what started the south african apartheid?

Question

the history of south africa apartheid

Answer 1

Wikipedia has a lot of information on Apartheid. I suggest you look at this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid

Answer 2

The simple answer is racism, of course. But in more detail...

The Dutch (Afrikaaners) and later the British came to South Africa to settle and farm the land, unlike in most of Africa, because of the relatively cool climate, lack of dense forest and good land for farming. The original inhabitants were the Hottentots and Bushmen, a different racial group from the Bantu blacks who are now the majority. These originals were annihilated or forced into the Kalahari Desert in what is now Botswana. Bantu tribes were gradually moving south into the area at the same time. The Afrikaaners (also known as Boers, Dutch for farmers) claim to this day that they settled there before the Bantu. This may be true of some areas.

So the Europeans considered themselves to have rights to the land, which they could not claim in other parts of Africa (though I don't recall this bothering the Europeans on the American continents). When South Africa gained independence from the British Empire around 1960 the Afrikaaners were the strongest group politically and economically, and set up a system of "apartheid", meaning separateness, giving whites, and later mixed-race "Cape coloureds" and Asians, but not blacks, the right to vote. As in the segregation in the old US South, but in a more extreme form, blacks were supposed to live separately from whites, with virtually no rights. Even 20 years ago, when Nelson Mandela was still in prison, it was considered very "leftish", revolutionary, commie or even loopy, to suggest in Britain or the US that the black South Africans should get the vote and run the country. Things have changed very fast and we quickly forget our hypocrisy.

Answer 3

The origin of apartheid started on April 6, 1652, when somebody very very very very racist called Jan van Riebeeck decided to make the land of Hottentots and San people a gas /filling station for his country men's ships on their way to India . At the cost of the local people .

So what really started the South African apartheid is Jan van Riebeeck landings (on that date), ideas (racist) and the motive (exploitation of land and local people).

Everything else mentioned by other yahoo answerer's is true but comes later .

Answer 4

Apartheid grew to become into presented after the British gave 'abode rule' to South Africa. It grew to become right into a coverage of the Afrikaans or Boers - Dutch settlers help for Apartheid in South Africa grew to become into fairly super born out via white purely of direction, totally unfastened & democratic election outcomes, across the international the U. S. supported successive South African governments because it grew to become right into a bastion of Anti-Communism, of direction it grew to become into Apartheid itself that made Communism so beautiful & somewhat so for the customary black individual. different Western powers which is composed of the united kingdom observed this lead out of placed up-conflict financial realities notwithstanding the Anti-Apartheid circulate grew to become into huge throughout Europe from the mid 50's onward.

Answer 5

Because the British and Dutch settlers exploited the slave trade and repressed the indigenous population with violence and fear. France were also involved in other parts of the African continent. The influx of the settlers also tended to polarise the various ethnic groups (tribes) which resulted in infighting. (a bit like the Catholic/Protestant conflicts in Ireland/N Ireland?) These problems still exist today throughout the world, particularly in Central/West Africa.

Answer 6

Oh god i have a whole project on it. Ive been focussing on it for 3 months. I even interviewed somebody from South Africa. For real if u want my project i can send u the history part of it. its really interesting!

Answer 7

It is still alive and well excepting that it is now practised by Blacks againt anyone who is not Black i.e. Whites,Coloureds,Asians. They have enacted racist laws to deprive white people of their farms,businesses and jobs.Xenophobia is also common in South Africa as Somalian refugees have found to their cost with more than 30 being murdered in the last few months.

Answer 8

Discrimination of races between the indiginous people and late settlers of whites.