A Lesson from Aloes | Compare and Contrast
- 1960s: The government of South Africa, in its second decade of the enforcement of apartheid, begins to crack down on protesters. During one protest near Johannesburg in 1960, police gun down sixty-seven Africans and wound nearly two hundred others.
Late 1970s and early 1980s: In 1982, the newly established Internal Securities Act attempts to contain escalating opposition to the government.
Today: The government under President Mandela desegregates schools and prohibits discrimination in the workplace.
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