Some notes for a planned rewrite of the article on apartheid.
Introduction.
Elements of the apartheid system
editDiscussing the elements of the policy as implemented, the legislation enacting the policy, the methods for enforcing the policy and so forth.
Ideology of apartheid
editThe "grand apartheid" vision, etc.
Racial classification
editThe four classifications, the Population Registration Act, the tests for classification. The disenfranchisement of Coloured voters.
Pass laws
editThe Urban Areas Act, the Natives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act and so forth.
Segregation and resettlement
editThe Group Areas Act, the townships, petty apartheid. Later, the bantustans.
Enforcement
editThe Suppression of Communism Act, the Terrorism Act.
History of apartheid
editDiscussing major events in the history of the policy: things caused by the policy, resistance to the policy, etc.
Implementation
editThe rise of the National Party, the 1948 election, the initial implementation of apartheid.
Resistance in the 1950s
editThe changing of the guard in the ANC, the Defiance campaign, the Freedom Charter, the ANC/PAC split. The Treason Trial.
Sharpeville
editResistance in the 1960s
editThe ANC's shift to violent action and the rise of Umkhonto we Sizwe. The Rivonia Trial.
The bantustans
editResistance in the 1970s
editBlack Consciousness
editBlack trade unionism
editThe legalisation of black trade unions. The formation of FOSATU and other such groups.
Soweto Uprising
editThe tricameral constitution and the UDF
editThe formation of the President's Council, and then of the Tricameral Parliament. The formation of the UDF in response.
The "township revolt"
editCOSAS 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
editThe 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
editSports boycotts
edit1971 Springbok tour of Australia. 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand. The rebel tours. The Gleneagles Agreement.
Economic and financial sanctions
editThe Sullivan Principles. Disinvestment from South Africa. Anti-Apartheid Movement and other boycotts. Nordic, EEC, Commonwealth, US and UK sanctions.
UN action
editAftermath and consequences of apartheid
editDiscussing what happened immediately in the wake of apartheid, and the long-term effects of apartheid.