explain the term apartheid?how was the system affected in south Africa.
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A term used for black people by British in South Africa. It is discrimination on the basis of skin color.
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The definition of apartheid refers to a political system where people are clearly divided based on race, gender, class or other such factors.
Apartheid is a society where white people are considered superior and people of other races are mistreated
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Apartheid proceeded in earnest with the passage of the "Group Areas Act" in 1947 which allowed the all-white town councils to designate where the various races - white, black, colored and Asian - could live. All non-whites were forced out of the settled townships into less desirable and largely undeveloped areas. The Hindus fared far better in this shift than the Blacks, but still the impact was traumatic.
Prior to the act, Indians were less restricted as to where they could live and travel. After World War II, the government passed the Pegging Act which stopped Indians from buying land in any area of their choice. Then in 1947 the Group Areas Act clearly defined where Indians should and should not live.
Compensation for the confiscated land fell far short of its value. The Indians decried what they considered a government-sponsored robbery of their homes. In 1947 they launched the Passive Resistance struggle. Thousands of Indians courted imprisonment as they defied the Group Areas Act.
In 1948 the Nationalist, white-supremacist government swept into power and ruthlessly enforced the Group Areas Act. Settled societies were uprooted and forced into new areas. This was Hinduism's first major setback in South Africa. Settled congregations who for years had prayed at local temples in the various towns and villages were now scattered all over the country without any places of worship, education or public amenities. It took over 20 years for their new temples to develop. In the meantime the Christians - with enormous funding from outside countries - exploited the lack of temples and launched aggressive conversion campaigns.
In just the fifteen years between 1963 and 1978 sixteen churches were built in the Chatsworth area (population 300,000, 80% Hindu) as opposed to 10 Hindu temples. The churches were magnificent edifices, while the Hindu temples were barely adequate. Conversion was government policy: The Broederbond, an Afrikaans newspaper, stated in 1979, "The Christianization of the largely Hindu and Muslim population of Indians is a top priority of the Government."
In the new areas, Christianity had not only financial but also media supremacy. The radio, TV and newspapers are all English-medium and are owned by Christian whites. The implementation of the trade, economic and cultural sanctions by India cut off all religious contact from the homeland. Large scale funding from foreign countries for Christian missionary work could not be matched by the Hindus
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Apartheid is a society where white people are considered superior and people of other races are mistreated
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Apartheid proceeded in earnest with the passage of the "Group Areas Act" in 1947 which allowed the all-white town councils to designate where the various races - white, black, colored and Asian - could live. All non-whites were forced out of the settled townships into less desirable and largely undeveloped areas. The Hindus fared far better in this shift than the Blacks, but still the impact was traumatic.
Prior to the act, Indians were less restricted as to where they could live and travel. After World War II, the government passed the Pegging Act which stopped Indians from buying land in any area of their choice. Then in 1947 the Group Areas Act clearly defined where Indians should and should not live.
Compensation for the confiscated land fell far short of its value. The Indians decried what they considered a government-sponsored robbery of their homes. In 1947 they launched the Passive Resistance struggle. Thousands of Indians courted imprisonment as they defied the Group Areas Act.
In 1948 the Nationalist, white-supremacist government swept into power and ruthlessly enforced the Group Areas Act. Settled societies were uprooted and forced into new areas. This was Hinduism's first major setback in South Africa. Settled congregations who for years had prayed at local temples in the various towns and villages were now scattered all over the country without any places of worship, education or public amenities. It took over 20 years for their new temples to develop. In the meantime the Christians - with enormous funding from outside countries - exploited the lack of temples and launched aggressive conversion campaigns.
In just the fifteen years between 1963 and 1978 sixteen churches were built in the Chatsworth area (population 300,000, 80% Hindu) as opposed to 10 Hindu temples. The churches were magnificent edifices, while the Hindu temples were barely adequate. Conversion was government policy: The Broederbond, an Afrikaans newspaper, stated in 1979, "The Christianization of the largely Hindu and Muslim population of Indians is a top priority of the Government."
In the new areas, Christianity had not only financial but also media supremacy. The radio, TV and newspapers are all English-medium and are owned by Christian whites. The implementation of the trade, economic and cultural sanctions by India cut off all religious contact from the homeland. Large scale funding from foreign countries for Christian missionary work could not be matched by the Hindus
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