English South Africa

vote of the cetury: 26-29 April 1994:

• all people(all races) were allowed to vote was between 26-29 April
• 86% of the population went to the polling stations
• also the election marked the four-year process that ended arpartheid
• ANC won (African National Congress)-> leader Nelson Mandela
• gained 62,65% of the votes

• glory, hope to newborn liberty    
• a new society: equality, living together    
• bad things happened in the past    
• now: liberate (poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender ...)    
• "united, democratic, non racial, non sexist government"

• May 2008 outbreak
• "foreigners" from other parts of S.A. were attacked
• because of apartheid:
  • blacks seen as illegal immigrants who steal jobs
  • whites are bringing jobs/ investment
• are trying to fight against it
• license: from zero to hero in S.A.

• Black Consciouss Movement - BCM
• Steve Biko was the leader
• aims:
  • supporting blacks, re- evaluate black, give blacks new self-confidence(effort, cultere, religion, outlook), liberation, want a free self
• achieved:
  • correcting false images(culture, education, religion),stop the classification in dif. groups, make the blacks clear that the whites want to subjugate them

• are a group, which is isolated (Townships: special area for non whites)
• are discriminated (shin-color, laws, cruelity, etc.)
• have not the same chances (job,government,society, education)
• -> Freedom Charteer
• "Darwin" !

• war: against apartheid
• June 16^th , 1976 students protest against school system: want to learn English
• Demostration ended violenty by the police
• The time marks the beginning of violent struggle against the apartheid regime
• non- violent: demonstration, without weapons, friendly
• police: tear-gas, helicopters, guns

• government: after Mandela
  • corruption within ANC-Jacob Zuma
  • misuse of power
  • racism: black police-> kill blacks
  • nepotism

political issues:

• racisn, laws against blacks (apartheid, townships), no education, discrimination,corruption and missuse of power

social issues:

• Xenophobia, racism, isolation, education