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'''Apartheid''' (Afrikaans for ''Separateness''), is a social and political policy of racial segregation and seperate development, which was implemented by white minority governments in [[South Africa]] from 1948 to 1994.  

'''Apartheid''' (Afrikaans for ''Separateness''), is a social and political policy of racial segregation and discrimination which was enforced by white minority governments in [[South Africa]] from 1948 to 1994.

The government also continued the British policy of granting independence to the different black peoples' homelands and granted blacks citizenship and franchise in their own country. The black people living in "white South Africa" were not given franchise there, however. Education, health care and other services were granted to blacks and other colored races by the white government. The area given to blacks as homelands were those areas where they were recognized as indigious by the governments of the former British colonies of the Cape, Natal, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal and totalled approxamately 46% of the total area governened by the British in 1905. <ref>Coertze, Prof. R.D., Eiendomsreg in Suid-Afrika, p 5-12</ref>

The government enforced a homeland system and stripped the blacks of their citizenship. The black people living in "white South Africa" were not given any voting right there, but only in the black homelands which were economically non viable areas. Education, health care and other services available to blacks and other colored races were clearly inferior.  

Despite many sanctions, some governments of the western world continued to support the white regime including conservative ones like [[Ronald Reagan]] <ref>http://www.theherald.co.za/colarc/cull/cu140604.htm</ref><ref>http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/11/1086749892845.html</ref><ref>http://newsmine.org/archive/coldwar-imperialism/africa/reagan-supports-apartheid-South-Africa.txt</ref> <ref>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/06/09/reagans_heart_of_darkness/</ref> and [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2006/aug/27/uk.conservatives1</ref>  

Unfortunately many governments of the western world continued to support the white regime including conservative ones like [[Ronald Reagan]] <ref>http://www.theherald.co.za/colarc/cull/cu140604.htm</ref><ref>http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/11/1086749892845.html</ref><ref>http://newsmine.org/archive/coldwar-imperialism/africa/reagan-supports-apartheid-South-Africa.txt</ref> <ref>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/06/09/reagans_heart_of_darkness/</ref> and [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2006/aug/27/uk.conservatives1</ref>

[[David Cameron]], the current leader of conservatives in the united kingdom recently admitted the party was wrong, drawing comments from Thatcher's former spokesman, Sir Bernard Ingham, who said: 'I wonder whether David Cameron is a Conservative.'<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-apologises-for-thatcher-apartheid-policies-413569.html</ref>  

[[David Cameron]], the current leader of conservatives in the united kingdom recently admitted the party was wrong, drawing comments Thatcher's former spokesman, Sir Bernard Ingham, who said: 'I wonder whether David Cameron is a Conservative.'<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-apologises-for-thatcher-apartheid-policies-413569.html</ref>  

[[Nelson Mandela]] was jailed in 1963 for attempting to overthrow the government by means violent sabotage.[http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/Africa/04/Asmith/Asmith.htm]  

 

In a 1992 referendum, 70% of white South Africans voted against the continuation of the apartheid policy. When the black population of South Africa was given the right to vote in 1994, Mandela was elected President.

[[Nelson Mandela]] was jailed for attempting to over throw the government.[http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/Africa/04/Asmith/Asmith.htm]  

When the black population of South Africa was given the right to vote in 1994, he was elected President.