The black workers' struggle in South Africa
In: International socialist review: the monthly magazine of the Socialist Workers Party, Band 35, S. 24-30
ISSN: 0020-8744
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In: International socialist review: the monthly magazine of the Socialist Workers Party, Band 35, S. 24-30
ISSN: 0020-8744
In: Africa research bulletin. Political, social and cultural series, Band 45, Heft 6
ISSN: 1467-825X
In: Africa research bulletin. Political, social and cultural series, Band 45, Heft 6, S. 17563B
ISSN: 0001-9844
In: Z magazine: a political monthly, Band 9, Heft 12, S. 38-40
ISSN: 1056-5507
In: Politikon: South African journal of political science, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 19-26
ISSN: 1470-1014
In: Race & class: a journal for black and third world liberation, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 351-359
ISSN: 1741-3125
In: South: the Third World magazine, S. 24-26
ISSN: 0260-6976
In: Race & class: a journal on racism, empire and globalisation, Band 22, Heft 3, S. 318-321
ISSN: 0306-3968
In: Australian outlook: journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 169-180
ISSN: 0004-9913
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In: SAIS Review, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 121-133
ISSN: 1088-3142
In: SAIS review, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 121-133
World Affairs Online
World Affairs Online
South Africa became a democratic, non-racial state in 1994. The first democratic elections were preceded by fifty years of legislated racial domination. Apartheid (separateness in Afrikaans) involved racial segregation in every aspect of social and political life, from amenities to education, residential areas and marital life. Yet Apartheid built on the foundations laid by previous segregationist regimes. Indeed, ideologies of separate development informed British colonial policy at the end of the 19th century, with the Lagden Commission of 1905 recommending the formal separation of the races and the creation of race-based urban locations. States are essential in constituting race identities and the Apartheid regime sought to divide the population into four racial groups: African, Coloured, Indian (Asian) and White. These racial classifications continue to shape identities, everyday life and policy-making, for example in relation to affirmative action policies. There are particular challenges associated with implementing Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) legislation in the context of an diverse population that was differently and unevenly affected by racial oppression. Race identities were also formed and challenged through resistance to Apartheid rule, such as in the Black Consciousness Movement or the philosophy of non-racialism.
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In: Cold War history series, 24
This edited volume highlights the complexities of the Cold War in Southern. Africa.