Nationalists Take Power in South Africa
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Elections, Voting, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: South Africa
- Date: 1948
Article abstract: Winning a majority of Parliament seats in the election of 1948, Daniel Malan and his National Party began to set up a system of laws to guarantee what they called “apartheid”—complete separation of the races.
A Diverse Land
According to historians, the first Africans arrived in South Africa in about the fifth century. Dutch settlers arrived at the southern tip of Africa centuries later, in 1652. These new South Africans, who farmed cattle, soon began to move north and east in search of pasture for their herds. It was not long...
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