartheid, and South Africa held its first non-racial elections in 1994. Apartheid was much criticized and …showed first 75 words of 840 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 840 total…a new life. This was seen as the end of apartheid. Until this day South Africa have had their few ups and downs but not any legal, democratical and political feuds have broken out. In 1990 South African President F. W. de Klerk proclaimed a formal end to apartheid, and in 1993, de Klerk and African National Congress President Nelson Mandela received a joint Nobel Peace Prize for their work in bringing racial harmony to South Africa.

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