... government, and created racism between the white and black people. The NP promoted the Dutch South African, which was the minority of the population and established apartheid. The apartheid was to have the complete separation of the two races. In 1948, the Apartheid Laws, restricted marriage between non-whites and whites and also schools, hospitals, and neighborhoods were segregated. The laws even ... of emergency, and increased penalties for protesting or supporting the repeal of a law. The penalties included fines, imprisonment, and whippings. The Acts were emplaced, for the National ...

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... system of racial segregation peculiar to the Republic of South Africa, the legal basis of which they largely repealed in 1991 to 1992. The apartheid began when Daniel F. Malan was elected into the government in 1948, and he put the apartheid into play. This changed many lives, not only for blacks, but for ... black people with the same education from working with white people. It was also known that the white people got better jobs then blacks. In 1950, the Population Registration Act required all South Africans to be classified into one of three categories. They were racially classified ...

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... "for example, not only was marriage prohibited between whites and non-whites, but the Immorality Act forbade any sexual contact between blacks and whites. In addition, certain jobs were classified as for whites only. In 1950, the Population Registration Act required that all South Africans be racially classified into one of four categories: white, black (African), Asian, or Coloured (of mixed descent ... -wing Afrikaner groups and internecine fighting among blacks. By the end of 1991 the legal framework of apartheid had been revoked. In a March 1992 referendum a majority of whites endors...

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