Explain if any of these reasons were more important than others in bringing the apartheid to an end.

Opposition to apartheid in south S Africa.

The white governments attempt to try and deal with its enemies inside s Africa.

The work of individuals such as Botha, De klerk and Mandella.

South Africa’s actions in other countries.

Actions taken by foreign governments to bring apartheid to an end.

The opposition to the apartheid in s Africa was mostly down to the protest groups like the A.N.C who had protests and they were peaceful but the S. African government often reacted with violence so that they would stop protesting. Some times the protests involved using the utilities singled out for the whites, they tried to get as many people arrested as possible so that they would make life as dificult as possible for the government and the police force. This was called the defiance campaign. The campaign was put to an end by the government when they just changed a few laws. That made it difficult for the protests to continue so they did not have to much of an impact but with everything that was happening they certainly helped the end of the apartheid come about.

The white government’s attempts to deal with its enemies were so severe that it gave other countries reason help and end the apartheid. So without the government acting so cruelly to its enemies then the other countries would possibly not have done what they did do or not done as much towards the end of the apartheid. Without South Africa’s government’s enemies there would have been less of an effect from the other governments in other countries.

The work of Mandela did not only aggravate the South African government but he alerted the world to what was going on. Since ...

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The work of Mandela did not only aggravate the South African government but he alerted the world to what was going on. Since everyone out side South Africa was mainly hearing the whites point of view of what was happening in South Africa. It was Mandela that started to tell people what was actually happening in South Africa. It is people like this that kept the blacks moral up and kept them fighting for what was right even if they thought there was no point in it.

Botha needed the support of some of the better off South Africans. Because of this need he changed the apartheid so that it was not as harsh in an attempt to win the support of these blacks. So when he softened the apartheid he started the ball rolling for the end of the apartheid. But it was not his intent for the apartheid to end as he was benefiting from the easy life that it was giving him. You can tell this because he said that the apartheid should ether adapt or die and since he was adapting it, it stands to reason that he did not want it to die. So although he did not want it to he played an important part in bringing about the end of the apartheid.

The foreign governments put sporting boycotts on South Africa so that the people into sport would maybe think the apartheid was not very good and they would be happier without it than with but it did not really work.

In the 1960 there were sanctions by the UN but they did not work because there were so many advantages to using South Africa than bad points. People thought that it was a bad idea because they could make so much money.

But later on the governments that were trying to use South Africa to their benefit were being annoyed by the people in they’re countries. Because of this they pulled out and the only difference is that people like Mandela were telling everyone what was going on in South Africa. Because of this the people know and because they know they decide to complain that thier country has anything to do with such a heartless set of laws.

Rachael Stow