Apartheid

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Apartheid 101

From the Afrikaans word meaning 'separation' apartheid was a social philosophy which enforced racial, social, and economic segregation on the people of South Africa.

Apartheid Legislation in South Africa

What makes South Africa's apartheid era different to segregation and racial hatred that have occurred in other countries is the systematic way in which the National Party, which came into power in 1948, formalised it through the law.

South Africa's National Holidays

The significance of South Africa's national holidays.

Cape Town's Infamous Robben Island

A short history of island that housed the most notorious prison of the South African apartheid regime.