Apartheid in South Africa

Apartheid ( , especially South African English:  , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap ( 'boss-ship' or 'boss-hood'), which ensured that South Africa was dominated politically, socially, and economically by the nation's minority white population. Under this minoritarian system, white citizens held the highest status, followed by Indians, Coloureds and black Africans, in that order. The economic le

British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)

South African statesman and military leader (1870–1950)

1914–1997 political party known for implementing apartheid

Afrikaner nationalist (1941–2010)

South African politician (1928-2023)

former Prime Minister of South Africa (1893–1958)

town in South Africa

thumb|An askari with an assegai at [[AFB Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1943.]] An askari or ascari (from Somali, Swahili, and Arabic , , meaning 'soldier' or 'military', also 'police' in Somali) was a local soldier serving in the armies of the European colonial powers in Africa, particularly in the African Great Lakes, Northeast Africa and Central Africa. The word is used in this sense in English, as well as in German, Italian, Urdu, and Portuguese. In French, the word is used only in reference to native troops outside the French colonial empire. The designation is still in occas

execution method

1986 studio album by Paul Simon

ideology held by some White South Africans in South Africa

flag of the Union of South Africa and the Republic of South Africa between 1928 and 1994

1918–1994 Afrikaner Calvinist male organisation in South Africa

protest march in South Africa

1992 referendum in South Africa to endorse the moves to end apartheid

Assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd (1918–1999)

pseudo-racial classification used by the apartheid regime of South Africa to grant almost all of the rights and privileges of whites to those who would otherwise have been treated as non-whites

South African politician

thumb|J. G. Strijdom, [[Prime Minister of South Africa (1954–1958), an uncompromising supporter of baaskap ]] Baasskap () (also spelled baaskap), literally "boss-ship" or "boss-hood", was a political philosophy prevalent during South African apartheid that advocated the social, political and economic domination of South Africa by its minority white population generally and by Afrikaners in particular. The term is sometimes translated to the English-language as "Chief in Charge" and functioned either as a description or an endorsement of the "owner of slaves" in South Africa.

social and political movement that set and achieved the goal of destroying the racist system of oppression of non-white people in South Africa

CODESA

South African politician and murderer (1936–2016)

cultural and religious development among Afrikaners that combined 17th-century Calvinismwith a “chosen people” ideology

Argentine military captain

method of assessing whether a person has Afro-textured hair

South African former spy

foreign policy think-tank specialising in international security

South African anthropologist (1899-1977)

Welsh communist famous for anti-apartheid activism in South Africa