Please answer two of the following questions in your comment. Don’t forget to mention your sources and try to find some primary sources if you can!
- Read The National Party’s Color Policy (1948). How was apartheid justified? What do you think about the arguments?
- Read The Case for Apartheid (1953) and find out what this orator has in common with Hitler’s arguments. Compare and constrast.
- What do you think Stephen Biko’s philosophy was in the struggle against apartheid? Watch the interview (video) and read his biography.
- Read this article, “The Death of Stephen Biko,” and briefly summarize it. How did his death affect the nation and the struggle?
- Find out what the Freedom Charter refers to and justify which part of the charter you think is the most important.
- Read this article “Soweto Student Uprising” and briefly summarize it. What would you have done as a student in a similar situation?
- What was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? Do you think it was the right solution after Apartheid, why/why not?
- Read about armed struggle against apartheid. Was violence really necessary in your opinion?
- What was life like as a white South African if you opposed the system? Study up on one of the following: Johnny Clegg, Andre Brink or Donald Woods.
- Briefly summarize Life as a Political Prisoner. Would you have survived decades in prison? Why / why not?
- Research international news. What is going on in South Africa today? Has the Truth and Reconciliation Commission succeeded? Are there any problems that reflect on history?
History in English 
April 29, 2019 at 12:24 am
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May 19, 2015 at 11:06 pm
1. In the text apartheid is justified that european population should be maintenance the white race and seperate the racial group. reason that apartheid wanted to seperate the blacks and white and saying white race can not be mixed to anything Is because they thought that way the europian coulture would die. In my opinion the way that they discriminated the two racial is very racist.
3. steven biko was the man that gave his life for south-africa and standing also for black people rights he also belive that there is no such a thing that call racial discrimination and also he could not stand racism.
May 6, 2015 at 10:24 pm
3. Steve’s philosophy is based on an idea that the society shall be non-racial. There shall be no minorities nor majority, only people. Everyone should have the same political rights in front of the law. Biko was a political activist in anti-apartheid movement.
10. Life as an political prisoner was hard, exhausting and tough. I think that they were treated like slaves. They had to do forced labor which was physically hard and rough. You can see that there was racial discrimination between the non-Africans and Africans. The non-africans had better circumstances compared to Africans, They got more food which was tastier than the Africans food. The prisoners had to shower in cold water, they had to sleep in cold cement floor on top of a thin sisal mat and they had to work 8 hours every day. Their human rights were violated just because they wanted to make a difference. I wouldn’t have lasted a day in a prison as a politician.
May 6, 2015 at 10:42 pm
Imagine, Nelson Mandela spent 30 years of his life in those conditions! On Friday you will see what kept him sane. Movie afternoon!