Apartheid in South Africa means the Status of being Apart. It was a system organised by the National Party who ruled in africa between 1948 to 1994. This means that people are segregated and categorised into different groups. Native, White, Coloured and Asian. This would mean that the residentual areas would be segregated and apart from one another. Within this govornment.
They would be seperated in many other ways for example, Education, medical care, beaches and other public services. Black people would also get priorities over white people and they were provided with many more services. From the start, there were rules beginning that seemed very strict. An example of this is that marriages between white people and other raced people were banned and banned sexual relations between black and white South Africans. In many cases, the govornment also split families apart, because their races may differ slightly. Within the 1920's black people were also restricted to getting jobs and they would be immediately sacked from their jobs, and these would be given to white people. Meaning many white people would be earning five times as much as Africans.
This applies well to the laws within the play that we are currently working on. In looking at these laws that are put in place it gives an actual realistic view of what life would be like if people were to be categorised. The rules here seem very strict and it is hard to imagine what our life would be like if we were to suddenly be segregated from eachother, possibly including family. This Law was only rid of because many people protested and the amount of people against the Apartheid Law increased greatly. Forcing the govornments to gradually remove these laws. There were many violent riots in which many people died, and many people protesting against the segregation of Africans.
No comments:
Post a Comment