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South Africa

South Africa. Government. Democracy with a Constitution including a bill of rights. Combines parts of presidential and parliamentary systems. South Africa’s Economy. 1900s- gold, coal, minerals Now- they’ve industrialized Dependency on mining has lessened greatly.

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South Africa

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  1. South Africa

  2. Government • Democracy with a Constitution including a bill of rights. • Combines parts of presidential and parliamentary systems.

  3. South Africa’s Economy 1900s- gold, coal, minerals Now- they’ve industrialized Dependency on mining has lessened greatly

  4. Strengths:EconomyWeaknesses:Racial Segregation

  5. Leaders of South Africa • Pieter Willem Botha • F.W. de Klerk • Nelson Mandela • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma

  6. Native Land Act of 1913 • 7% of South Africa’s land was designated for black Africans of the country. • Both blacks and whites were no longer allowed to own or rent land outside the designated areas. • Purpose was to ensure the territorial segregation of the races.

  7. The Apartheid Laws • 1948 • Race restrictions, just like in the US

  8. Apartheid cont. • Worlds reaction • US Policy- constructive engagement

  9. Group Areas Act • What Happened? • Reaction

  10. Goals • African National Congress (ANC) • Mandela

  11. Sharpeville Massacre • 20,000 demonstrators demanded arrest for not having their pass books in protest of the pass laws. • Police shot at the protestors, and killed 69. • Signaled the start of armed resistance in South Africa.

  12. Minority to Democracy

  13. ANC as the legal ruling party in South Africa • Mandela and de Klerk wanted peace • New constitution • ANC won the Election

  14. AIDs Epidemic in South Africa • South Africa has the most HIV infections than any other country. There are 1,800 more cases every day. • Former president Mbeki would not adopt measures that worked in other countries. • Current president Zuma is working on a campaign to help the country’s AIDs problem.

  15. Works Cited • http://www.southafrica-travel.net/economy/economy.htm • http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html • http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/botha-pw.htm • http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/m/thabo_mbeki/index.html • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/8309/African-National-Congress-ANC • http://southendmuseum.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&itemid=4 • http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/econom overview.htm • Fish, Bruce, and Becky Durost. Fish. South Africa: 1880 to the Present : Imperialism, Nationalism, and Apartheid. APhiladelphia, PA: Chelsea House, 2001. Print. • Rosmarin, Ike, and Dee Rissik. South Africa. New York: Benchmark, 2004. Print.

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