How was the apartheid system practiced in South Africa ?
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Explanation:
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.
This existed in the twentieth century, from
1948 until the early-1990s. The word
apartheid means "separateness" in the
Afrikaans language. [1] Racial segregation
had existed in Southern Africa for centuries,
but when the apartheid legislation was
introduced by the National Party in 1948; it
was strictly enforced and became
institutionalized.
Under the system, the people of South
Africa were divided by their race and the
different races were forced to live separately
from each other. There were laws in place
to ensure that segregation was abided by.
The apartheid system in South Africa was
abolished in 1994, when a new constitution
was ratified which abolished the previous
system of segregation. [2] The last President
who held office during the apartheid era
was Frederik Willem de Klerk ; who was
responsible for holding negotiations with
political prisoner Nelson Mandela to bring
an end to apartheid. [3] Following these
successful negotiations, Nelson Mandela
was elected to the Presidency of South
Africa after multi-racial elections were held
in April 1994, and became the first Black
person to hold the position. [4][5] The pair
were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for
their efforts. Today, the term apartheid is
sometimes used for similar segregational
systems in other countries.