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  2. Apartheid - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 December 2024. South African system of racial separation This article is about apartheid in South Africa. For apartheid as defined in international law, see Crime of apartheid. For other uses, see Apartheid (disambiguation). This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider ...

  3. Group Areas Act - Wikipedia

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    After the 1948 general election, D.F. Malan's administration commenced its policy of apartheid that sought to segregate the races in South Africa. The government hoped to achieve this through "separate development" of the races and this entailed passing laws that would ensure a distinction on social, economic, political and, in the case of the Group Areas Act, geographical lines. [2]

  4. Internal resistance to apartheid - Wikipedia

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    A revival in anti-apartheid sentiment came in the late 1960s and mid-1970s from a more radical generation. During this epoch, new anti-apartheid ideas and establishments were created, and they gathered support from across South Africa.

  5. It's 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa's ... - AOL

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    The ANC has been in power ever since the first democratic, all-race election of April 27, 1994, the vote that officially ended apartheid. It's 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa's ...

  6. Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993. The negotiations culminated in the passage of a new interim Constitution in 1993, a precursor to the Constitution of 1996; and in South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994, won by the African National Congress (ANC) liberation movement.

  7. Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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    The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like restorative justice [1] body assembled in South Africa in 1996 after the end of apartheid. [a] Authorised by Nelson Mandela and chaired by Desmond Tutu, the commission invited witnesses who were identified as victims of gross human rights violations to give statements about their experiences, and selected some for public hearings.

  8. Apartheid legislation - Wikipedia

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    Apartheid is distinguished from segregation in other countries by the systematic way in which it was formalized in law. Segregationist legislation before apartheid Although apartheid as a comprehensive legislative project truly began after the National Party came into power in 1948, many of these statutes were preceded by the laws of the ...

  9. Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949 - Wikipedia

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    The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No. 55 of 1949, was an apartheid-era law in South Africa that prohibited marriages between "whites" and "non-whites". It was among the first pieces of apartheid legislation to be passed following the National Party's rise to power in 1948.