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A glossary of historical terms

Apartheid

The policy of 'separate development' introduced by South Africa's dominant Nationalist Party in 1949 to preserve the racial identity of the white minority. There were numerous apartheid laws, bolstered by security laws, mostly dismantled after 1989.


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