If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible.
Hillary Clinton
Question
Why wasn't Apartheid ended sooner?
The End of Apartheid: 1980s and 1990s
•1978 Prime Minister P.W. Botha made reforms
•Blacks could marry whom they pleased, mix in certain places and join unions
•External reasons:
•1985 Canadian P.M. Brian Mulroney urged the Americans to impose limited sanctions
•Botha responded by restricting freedom of foreign press
•British Commonwealth called for sanctions, but G.B. did not join they were pretty hollow threats
•Internal reasons:
•Resistance movement began calling for a revolution
•Trade unions had won the right to bargain and began protesting apartheid
•The economy imploded
•The Dutch Reformed Church began to oppose apartheid
•1990 Mandela released from prison
•1994 democratic election with all races voting takes place
•Blacks could marry whom they pleased, mix in certain places and join unions
•External reasons:
•1985 Canadian P.M. Brian Mulroney urged the Americans to impose limited sanctions
•Botha responded by restricting freedom of foreign press
•British Commonwealth called for sanctions, but G.B. did not join they were pretty hollow threats
•Internal reasons:
•Resistance movement began calling for a revolution
•Trade unions had won the right to bargain and began protesting apartheid
•The economy imploded
•The Dutch Reformed Church began to oppose apartheid
•1990 Mandela released from prison
•1994 democratic election with all races voting takes place