Slide 2 SOUTH AFRICA CASE STUDY: APARTHEID AND BLACK ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT Slide 3 South African apartheid was a political policy
of segregation and discrimination on the grounds of race. Active in
South Africa for approximately 46 years. Please follow the links
for more information: http://www.history.com/topics/apartheid
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/apartheid/u/Apartheid.-4-D.htm
WHAT IS APARTHEID? Slide 4 Slide 5 HOW DID APARTHEID AFFECT SOUTH
AFRICA? South Africans were classified by race: White Bantu Black
Africans Coloured Mixed race Asians Indians, Pakistanis, Chinese
Slide 6 During apartheid, interracial marriages were banned More
than 80% of the countrys land was allocated for whites. Separate
facilities discouraged contact between whites and non whites.
Please follow the links for more information:
http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/12/life-apartheid-era-south-africa/7821/
http://photos.denverpost.com/2013/12/05/photos-apartheid-in-south-africa/#1
Slide 7 Slide 8 In 1959, Bantustans were created. These were black
homelands in which Black South Africans were forcibly taken from
their homes and properties and made to live in these ethnic and
linguistic organised homelands. Please follow the links for more
information:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/68315/Bantustan
http://www.sahistory.org.za/special-features/homelands Slide 9 THE
END OF APARTHEID Resistance to apartheid included demonstrations,
protests, rallies, strikes, political action and armed resistance.
Nelson Mandela personified the Anti Apartheid movement. Apartheid
officially ended in 1994. Please follow the links for more
information:
http://www.apartheidmuseum.org/sites/default/files/files/downloads/Learners%20book%20Chapter4.
pdf http://www.anc.org.za/showpeople.php?p=19
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/discrim/race_b_at_print.asp Slide
10 BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (BEE) In 2003, the Broad Based Black
Economic Empowerment Act was introduced. This legislation aimed to
redress the wrongs brought about by apartheid through the economy.
Please follow the links for more information:
http://www.southafrica.info/business/trends/empowerment/bee.htm#.VCIzjZSSySp
Slide 11 Slide 12 BEE AIMS Encourage Black South Africans to own
and manage enterprise Promote black access to finance Companies are
scored on their appointment of Blacks in their business. The higher
the BEE scorecard the more access to public markets and contracts.
Please follow the links for more information:
http://www.tshuletsa.co.za/bee-scorecards/ Slide 13 CRITICISMS OF
BEE Gives Black South Africans a false sense of entitlement Reverse
racism where other groups are discriminated against Less skilled /
qualified Black South Africans employed over more qualified people
from different ethnic groups. Please follow the links for more
information:
http://mg.co.za/article/2013-01-18-bee-is-flawed-and-should-be-scrapped
http://www.voanews.com/content/south-african-affirmative-action-faces-criticism-on-
tenth-anniversary/1779584.html Slide 14 Please proceed to the South
African case study activity page and watch the YouTube clips.
