The end of apartheid in the 1980s and 90s happened for many reasons, none of them simple. Continued black resistance was certainly a part of it, the whole time apartheid had been legal, blacks had fought against it and never given up, even in the face of seeming failure. Resistance grew to an all time high in the 1970s and early 80s and made it extremely hard for the government to govern South Africa effectively.

There was also a lot of pressure placed on South Africa by other countries to change its policies, they saw what was happening and did not approve of the way blacks and other races were being treated. Many of these countries had also had problems with racism against blacks but had reformed its laws long before South Africa had event considered it.

Finally, the changes within South Africa itself also helped to reform the policy of apartheid. The government and people had wo

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