Government of South Africa

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 also segregated. From 1960 to 1983 over 3.5 million non-white South Africans were removed…

After receiving a law degree from the University of Witwatersrand, Mandela became involved in the political scene of South Africa with the ANC, or the African National Congress. The national party was made up of Afrikaners passed laws in which banned black people from holding positions within the government. The Afrikaners were the minority of upper class White South Africans. They mostly descended from British or Dutch ancestry. Mandela, along with ANC, started peaceful protests, dubbed the…

Africa has been publically battling human rights violations and homophobia, both political and culturally, targeted at the LGBT community in Africa. This battle has gained worldwide media coverage and garnered support to help fight confront the contention and contempt felt through the community. In Africa under the apartheid homosexual acts were punishable by death and years within prison. Black lesbians were under a constant threat of being raped and activists were injured and even murdered; as…

Many South Africans live in “shacks” or informal dwellings that are supposed to be temporary, at least until the government build new residential units. In 1996, there were 1.4 million units. In 2011, this number grew to 1.9 million, representing 13 percent of all South African households (Wilkinson). What accounted for this housing backlog is the challenge of “decreases in national housing expenditure and inadequate funding”, as stated in the Housing Delivery in South Africa Report by the…

Although France and Great Britain had many colonies in Africa the way in which they ruled their colonies was vastly different; the French used a more “hands on” approach, handling problems as they came up in their colonies in North Africa, and the British had taken steps to prevent war by “[ruling] through native authorities”, developing treaties and going to war only when needed (Roberts,99). Initially England had an interest in South Africa because it was “deemed essential to the control of…

immigrants to come as if they moved here they would be put in poverty. Having a head tax stopped many Chinese immigrant but not enough Indian immigrants as Canadian government hoped which had led them to find a new way to keep them…

Diseases as a social factor impacting on health in South Africa HIV/AIDS epidemic South Africa, accounts for 17% of the global burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (Mayosi & Benatar, 2014). This infection is also a major cause of an increase in infant, child and maternal mortality rates due to a lack of treatment and access thereto. The pandemic has effectively diminished the workforce, increased poverty rates, reduced agricultural productivity, and transformed the structure of…

come with life, the human race would have no true desire to change things, for example, their lives, even if some factors certainly need adjusting. In Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom, the Europeans in South Africa, also known as Afrikaans, were extremely unwilling to change the government structure and laws simply due to the fact that they were content with how things played out in their favor. They had absolutely everything they ever wanted available to them, but disregarded other races’…

pastor from New York, since we came all the way to South Africa and heard a sermon from another American pastor. The pastor’s sermon was about love and acceptance, which is also interesting given the churches history and apartheid. Another aspect of the service, which I thought was different was the use of incents. I had never been to a church service where they used incents, which were symbolizing cleansing and for prayer. I thought it was an interesting element to the service, although I was…

The first time South Africa was colonized was in 1652 by the Dutch for its many raw materials and precious metals like gold; this colony was first fully established by the Dutch-East-India trading company. Over time the Dutch empire weakened and fell leaving the precious country open for the taking, and the English took advantage of this opportunity. In 1899, the English first colonized the South African ports and gold mines; this was a very important colony at the time since many of the…