South Africa Apartheid
South Africa designated an area to groups or tribes. The Apartheid made it so whites had there land and the blacks had there own. Whites in South Africa were determined that they were going to maintain their way of life, which to them meant controlling power, the whites would continue to deny power to the majority Africans. Even when only 20 percent of the people in Africa are white and the rest mostly black (70%). The whites farmers used them for cheap labor in their farms. A law had been passed creating what was called a Civilized Labor Policy, which protected the wage levels of white workers.Bantu Act of 1953, this act said that the white children would learn different curriculum then the blacks. The white children would also have better learning environment. Other laws past that blacks couldn't live in cities.
Nelson Mandela, was the president of South Africa from 1994-1999. His main goal was to try and make better living conditions for blacks and to unite blacks and whites. His first move was his free health care for kids under the age of six. This also concluded the mothers of the children. The was launched, which invested in essential social services such as housing and health care. Nelson also passed the Natives Land Act which let people claim their land that they had before the whites took it over.
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