PPT-An overview on the history of South Africa during Apartheid

Presented by Lulu Kahla a How was life in South Africa during the Apartheid Era b Changes were made after gaining Democracy in 1994 c Challenges facing South Africa today. Apartheid. 1,500 years ago: . Bantu. migration south. 1600’s: . 1. st. Europeans (Dutch East Indies Company-settle in Cape Town) became known as . Afrikaners. (. af. -. rih. -KAHN-. erz. ), spoke . Why was S. A. Colonized?. S.A. was colonized by the Dutch in the 1600’s. British in the 1700 and 1800’s. The Dutch moved north and established areas outside British control. Boer Wars in 1900, Brits takeover – SA is British colony.. South Africa. African National Congress . Founded . in 1912.. Worked with-in the law to resist Apartheid. Strikes. , boycotts. .. The ANC was outlawed in 1960. The system of apartheid **. National Resistance to apartheid. Repression and Control by South African governments. End of apartheid. ** = complete. Sharpeville Massacre Footage:. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVMPlVBm29Y. 1948-1994. Scramble for Africa. Late 1800s, early 1900s saw the race for natural resources in Africa. European Countries started to take over land. Great Britain controlled South Africa. Scientific Racialism. Separateness and Inequality. As in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, but for much longer, decolonization in South Africa was tainted by the clash between white and black citizens of the newly free country. The government that had declared freedom from Britain was controlled by the white minority, largely descended from Dutch Boers. History Before Apartheid. . 1,500 years ago: . Bantu. migration south. 1600’s: . 1. st. Europeans (Dutch East Indies Company-settle in Cape Town) became known as . Afrikaners. (. af. -. rih. -KAHN-. In 1652, the Dutch came to settle in South Africa.. They believed the land was theirs. . The Dutch defeated many Africans.. Forced them to be their servants & slaves. Dutch in South Africa cont.. Disinvestment.  (or . divestment. ) . from South Africa.  was first advocated in the 1960s, in protest of South Africa's system . of . apartheid, but was not implemented on a significant scale until the mid-1980s. The disinvestment campaign, after being realized in federal legislation enacted in 1986 by the United States, is credited by . Netball is one of the most popular women’s sport in the world with over 20 million women. and girls playing in over 80 countries.. In 1891, James Naismith invented basketball when he nailed two peach baskets on. The South African government that had declared freedom from Britain was controlled by a white minority, largely descended from Dutch . Boers (the Afrikaners. Afrikaners . practiced a policy of apartheid, or extreme racial . 1948 - 1994. Native Tribes of South Africa. Prior to European colonization of southern Africa there were hundreds of native tribes with distinct cultures and languages.. These people groups had been present in southern Africa for hundreds of thousands of years.. What do these signs appear to say?. Where do you think they are from?. Three groups clash over south . africa. . Africans, the. Dutch. , and the British clashed over land and resources in South Africa . What do these signs appear to say?. Where do you think they are from?. Three groups clash over south . africa. . Africans, the. Dutch. , and the British clashed over land and resources in South Africa .