Afrikaner

of attacks by the Afrikaners. c. they wanted the rich northern farmlands. d. of discoveries of gold and diamonds.* e. they wanted to beat the Germans there. 29. Afrikaners were a. colored colonials. b. descendants of Dutch settlers.* c. Germans opposing the British. d. allied with Shaka Zulu. e. immigrants from Madagascar. 30. South Africa's 1913 Natives Land Act was intended to a. forbid Africans from owning land. b. keep Africans on reservations. c. keep Afrikaners from starting…

In Richard Stengel’s article”Mandela: His Eight Lessons in Leadership” shows many different ways to lead with success. Nelson Mandela lived a long life, much of it during the apartheid times. Apartheid was a type of government that South Africa had adopted from the late 1940s all the way to the early 1990s. During that time he had many different life struggles that opposed him and his fight against the government. The one that stuck out most was his trip to prison, he got put in the slammer for…

When we look at living individuals today, there are at least a million differences amongst them, and yet there are multiple similarities. No living individual is the same as they were a year ago. It is known that many significant individuals have looked for answers of possibly why this has occurred, and is still occurring. Despite the various approaches from multiple fields of study, there has always been a connection between the studies conducted; evolution. From physical attributes to one’s…

What Was Apartheid? Apartheid was a system of racial segregation that was enforced by the legislation of the National Party (NP) in South Africa between 1948 and 1994. The laws during Apartheid greatly benefited the White and Afrikaner minority. The movements of the majority black inhabitants and other ethnic groups were oppressed by the government. The Apartheid legislation classified inhabitants into four racial groups – “White”, “Black”, “Coloured” and “Indian – and residential areas were…