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APARTHEID By Jennifer Marshall Apartheid, means separateness in Afrikaans, an official language of South Africa. It was used against the Blacks in order to let the White minority rule. It meant that people were classed according to the colour of their skin, and country they came from. There were four main groups: 1) Blacks which was 77% of the overall population. 2) Whites, 13% (including the Afrikaners and the English). 3) Coloured, 8% (mixed races). and 4) Asians, 2%. Nearly all of the Blacks were made to live in unacceptable, unhygienic and cramped conditions. Blacks weren't allowed to enter White neighbourhoods unless under very strict circumstances, where they were employed (doing very degrading jobs eg. Cleaning up after there bosses, doing the dirty work) by a White person. Even if they were lucky enough to get a job in a White settlement (there wasn't any or hardly any...

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