Question

Q.9 - Who followed the policy of
apartheid?​

Answer 1

Racial segregation had long existed in white minority-governed South Africa, but the practice was extended under the government led by the National Party (1948–94), and the party named its racial segregation policies apartheid (Afrikaans: “apartness”).

Answer 2

Explanation:

Apartheid was South African government policy that sanctioned racial segregation among white minority and non-white majority population. The Population Registration Act of 1950 classified South African's as Bantu (black African), colored (mixed race), white and Asian (Indian & Pakistani). Under administration of President Frederik Willem de Klerk legislation supporting apartheid was repealed in 1990. Klerk and Nelson Mandela jointly received Nobel Prize for peace in 1993 for their efforts in establishing non-racial democracy in South Africa.