Question

define the term apartheid. what are its features

Answer 1

i) Apartheid was the name of a system of racial discrimination unique to South Africa. The white European imposed this system on the majority blacks in South Africa. ii) The system of apartheid divided the people and labeled them on the basis of their skin colour. The native people of South Africa are black in colour. They made up about three-fourths of the population and were called the ‘blacks’. iii) Besides these two groups, there were people of mixed races who were called ‘coloured’ and people who migrated from India. The white rulers treated all nonwhites as inferiors. The non-whites did not have voting rights. iv) The system of apartheid was particularly oppressive for the blacks. They were forbidden from living in white areas. They could work in white areas only if they had a permit. Trains ,buses, taxis ,hotels, hospitals, schools and colleges, libraries, cinema halls, theatres, beaches, swimming pools, public toilets, were all separate for the whites and blacks. This was called segregation. They could not even visit the churches where the whites worshipped. Blacks could not form associations or protest against the terrible treatment.

Answer 2

Answer:

Apartheid was a political and social system in South Africa during the era of White minority rule. It enforced racial discrimination against non-Whites, mainly focused on skin colour and facial features. ... The word apartheid means "distantiation” in the Afrikaans languages