State President of South Africa

Sixty years ago, if you saw me and my family in public, there is a great chance you would not recognize us as being a family. My dad, my mom, and my three oldest siblings are Caucasian Americans. My sister, my foster-brother, and I are all Black South Africans. I even have a brother-in-law who is Taiwanese and Paraguayan. There is a good chance that sixty years ago my family would not be out in public together. There is a good chance we would not exist. However, if we did exist as a family,…

Human Rights Essay Nelson Mandela once wrote that “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.” Throughout history, many individuals have sacrificed so much to fight against oppression and defend human rights. Cesar Chavez and Nelson Mandela were two leaders who fought for human rights and triumphed. Cesar Chavez nonviolently advocated for immigrant farm workers rights. Notably, he called for a national boycott of California table grape growers and he brought awareness of pesticides dangerous…

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…

The Man That Changed South Africa If you died today, would you have left a positive impact on someone’s life? Or would you feel happy because you know you did something that changed the world? This is the question that many should ask themselves when trying to choose a career or find their purpose. Our everyday actions even the small compliment can bring so much happiness to another’s life. Also, when we fight for change and take a stand, it can drastically change the world around you.…

barrier which separated the different races in South Africa, namely the black South Africans and the white Afrikaans South Africans. Although Apartheid ended 20 years ago when Nelson Mandela was elected president, Apartheid still plays a large role in South African History. Apartheid began long before it was officially named Apartheid in 1948 by the leading political party, National Party. The separation between the black and white people of South Africa began around the time Jan Van Riebeek…

permissible until the Protocols were amended in 1975. However, a lack of enforceability by any international governing body allowed a nation like South Africa to secretly create its own such program, one that operated unchecked and actively employed its toxins and agents throughout the 1980s. With apartheid as the nation’s backdrop, the ruling power of South Africa faced foes both abroad in neighboring nations in the form of leftist and communist groups in Angola, Namibia, and Rhodesia, and at…

this time, The ANC lacked the leadership necessary to stand against South African Apartheid Laws. In 1944, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo formed The African National Congress Youth League. These young leaders challenged the moderate leadership and sparked the ANC president, Albert Luthuli, to sponsor nonviolent protests, strikes, boycotts, and marches. Mandela directed the 1952 Defiance Campaign, a campaign where South Africans openly defied Apartheid laws, which turned out to…

South Africa The Struggle for a New Order, by Marina Ottaway, Copyright, 1993, by The Brookings Institution. The book is dense with details on the governments agencies, the struggle, and the transition from apartheid during the first two years. The author, Marina Ottaway is the former Senior Research Associate and Head of the Middle East Program in the Woodrow Wilson Center, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her bio on the Wilson Center website states that she is a long time…

Mandela The famous African American that I will discuss in my essay is Nelson Mandela. Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the village of Mvezo in Umtata, then part of South Africa's Cape Province. South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. There are of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world.…

of the nation. This is when South Africa re-joined the scene of international economies in the 1990’s during which time globalisation had begun to gain prominence. Its move from a socialist socialist movement to a democratic system in 1994 has been a major key towards its gain in economic performance during the globalisation period. This is as the first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela moved away from the previous Apartheid governments acts towards South Africa’s economy. Mandela…