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From segregation to apartheid

From segregation to apartheid

Timeline of South African politics from apartheid to democracy, 1948-1999, marking key laws, protests, negotiations and transition

Before 1948, South Africa already had racial segregation, but the National Party victory in the White-only election of 1948 turned discrimination into a more systematic state project. Apartheid classified people into legal racial groups and attached different rights, spaces and opportunities to each.

Apartheid and Reconciliation: South African Politics 1948–1999 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /Apartheid and Reconciliation: South African Politics 1948–1999

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level History Apartheid and Reconciliation: South African Politics 1948–1999 for A Level History. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Unit group 1, Unit group 2 and Unit group 3, plus the Y100 non-exam assessment format. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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