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131-072 South Africa Under Apartheid, 1948-1994 | |
Note | Formerly available as 131-291/391. Students who have completed 131-291/391 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof D Philips |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of First Year History, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject studies South African society from 1948 to 1994, with its main focus being the rise and fall of the apartheid society. Students should develop the ability to analyse: the systematic enforcement of a racial ideology by the National Party government, and the building up of a police state to back it; the nature of life under apartheid for most South Africans; the various forms of resistance offered to the apartheid state at particular points during this period, especially by Black mass movements; the role of overseas pressures in the anti-apartheid struggle; and the eventual end of apartheid through the negotiations which led to the 1994 election. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
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