User:Stephen Bain/Apartheid
Some notes for a planned rewrite of the article on apartheid.
Introduction.
Elements of the apartheid system[edit]
Discussing the elements of the policy as implemented, the legislation enacting the policy, the methods for enforcing the policy and so forth.
Ideology of apartheid[edit]
The "grand apartheid" vision, etc.
Racial classification[edit]
The four classifications, the Population Registration Act, the tests for classification. The disenfranchisement of Coloured voters.
Pass laws[edit]
The Urban Areas Act, the Natives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act and so forth.
Segregation and resettlement[edit]
The Group Areas Act, the townships, petty apartheid. Later, the bantustans.
Enforcement[edit]
The Suppression of Communism Act, the Terrorism Act.
History of apartheid[edit]
Discussing major events in the history of the policy: things caused by the policy, resistance to the policy, etc.
Implementation[edit]
The rise of the National Party, the 1948 election, the initial implementation of apartheid.
Resistance in the 1950s[edit]
The changing of the guard in the ANC, the Defiance campaign, the Freedom Charter, the ANC/PAC split. The Treason Trial.
Sharpeville[edit]
Resistance in the 1960s[edit]
The ANC's shift to violent action and the rise of Umkhonto we Sizwe. The Rivonia Trial.
The bantustans[edit]
Resistance in the 1970s[edit]
Black Consciousness[edit]
Black trade unionism[edit]
The legalisation of black trade unions. The formation of FOSATU and other such groups.
Soweto Uprising[edit]
The tricameral constitution and the UDF[edit]
The formation of the President's Council, and then of the Tricameral Parliament. The formation of the UDF in response.
The "township revolt"[edit]
COSAS and the school boycotts. Conflict in the Vaal Triangle. Strikes and stay-aways. The massacre at Uitenhage. The 1985 partial state of emergency and the 1986 complete state of emergency.
The "Rubicon fiasco". The liquidity crisis and the collapse in the rand.
Negotiations and transition[edit]
The release of Mandela and the unbanning of the ANC, PAC and SACP. The negotiations. The Interim Constitution and the 1994 elections.
International responses to apartheid[edit]
Sports boycotts[edit]
1971 Springbok tour of Australia. 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand. The rebel tours. The Gleneagles Agreement.
Economic and financial sanctions[edit]
The Sullivan Principles. Disinvestment from South Africa. Anti-Apartheid Movement and other boycotts. Nordic, EEC, Commonwealth, US and UK sanctions.
UN action[edit]
Aftermath and consequences of apartheid[edit]
Discussing what happened immediately in the wake of apartheid, and the long-term effects of apartheid.