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History Coursework Assignment South Africa 1945-1994  

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History Coursework Assignment South Africa 1945-1994 Mandela wanted blacks to be treated just as fairly as whites. He wanted to be as equal as the whites, to have the same laws and have the same privileges as whites. Mandela formed a group called the ANC (African National Congress) to fight Dr Veorwoerd and his government over apartheid laws. The laws determined where members of each group could live, what jobs they could hold, and what type of education they could receive. Laws prohibited most social contact between races, authorized segregated public facilities, and denied any representation of nonwhites in the national government. Blacks had to live in dirty, unclean areas. Nelson Mandela was sick of these apartheid laws so he was willing to sacrifice his life, stand up for what he believed so that blacks could be treated just as fairly as whites. Apartheid was a vague policy when it was introduced...

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