FACTS TOPIC ONE:
- Reasons for national party win
- There was a sufficient lack of international influence because despite india being
one of the UN countries that condemn apartheid; britain, france and the usa
showed support to south africa due to investment, anti-communism and colonial
regimes and so the national party won and grew in popularity with little resistance
- The world war 2 had many contributions to this as Smuts (united party leader)
started to impose policies that afrikaners believed gave blacks too many rights
such as working in factories, food stamps and healthcare programs. He also
started to suggest the idea to end segregation and this caused concerns in the
white supremacist society. South africa also fought for and supported the Allies in
the war which angered many afrikaners who resonated more with the Nazis with
Verwoerd even having a very pro-nazi and anti-semetic newspaper
- Afrikaner nationalism was on a rise and this was expressed through the
Broederbund which was an organisation for Afrikaners based on the pride of
Boers and celebrated the idea of white supremacy and national party members
often took part. The battle of blood river also gave the afrikaners their belief of
white supremacy and god-given right with them even having a Voortrecker
monument which celebrated the day they defeated the Zulus. The Dutch
reformed church had many activities that were in hopes of building an afrikaner
identity. They also opposed english-speaking parties and politicians and felt the
NP would consolidate their Afrikaner nationalism belief.
- Codifying and implementing apartheid
- Group areas act 1950
- Mixed marriages act 1949 and immorality act 1950
- Population registration act 1950
- Bantu education act 1953
- Separate amenities act 1952
- Suppression of communism act 1950
- Native (urban areas) act 1954
- Abolition of passes act 1952
- Separate representation of voters act legislated in 1953
- Bantu self-governing act 1959 created 8 self governing bantustans
- Resistance to apartheid system
- ANC is a political, non-racial group made in hopes of democratising south africa
and also had communist ideas
- They created the programme of action which was the lead up to their direct
action
- Defiance campaign 1952-53 never went beyond one mass protest in Cape Town
though it began with aims of filling the jails and ending the apartheid
- Freedom charter 1955 was set up by the People’s Congress and they met up in
1956 with a document that outlines the grievances and wants of Africans with
hopes of presenting it to the government but it led to the Treason Trial 1956-60
- Reasons for national party win
- There was a sufficient lack of international influence because despite india being
one of the UN countries that condemn apartheid; britain, france and the usa
showed support to south africa due to investment, anti-communism and colonial
regimes and so the national party won and grew in popularity with little resistance
- The world war 2 had many contributions to this as Smuts (united party leader)
started to impose policies that afrikaners believed gave blacks too many rights
such as working in factories, food stamps and healthcare programs. He also
started to suggest the idea to end segregation and this caused concerns in the
white supremacist society. South africa also fought for and supported the Allies in
the war which angered many afrikaners who resonated more with the Nazis with
Verwoerd even having a very pro-nazi and anti-semetic newspaper
- Afrikaner nationalism was on a rise and this was expressed through the
Broederbund which was an organisation for Afrikaners based on the pride of
Boers and celebrated the idea of white supremacy and national party members
often took part. The battle of blood river also gave the afrikaners their belief of
white supremacy and god-given right with them even having a Voortrecker
monument which celebrated the day they defeated the Zulus. The Dutch
reformed church had many activities that were in hopes of building an afrikaner
identity. They also opposed english-speaking parties and politicians and felt the
NP would consolidate their Afrikaner nationalism belief.
- Codifying and implementing apartheid
- Group areas act 1950
- Mixed marriages act 1949 and immorality act 1950
- Population registration act 1950
- Bantu education act 1953
- Separate amenities act 1952
- Suppression of communism act 1950
- Native (urban areas) act 1954
- Abolition of passes act 1952
- Separate representation of voters act legislated in 1953
- Bantu self-governing act 1959 created 8 self governing bantustans
- Resistance to apartheid system
- ANC is a political, non-racial group made in hopes of democratising south africa
and also had communist ideas
- They created the programme of action which was the lead up to their direct
action
- Defiance campaign 1952-53 never went beyond one mass protest in Cape Town
though it began with aims of filling the jails and ending the apartheid
- Freedom charter 1955 was set up by the People’s Congress and they met up in
1956 with a document that outlines the grievances and wants of Africans with
hopes of presenting it to the government but it led to the Treason Trial 1956-60
