Transcript Creation and End of Apartheid in South Africa

Creation and End of Apartheid
in South Africa
7th Grade Social Studies
SS7H1
 SS7H1
 The student will analyze continuity and change in Africa
leading to the 21st century
SS7H1C
 SS7H1c:
 Explain the creation and end of apartheid in South Africa
and the roles of Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk
Early 1900s
 As a British colony during the early 1900s, South
Africa was controlled by the white descendants of
earlier European settlers
 The basic human rights of native Africans were taken
away
Apartheid (1)
 Apartheid – “separateness”, divided South African
society into separate groups depending on race
 Apartheid was initiated during the 1940’s and
continued until the 1990s
 Conflict between races was common
Apartheid (II)
 As the colony gained independence in the early 1960s,
the white South Africans continued to dominate
society
 Apartheid became tougher on native South Africans
as resistance increased
Apartheid (III)
 Most nations around the world disagreed with
apartheid
 Many of these countries stopped trading with South
Africa
 Many economic sanctions were placed on South Africa
Nelson Mandela
 Leader of the anti-apartheid movement
 Imprisoned between 1963 and 1990 for his antiapartheid activities
 Upon his release in 1990 he advocated for the end of
apartheid
F.W. De Klerk
 President of South Africa (1989-1994)
 Believed that apartheid should be eliminated
 Released Mandela from prison
Mandela and DeKlerk
 Mandela and De Klerk worked together to abolish
apartheid in South Africa
 1994 – the first free elections were held in South
Africa
 Mandela became the first non white president of South
Africa
South Africa today
 Although apartheid was eliminated during the mid
1990s, many problems still exist today
 Political instability
 HIV/AIDS (life expectancies lowered)
 Economic disasters