Apartheid was created by Dr Malan, and was introduced in 1948 in South Africa. It was made to separate the different races within south Africa and the apartheid laws would

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Apartheid was created by Dr Malan, and was introduced in 1948 in South Africa. It was made to separate the different races within south Africa and the apartheid laws would force the black men and women into leaving their family and friend. This torture lasted for a horrific 42 years until it was finally banished.

Dr Malan aimed to completely separate the ‘colours’ from white, so he could keep the white race pure. He tried to accomplish this by passing laws such as; the mixed marriages act in 1948, which stopped whites and non-whites from getting married which prevented mixed raced children from being born.

However there was a loop hole. This law didn’t suggest that single people couldn’t have sexual intercourse. So Dr Malan had to enforce another law to stop those single black and white people, from having sex. The next law was called the immorality act. This stopped single people from having sex with other races of people. Although many people didn’t abide by it and so those caught would be arrested and jailed. This didn’t look good for Dr Malan, as he was arresting white South Africans as well as black South Africans.

 

After the second law failed, Dr Malan took apartheid to another level. He brought in the group areas act in 1950. This law would separate blacks from living in the ‘white areas’. This backed up the immorality act, as black people couldn’t have sex with white people as they didn’t live in the same area, and vice versa. However, for all those mixed race men and women or dark skinned whites, they could easily be mistaken for being a race they weren’t. So Dr Malan created the Population Registration act. This would quite simply group all the South Africans into 3 categories. They would be ‘Whites, Natives and Colours’. And to find out if a person was coloured or white, the policemen would do tests on the suspect. Many were tested by merely putting a pen through the hair and seeing if the pen would fall out. Those whom the pen stayed in the hair would be classed as black.

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The next stage for Dr Malan, was to keep the white race supreme. He tried to accomplish this by starting the Buntu Education Act in 1953. This would allow the white children to have the best education. The white children would have separate schools to black children and different curriculum’s. This gave the blacks an inferior education. Dr Malan made it hard for black children to have a bright future and earning a good living when they graduate from school. He made black children only learn about labouring skills such as cooking and cleaning, gardening and mending. This was ...

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