Ten Apartheid Legacies

APARTHEID AND THEIR LEGACIES

INTRODUCTION

In 1994, South Africa had taken a significant twist in history, where the ruling Apartheid government had collapsed entirely. There were many factors which contributed to this collapse, in general it can be described through the many years of segregation and oppression of non-whites, aiming to achieved their true goals of a nation- the removal of the Apartheid system and introduction of a Democratic legislature. The Apartheid regime had left a legacy of hatred and shame for the means of a nation’s history.

Throughout this essay, I will be discussing the four main legacies (considerably most important in my opinion) from the text: ‘Racial Interaction: Ten Apartheid Legacies’ by Adam and Moodley of

These relations were later broken off and halted due to the escalation of tensions within the segregated country. This meant that Sporting teams of South Africa would not be allowed to take part in international sporting associations (as for example: The Commonwealth Games). This was seen as an oppression method whereby boycotting actions would take place.

But on the other hand, another factor was brought to awareness, and that was the exclusion of non-whites within the national sporting teams of South Africa. This drew serious attention to the post-Apartheid reconstruction plan. Adam and Moodley’s idea of concluding sporting is based on the truth and honesty of acknowledging true potential and talent. They proposed that the players of squads must be acquired simply on their ability and pure ‘merit’, and not based on their ethnicity, race, or cultural differences. “Tampering with merit selection will not be without cost” (Adam & Moodley, 1999,

The Apartheid government had implemented an offensive scheme to counteract the events of oppression throughout the country. This scheme contradicted a ludicrous downgrade of education quality for all non-whites (Adam & Moodley, 1999). This system was known as the Bantu Educational Act (1953); it brought non-white (African) schools and educational programs under the authority of the Apartheid government. The Apartheid policy aimed to enforce a poorer form of education for non-whites simply on the basis of not acquiring a ‘good enough’ education so that they would not be able to obtain jobs of a higher caliber.

This legacy had impacted the new era of South Africa negatively, as a large sum of the South African non-white population were poorly educated leaving them unskilled, and to consequently receive jobs with no or little skills required. This also caused a sphere of where our economy had deteriorated due to the lack of educated individuals.

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