The apartheid government used violence to enforce segregation between these groups, and forcibly separated many families containing people assigned to different racial categories. Black South Africans resisted apartheid from the very beginning. And around the world, this activism drew attention. Ronald Reagan delivers a speech regarding South Africa, July One of the big moments for international awareness of apartheid was in , when thousands of Black children in the Soweto township protested a government policy mandating that all classes be taught in Afrikaans.
Police responded to the protests with violence, killing at least people and injuring over 1, more. Campaigns for economic sanctions against South Africa gained steam in the s, but faced considerable resistance from two important heads of state: United States President Ronald Reagan and United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Both Reagan and Thatcher condemned Mandela and the ANC as communists and terrorists at a time when the apartheid government promoted itself as a Cold War ally against communism.
Congress overrode his decision with a two-thirds majority, passing the act to impose sanctions on South Africa. Related: Track the rise of interracial marriage 50 years after the landmark U. Supreme Court ruling.
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Animals Wild Cities Morocco has 3 million stray dogs. Meet the people trying to help. Despite the British and American governments classifying the ANC as a terrorist organisation during the s, the growing international criticism of Apartheid, spurred by disruptive resistance in South Africa, and the undermining of the anti-Communist imperative due to the end of the Cold War, also moved those states to finally implement trade sanctions against Apartheid.
In , President Frederik de Klerk freed Mandela and unbanned anti-Apartheid political parties, to allow negotiations for a path to majority-rule democracy. Despite right-wing backlash and outbreaks of violence, the white minority did overwhelmingly approve negotiations for democratic transition.
Mandela sought peaceful racial reconciliation, through a negotiated process of transition to free, inclusive elections, and the post-Apartheid operations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Globally, Mandela became an icon, associated with resistance, justice, and Christ-like self-sacrifice. They often highlight international campaigns against Apartheid, but are mute on the strong military and financial support for Apartheid South Africa by western states throughout the Cold War.
The intervention of South African troops and mercenaries throughout Africa was also greatly reduced. Newly stable southern Africa was also increasingly open to trade and investment from China — their enhanced global reach and influence an unforeseen result of freedom in many developing countries.
Nationally, though entering power with principles seeking redistribution of wealth and a general raising of living standards, the ANC gradually embraced neoliberal policies that have only led to an increase in poverty and inequality in South Africa over the past two decades. The South African example shines a light on sometimes unpleasant realities of history, as well as enduring aspects of human nature. For those who are willing to seek out the details and contemplate the contradictions, the end of Apartheid leaves a legacy of insight most valuable in our turbulent age.
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