Effects Of Apartheid In South Africa

Apartheid was the codification of laws and regulations to keep Africans in an inferior position to the white Afrikaners in South Africa. Nelson Mandela described apartheid as ‘a poison that bred moral decay in all areas’ and it was this poison that he spoke of which dominated South African society from 1948 to the early 1990’s. Apartheid was implemented by an Afrikaner government in 1948 named the Nationalist Party under the leadership of DF Malan. Afrikaans ideology was that they were to unite all Afrikaners to withstand both the English and Africans on behalf of the Volk. Their ideology was linked with ideas of racial superiority which was the blueprint of apartheid. Apartheid was therefore a way for Afrikaners to become the superior race …show more content…
The main factor was the rise of Afrikaner nationalism. The factors that led to the rise of Afrikaner nationalism led to the implementation of apartheid. These factors discussed were Afrikaans economic concerns due to WW2 and the growth of African nationalism. The Nationalist Party responded to support Afrikaans by producing the Sauer report which was the blueprint of apartheid. Therefore, South Africa saw the advance of Afrikaner nationalism dedicated to the economic political and cultural advancement of the white Afrikaner Volk. Apartheid was the ethnic nationalism that sought to motion white Afrikaners to enforce their ideologies and mission. This essay also discussed how apartheid was implemented. Through legislation every aspect of South African life was determined from the most basic rights of citizenship to the most personal choices of association. Life in South Africa for an African was dictated by race law. In truth apartheid was a success for the Afrikaans as in 1960 the Nationalist Party succeeded in there Afrikaners dream of having their own land, when South Africa became a republic. It was not until 1994 did the poison that was apartheid finally vanquish as Mandela rose as