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    warning to humanity of our self-destruction, the world seemed to go blind to its recreation in South Africa. Britain colonized South Africa and created a white minority rule, just as Orwell depicts the Big Brother and the Inner Party running Oceania in 1984. Both Orwell’s Oceanic world and the South African government formed bigoted class systems with a small, minority rule to maintain their power. After power was obtained and secured, the governments exercised unfair trials and created laws skewed to their advantage. This persecution paved the way for the practice of extreme…

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    Significant to apartheid in South Africa, as this was one of the main event which ended apartheid in South Africa. After 1981 the all blacks were planned to tour South Africa in 1985, however they were not able to tour South Africa as the New Zealand protesters re-enabled against the New Zealand government, and the tour was cancelled. However and unauthorised New Zealand rugby team toured South Africa under the name of New Zeeland Cavaliers. The tour was given the name of rebel tour. New…

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    Apartheid originated from the Dutch word that means separation. Separation here means separation of the Dutch people (white) with a native African (black). Apartheid later grown into a political policy and become an official South African Government which consists of programs and regulations that aim to preserve racial segregation. Structurally, Apartheid was a policy to maintain the dominance of the white minority over the majority of non-white through community arrangements in the field of…

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    From Captivity of Political Shackles to Freedom in South Africa Throughout history, South Africa has experienced a long, severe, and unrelenting periods of sacrifice and struggle for freedom. South African citizens had to withstand colonization of Great Britain which stripped them of political freedom, roles in national decision making, and also led to the depletion of rich cultures. In addition, South Africa fought extremely hard to achieve decolonization from Great Britain. After decolonizing…

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    struggles of my life. A flourishing society must equally represent all of its people, who in turn, must treat each other with respect and care. This is my reasoning for fighting for the rights of the African American people, the large majority of the South African population, who had been tyrannically ruled for centuries. If there is one value that I can enlighten society on, it would be to appreciate each other and to live in harmony. All members of society, regardless of color or…

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    for South Africans. He was so acknowledged for his efforts for peace and equality he won the most prestigious award you can win, The Nobel Peace Prize. South African youth began to really idolize Mandela and adopted some of his philosophical views against apartheid. Nelson Mandela was born Rolihlahla Mandela in the village of Mvezo in Transkei South Africa. He was born into the Xhosa tribe, they lived in this part of the region. Rolihlahla’s father was going to be chief one day but a local…

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    Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was the first black president of south africa. He spent 27 years in prison for trying to overthrow the apartheid government. When he finished his time in prison he worked to achieve human rights and a better future for everyone in south africa. Nelson mandela was born in 1918 and he was in prison from 1962 from 1990. He became president of south africa in 1994, and retired in 1999. He passed away on the 5th of december 2013 due to lung illness. He was famous for…

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    tremendous hardships,such as freezing winter nights,suffocating summer days and poor food conditions he managed to find ways to free south africa from apartheid government and also to help his own country to become a peaceful country.Because of these he fought for freedom and equality in a nonviolent way. In the long run,Mandela became a new south african president…

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    leaders can lead from anywhere especially the back. The apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa enforced through legislation by the National Party, the governing party from 1948 to 1994 in South Africa. The apartheid was one of the most famous acts of civil disobedience in the world. Mandela fought for South Africa with all his power to do what's…

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    could only enter South Africa illegally or as contract workers as they were not allowed to apply for temporary or permanent resident permits (Maharaj, 4). It makes sense that once South Africa’s borders became more open Africans would enter to pursue a better life. Today, the legal and policy framework in South Africa is favorable to documented immigrants of all kind. Basic rights to life, dignity, equality before law, administrative justice, basic education, basic health care and labor rights…

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