To a lesser extent the resistance to apartheid was very slow to develop at the level of the Western government during the 1950s and 1960s .South Africa rather considered itself, and they were considered by others, to be important to the Western world, who’s valued both for its tactical position with regards to trade routes around the Cape and as a source of extremely useful and necessary minerals such as shown in (Appendix 1- useful and necessary minerals). In a time of struggle for independence throughout Africa, and at the peak of the Cold War, South Africa’s white government was looked steadily at by many in the West as a defensive wall against communism in the country.
The thoughtfulness in most cases took importance over any moral questions …show more content…
The Commonwealth became more aggressive towards South Africa as newly independent countries started joining the organisation. ’Sharpeville catalysed the issue of South Africa’s membership’ (Grundy 1991: 80-81). When the white people of South Africa voted in the 1960s for the country to become a republic, the government wanted more membership of the Commonwealth, but it met with considerable resistance.
Resistance to apartheid was being voiced by many in the United States in this period of time, for South Africa to be expelled from the UN. For the need of Security Council approval for actions like that, because the veto held by the Western powers were not about to happen. These calls weren’t formally paid attention to.
A very successful campaign was carried out against South Africa, however, in the other UN journals. In the 1950s, critical reports of apartheid were published by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation). In 1963 South Africa’s withdrawal was forced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation. So did the International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organisation in 1964 and others later followed. In 1965 the UN Trust Fund for South Africa was established, with most of its funds being utilized for human welfare assistance to liberation movements, legal defence, education programs, development …show more content…
The isolation in the sports of South Africa had, without a doubt, made a huge evident psychological impact on the white South Africans, because South Africans are very sport conscious and the severity of their sporting isolations had a bigger impact on them than any other issue.
The truly transactional character of the campaign of sports clearly showed to every South African that his government’s policies weren’t respected internationally. The success of the boycotting of sports, however, is less clear. A comparison of this boycott was made by a campaign of entertainment and artistic boycotts, which was also aimed at isolating the whites of South Africa. Some people argued that the boycotts could possibly be counterproductive, by preventing white South Africans of exposure to the Western ideas and thinking’s, they are possibly being encouraged to stay in their present mental
The thoughtfulness in most cases took importance over any moral questions …show more content…
The Commonwealth became more aggressive towards South Africa as newly independent countries started joining the organisation. ’Sharpeville catalysed the issue of South Africa’s membership’ (Grundy 1991: 80-81). When the white people of South Africa voted in the 1960s for the country to become a republic, the government wanted more membership of the Commonwealth, but it met with considerable resistance.
Resistance to apartheid was being voiced by many in the United States in this period of time, for South Africa to be expelled from the UN. For the need of Security Council approval for actions like that, because the veto held by the Western powers were not about to happen. These calls weren’t formally paid attention to.
A very successful campaign was carried out against South Africa, however, in the other UN journals. In the 1950s, critical reports of apartheid were published by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation). In 1963 South Africa’s withdrawal was forced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation. So did the International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organisation in 1964 and others later followed. In 1965 the UN Trust Fund for South Africa was established, with most of its funds being utilized for human welfare assistance to liberation movements, legal defence, education programs, development …show more content…
The isolation in the sports of South Africa had, without a doubt, made a huge evident psychological impact on the white South Africans, because South Africans are very sport conscious and the severity of their sporting isolations had a bigger impact on them than any other issue.
The truly transactional character of the campaign of sports clearly showed to every South African that his government’s policies weren’t respected internationally. The success of the boycotting of sports, however, is less clear. A comparison of this boycott was made by a campaign of entertainment and artistic boycotts, which was also aimed at isolating the whites of South Africa. Some people argued that the boycotts could possibly be counterproductive, by preventing white South Africans of exposure to the Western ideas and thinking’s, they are possibly being encouraged to stay in their present mental