South Africa h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
Racial segregation and white supremacy had become central aspects of South African policy long before apartheid began. This was the first formal move to establish apartheid in South Africa. It compelled colored people to live in reserve areas. These reserve areas were about 10% of the total land mass of the country. This act restricted their movement to certain areas, unless they had a document authorizing their presence under the ‘pass law.’ They were equally restricted from working on lands owned by the whites.
The 1948 general election in South Africa saw the National Party in power. The all white government then officially adopted a system of segregation called apartheid, which aimed at enforcing the previous racial segregation policies. h h h h h h h
During the apartheid, people were divided into four racial groups and kept apart by laws. The system was used to deny many rights of black people, and mainly black people who lived in South Africa in the beginning of the apartheid times. The laws allowed the white people to keep the black people out of certain areas. Black people had to carry special papers, pass or have special permission to live and work in particular areas. The government separated mixed communities and forcibly moved many people. Many laws were made, for example: “people of different races, were not allowed to marry each other”, and “black people could not own land in white areas or vote”.
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