... National Party, had not only prohibited inter-racial marriages but the sexual relations between races as well. The Population Registration Act of 1950 classified all South Africans by their race: Bantu – black Africans; Colored – mixed race; white and the fourth category of Asians – Indians, Pakistanis, which was added later. "The absurdity of this system is exemplified by ... , they limited the non-white labor unions and did not accept non-whites in the national government. "Verwoerd's 1953 Bantu Education Act established an inferior education system for Africans based upon a curr...

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... white" and "non-white" categories. Under the category of "non-white" were further subdivisions that separated the "Bantu", "colored", and "Asian" citizens. The reason for the actions of the South African government to create this law ... law. In fact, the state-run schools often taught their students about the uses and benefits of separating ethnic groups through apartheid laws. Education was tampered with more in the mid-1970s where a pre-existing law to teach Afrikaans alongside of English was more actively enforced. ... the native population, so the more active enforcement of this la...

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... , already the changes in the townships were obvious; people were happy. Over the next two years, laws such as the Suppression of Communism Act, the Population Registration Act and the Bantu Education Act were also abolished. But the true end of apartheid did not happen until 1994 when Nelson Mandela, the black leader of the ANC, was voted into power as President ... ...

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