apartheid government of South Africa
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The apartheid government of South Africa was the white-minority regime that enforced a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination from 1948 until the early 1990s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apartheid regime
ⓘ
government ⓘ white-minority regime ⓘ |
| acceleratedReformUnder | F. W. de Klerk ⓘ |
| apexPeriod | 1948–early 1990s ⓘ |
| beganReformUnder | P. W. Botha ⓘ |
| capital |
Pretoria, South Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Pretoria
|
| characterizedBy |
banning of opposition organizations
ⓘ
censorship and media control ⓘ institutionalized racial discrimination ⓘ political repression ⓘ systematic human rights abuses ⓘ |
| condemnedBy |
United Nations General Assembly
ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ |
| country |
South Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of South Africa
Dominion of South Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Union of South Africa
|
| created |
Bophuthatswana
ⓘ
Ciskei ⓘ Transkei ⓘ Venda ⓘ nominally independent homelands ⓘ |
| disenfranchised |
Black South African
ⓘ
surface form:
Black South Africans
Coloured South African ⓘ
surface form:
Coloured South Africans
Indians in South Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Indian South Africans
|
| endedThrough | negotiated transition to democracy ⓘ |
| endTime | 1994 ⓘ |
| facedSanctionsFrom |
Commonwealth of Nations
ⓘ
European Economic Community ⓘ Organization of African Unity ⓘ United Nations ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| finalElection | 1994 South African general election ⓘ |
| firstPrimeMinister | Daniel François Malan ⓘ |
| foreignPolicy |
anti-communist alignment during Cold War
ⓘ
regional military interventions in Southern Africa ⓘ |
| headOfStateTitle |
Prime Minister of South Africa
ⓘ
State President of South Africa ⓘ |
| heldReferendum | 1992 white referendum on reform ⓘ |
| ideology |
Afrikaner nationalism
ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ apartheid ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ |
| imprisoned |
Ahmed Kathrada
ⓘ
Govan Mbeki ⓘ Nelson Mandela ⓘ Walter Sisulu ⓘ |
| introducedPolicy |
Bantu Education Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Bantu Education Act, 1953
Bantustan system ⓘ Group Areas Act ⓘ
surface form:
Group Areas Act, 1950
Homelands policy ⓘ Immorality Act ⓘ
surface form:
Immorality Amendment Act, 1950
Pass Laws in South Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Pass Laws
Population Registration Act ⓘ
surface form:
Population Registration Act, 1950
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act ⓘ
surface form:
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949
Separate Amenities Act ⓘ
surface form:
Separate Amenities Act, 1953
Suppression of Communism Act ⓘ
surface form:
Suppression of Communism Act, 1950
|
| judicialCapital | Bloemfontein ⓘ |
| legalized | African National Congress in 1990 ⓘ |
| legislativeCapital | Cape Town ⓘ |
| maintainedFranchiseFor | white South Africans ⓘ |
| notRecognizedBy | most foreign governments ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Afrikaans
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
African National Congress
ⓘ
Pan Africanist Congress ⓘ South African Communist Party ⓘ United Democratic Front ⓘ anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
surface form:
international anti-apartheid movement
|
| politicalPartyInPower |
National Party (South Africa)
ⓘ
surface form:
National Party
|
| released | Nelson Mandela in 1990 ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Rivonia Trial
ⓘ
Sharpeville massacre ⓘ Soweto Uprising ⓘ
surface form:
Soweto uprising repression
|
| segregated |
education by race
ⓘ
healthcare by race ⓘ public facilities by race ⓘ residential areas by race ⓘ transport by race ⓘ |
| significantLeader |
B. J. Vorster
ⓘ
surface form:
Balthazar Johannes Vorster
Daniel François Malan ⓘ F. W. de Klerk ⓘ
surface form:
Frederik Willem de Klerk
Hendrik Verwoerd ⓘ
surface form:
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
J. G. Strijdom ⓘ
surface form:
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
P. W. Botha ⓘ
surface form:
Pieter Willem Botha
|
| startTime | 1948 ⓘ |
| subjectTo | UN arms embargo ⓘ |
| succeededBy | post-apartheid democratic government of South Africa ⓘ |
| supported |
RENAMO in Mozambique
ⓘ
UNITA ⓘ
surface form:
UNITA in Angola
|
| usedSecurityForce |
Bureau of State Security
ⓘ
Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ
surface form:
South African Defence Force
South African Police Service ⓘ
surface form:
South African Police
|
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this entity surface form:
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this entity surface form:
apartheid South Africa
this entity surface form:
apartheid-era South Africa
subject surface form:
Umkhonto we Sizwe
this entity surface form:
Republic of South Africa (apartheid government)
this entity surface form:
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this entity surface form:
South African apartheid government
this entity surface form:
apartheid-era South Africa
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South African apartheid regime
this entity surface form:
apartheid era South Africa