Apartheid, (Afrikaans: “apartness”) policy that governed relations between South Africa’s white minority and nonwhite majority and sanctioned racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against nonwhites. …
Q. What kind of early education did Nelson Mandela have?
He attended a local missionary school, a boarding school and then a Methodist secondary school. While attending a Methodist secondary school, Mandela was a multi-sport athlete. He was involved in boxing as well as track and excelled at both. Mandela went on to college at the University of Fort Hare.
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- Q. What kind of early education did Nelson Mandela have?
- Q. What political group did Nelson Mandela become a leader of early on in his fight against apartheid?
- Q. What do you mean by Soweto Class 6?
- Q. What was apartheid answer in one word?
- Q. What was the importance of anti apartheid struggle?
- Q. What was the purpose of identity cards in the apartheid system?
- Q. Why did apartheid begin in South Africa?
Q. What political group did Nelson Mandela become a leader of early on in his fight against apartheid?
Influenced by Marxism, he secretly joined the banned South African Communist Party (SACP). Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961 and led a sabotage campaign against the government.
Q. What do you mean by Soweto Class 6?
Answer: This was a black township in the South Western Township which was called ‘Soweto’. Name the races that live in South Africa. Answer: Races that live in South Africa are – Black people of South Africa, White who came from outside and Indians who came as labourers and traders.
Q. What was apartheid answer in one word?
Apartheid mean separation of people on the basis of race are known as apartheid laws. Apartheid was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s.
Q. What was the importance of anti apartheid struggle?
The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), was a British organisation that was at the center of the international movement opposing the South African apartheid system and supporting South Africa’s non-White population who were persecuted by the policies of apartheid.
Q. What was the purpose of identity cards in the apartheid system?
It is of significance that the essence of the identity document ignited resistance throughout the apartheid period and yet it occupies such a central role in South African’s lives, determines citizenship and shapes national identity.
Q. Why did apartheid begin in South Africa?
Strategists in the National Party invented apartheid as a means to cement their control over the economic and social system. Initially, aim of the apartheid was to maintain white domination while extending racial separation. With the enactment of apartheid laws in 1948, racial discrimination was institutionalized.
