Transcript Africa’s geographical features!

Cultures Clash
• The Europeans who settled
in South Africa called
themselves Afrikaners.
• Eventually, the British took
control of most of South
Africa.
• The Dutch were the first
Europeans to settle in
South Africa.
• They set up a trade
station near the Cape of
Good Hope.
Cultures Clash
• The British and the
Afrikaners (also known as
the Boers) fought each
other for control of South
Africa.
• The British also fought
with the Zulu tribe.
• The British eventually
defeated the Afrikaners
and Zulus and declared
South Africa an
independent country in
1910.
The Birth of Apartheid
• They created a system called
• The white-controlled
APARTHEID, which was
government of South Africa
designed to separate South
created laws to keep land
African society into groups
and wealth in the hands of
based on race: whites,
whites.
blacks, Coloureds, and
Asians.
The Impact of Apartheid
• It forced blacks to move to
poor rural areas called
HOMELANDS.
• Blacks could not vote.
• Blacks were kept in lowpaying jobs.
• Blacks were put in poor
schools.
• Blacks had to carry
identification.
• Separate schools,
restaurants, and
hospitals were created
for whites and blacks.
The Struggle to Defeat Apartheid
• After many years of protests • In 1994, Nelson Mandela,
from black South Africans
who had spent 28 years in
and pressure from foreign
prison for fighting
countries, APARTHEID was
APARTHEID, was elected
finally ended by President
president of South Africa
F.W. de Klerk.
during the country’s first
multiracial election.
The Challenge of
Building a New Nation
• Although some whites
supported the ending of
legal DISCRIMINATION in
South Africa, many whites
resisted the change.
• Nelson Mandela and the
new leaders of South Africa
have worked hard to create
a new South Africa based
on equality and peace.
Issues Facing South Africa Today
• Although South Africa
has a stable
government and one of
the strongest
economies in Africa, it
still faces many issues:
– economic inequality
(whites still control
most of wealth)
– fear of change
– HIV/AIDS