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APARTHEID
Apartheid, a political and social system in South Africa, prevailed in the 20th century in which only white people had full politiċal rights, and people of other races, especially black people, were forced to go to separate schools, live in separate areas, etc. and were left alienated. The word. 'apartheid' meaning 'apartness' including 'Racial segregation had been used for centuries. In this policy, the black people of South Africa were kept isolated by their race. Even inter-racial marriages were not allowed. Since the policy denied the non-white people, mainly black people, their rights, they (black people) could not own land in the areas. inhabited by the white people. 'According to the historical sources, the aim of apartheid was to separate the people of South Africa into small enclaves. The black people called Bantustans worked in the mines conducted by the National Party government of South Africa. They wanted black men to work in their mines for negligible wages but their families had to live far away. Thus the government separated mixed communities and forcibly shifted many people to distant mines. From the yery beginning,the United Nations did not agree to the South African government's apartheid policies. Of course, there were protests in South Afriça on behalf of the UN and even the UN tried to get South Africa out of the UN in 1974. However, the United States,'France and Britain stopped it. Later; in 1989 F. W. de Klerk became the president of South Africa, who wanted to put an end to apartheid.He released Nelson Mandela from prison. On 27 April, 1994 the first democratic election was held in South Africa. And Nelson Mandela became president with F.W. de Klerk and Thabo Mbeki as députies. This is considered the end of apartheid rule. Undoubtedly, it was a blaċk chapter in the history of the world. At present, there is no civilized nation on earth that supports apartheid which continued for centuries.
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