I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of Apartheid.
Desmond Tutu
Question
If the whites only took up 15% of the population, then how did they come into power?
Apartheid and South African Human Rights Violations
•All-white National Party comes to power in 1948
•Apartheid (separate or apart) was their main agenda
•A doctrine of white supremacy and separate development
•Non-whites South Africans could no longer:
•Marry outside of their own race
•Choose where to live
•Travel where they liked
•The whites made up 15% of the population yet owned 87% of the land
•Non-whites were forced to live on Bantustans
•Enforced by the army and police force
•Apartheid (separate or apart) was their main agenda
•A doctrine of white supremacy and separate development
•Non-whites South Africans could no longer:
•Marry outside of their own race
•Choose where to live
•Travel where they liked
•The whites made up 15% of the population yet owned 87% of the land
•Non-whites were forced to live on Bantustans
•Enforced by the army and police force
Summary
When the all-white National Party came to power in 1948, SA was separated non-whites from whites in many different ways. This was called the Apartheid. Non-whites were not able to choose where they wanted to live, marry outside of their race or travel. These rules were enforced by both the army and police areas across the country.