Apartheid South Africa(1940-1960)

Chapters

1. 00:00Apartheid South Africa(1940-1960)
2. 00:03WHAT IS APARTHEID ? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APARTHEID AND SEGREGATION?
3. 00:12Racial segregation, sanctioned by law, was widely practiced in South Africa before 1948 but the
4. 00:24but the National Party, which gained office that year, extended the policy and gave it the name
5. 00:29apartheid. The apartheid era in South African history refers to the period from 1948 to 1994
6. 00:38The Group Areas Act of 1950 defined residential and commercial urban areas for each race, and member
7. 00:47of other races were prohibited from residing, running businesses, or owning property in them
8. 01:01Chapter 8
9. 01:09Chapter 9
10. 01:21Chapter 10
11. 01:46 In practice this act, along with two others (1954, 1955), became known as the Land Acts.
12. 01:55To further maintain racial segregation and keep Blacks out of white neighborhoods
13. 02:00the government reinforced existing "pass" rules, which allowed nonwhites to bring paperwork allowing
14. 02:10 their presence in restricted areas . Other laws prohibited certain inter-racial social interaction,
15. 02:30 allowed segregated public services, created distinct educational requirements,
16. 02:38confined and race to specific types of occupations, limited nonwhite labor unions
17. 02:45 and refused nonwhite representation (via white representatives) in national government.